THINK! What smells can you remember from when you were younger? Is there a connection between smells and memory?

(HÃY NGHĨ! Mùi gì bạn có thể nhớ từ khi bạn còn bé hơn? Có mối liên hệ nào giữa mùi hương và trí nhớ không?)

1. Read the article. Then complete the headings for paragraphs A-C with the words in the box.

(Đọc bài viết. Sau đó hoàn thành các tiêu đề cho các đoạn A-C với các từ trong hộp.)

A. Scent and …

B. Training a …

C. Life without ...

Follow your nose...

Meet three people whose sense of smell has made a difference to their lives.

A. Helen Keller - a famous activist - was deaf and blind herself. With an extraordinary sense of smell, she could identify people's jobs by the odour on their clothes. ‘When a person passes’, she said, 'I get a scent impression of where he has been’. For her, a smell can remind us of another time and place.

B. James Bell has worked for a perfume company for over twenty years. He says, 'To develop a superior sense of smell, you must train it, like a concert pianist’. After passing a 'smell test', James studied perfumery in France, where he learned to recognise about 2,800 synthetic and 140 natural materials. Since then he has helped to create the world's favourite fragrances.

C. Journalist Lucy Mangan has been anosmic since birth. So she can't smell anything, even the fragrances of roses. She has never tried different perfumes in a shop. As 75-95% of the food flavour comes from its smell, meals haven't had much flavour. Although she can feel the different textures of lasagne, steak or fish, they're all quite tasteless.

2. Read and listen to the article again and write true or false. Correct the false sentences.

(Đọc và nghe lại bài viết và viết đúng hoặc sai. Sửa các câu sai.)

1. Helen Keller had a good sense of smell.

2. She says there's a connection between smells and memory.

3. A person with a normal sense of smell can become a professional perfumer.

4. James Bell failed his first 'smell test' at the perfume company.

5. Lucy could smell everything when she was a baby.

4. VOCABULARY PLUS. Use a dictionary to check the meaning of the words in blue in the text.

(Từ vựng bổ sung. Sử dụng từ điển để kiểm tra nghĩa của các từ màu xanh lam trong văn bản.)

5. USE IT! Talk about which objects and places smell best to you. Which of them bring back memories?

(Hãy nói về những đồ vật và địa điểm có mùi hương tuyệt nhất đối với bạn. Cái nào trong số chúng mang lại những kỷ niệm?)

Example: I love the smell of bánh xèo. It really reminds me of my grandma's house. It brings back memories of visiting her house when I was little.

(Tôi yêu mùi bánh xèo. Nó thực sự làm tôi nhớ đến ngôi nhà của bà tôi. Nó mang lại những kỷ niệm về thăm nhà cô ấy khi tôi còn nhỏ.)