Worksheet 1: A Tale of Two Brains by Mark Gungor
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Mission: Based on Gungor’s talk, fill in the blanks.
1. Men’s brains are made up of __________ ___________.
2. The boxes don’t ________.
3. When a man discusses a particular subject, we go to that __________ _______.
4. We discuss only what is _______ _______ _________.
5. Women’s brains are made up of a big ball of _______.
6. And everything ______ ____________ ________ everything.
7. And it is all driven by energy that we call _________.
8. …if you take an event and you connect it to _________, it burns in your ________
and you can ___________ it forever.
9. Women tend to care about _____________.
10. This particular box has ____________ in it.
11. If a man has a chance, he would go to his _________ ________ every time.
12. That’s why a man could do something seemingly completely _______ _______
for hours on end.
13. …men have the ability to think about absolutely ________ and still __________.
14. Nothing drives a woman more ________, I mean to feel more irritated, than to
witness a man ________ __________.
15. When a man is stressed out, all he wants to do is run to his ________ ________.
16. The last thing we want to do when we are stressed out is _______ _______ ____.
17. When a woman is stressed out, she has to ________ _______ _______.
18. If she doesn’t talk about it, her brain would literally ___________.
19. When you start explaining the stress, they feel obligated to ______ it.
20. She doesn’t want your ________. She doesn’t want your _______. She wants you
to _______ ______ and ________.
21. Because they ________ each other, they offer to each other THEIR ________,
THEIR _____________.
22. Just let him go to the Nothing Box, and _______ _______.
Key to Worksheet 1: A Tale of Two Brains by Mark Gungor
Mission: Based on Gungor’s talk, fill in the blanks.
1. Men’s brains are made up of
little
boxes .
2. The boxes don’t
touch .
3. When a man discusses a particular subject, we go to that particular
box .
4. We discuss only what is in
that
box .
5. Women’s brains are made up of a big ball of
wire .
6. And everything
is
connected
to everything.
7. And it is all driven by energy that we call
emotion .
8. …if you take an event and you connect it to
emotion , it burns in your
memory and you can
remember
it forever.
9. Women tend to care about
everything .
10. This particular box has nothing
in it.
11. If a man has a chance, he would go to his
“Nothing
Box “ every time.
12. That’s why a man could do something seemingly completely
brain
dead
for hours on end.
13. …men have the ability to think about absolutely nothing and still breathing .
14. Nothing drives a woman more
crazy , I mean to feel more irritated, than to
witness a man
doing
nothing .
15. When a man is stressed out, all he wants to do is run to his “Nothing
Box” .
16. The last thing we (=men) want to do when we are stressed out is talk about it .
17. When a woman is stressed out, she has to talk
about
it .
18. If she doesn’t talk about it, her brain would literally
explode .
19. When you start explaining the stress, they (=men) feel obligated to fix it.
20. She doesn’t want your advice . She doesn’t want your
help . She wants
you to
shut
up and
listen .
21. Because they
love each other, they offer to each other THEIR
answer ,
THEIR solution .
22. Just let him go to the “Nothing Box,” and
stay
away .
Worksheet 2: A Tale of Two Brains by Mark Gungor
Mission: Based on Gungor’s talk, re-order the following sentences.
___ 1. …if you take an event and you connect it to emotion, it burns in your memory
and you can remember it forever.
___ 2. …men have the ability to think about absolutely nothing and still breathe.
___ 3. And everything is connected to everything.
___ 4. And it is all driven by energy that we call emotion.
___ 5. Because they love each other, they offer to each other THEIR answer, THEIR
solution.
___ 6. If a man has a chance, he would go to his Nothing Box every time.
___ 7. If she doesn’t talk about it, her brain would literally explode.
_22_ 8. Just let him go to the Nothing Box, and stay away.
_1_ 9. Men’s brains are made up of little boxes.
___10. Nothing drives a woman more crazy, I mean to feel more irritated, than to
witness a man doing nothing.
___11. She doesn’t want your advice. She doesn’t want your help. She wants you to
shut up and listen.
___12. That’s why a man could do something seemingly completely brain dead for
hours on end.
___13. The boxes don’t touch.
___14. The last thing we want to do when we are stressed out is talk about it.
___15. This particular box has nothing in it.
___16. We discuss only what is in THAT box.
___17. When a man discusses a particular subject, we go to that particular box.
___18. When a man is stressed out, all he wants to do is run to his Nothing Box.
___19. When a woman is stressed out, she has to talk about it.
___20. When you start explaining the stress, they feel obligated to fix it.
___21. Women tend to care about everything.
___22. Women’s brains are made up of a big ball of wire.
Solution:
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Worksheet 3: A Tale of Two Brains by Mark Gungor
Mission: Based on the speech, if the statement is true for men, write M, if it is true
for woman, write W.
____ 1. Their brains are made up of little boxes.
____ 2. When they discusses a particular subject, they go to that particular box.
____ 3. They discuss only what is in THAT box.
____ 4. Their brains are made up of a big ball of wire.
____ 5. In their brains, everything is connected to everything.
____ 6. They tend to care about everything.
____ 7. If they have a chance, they would go to the Nothing Box every time.
____ 8. They could do something seemingly completely brain dead for hours on end.
____ 9. They have the ability to think about absolutely nothing and still breathe.
____10. Nothing drives them more crazy than to witness their spouse doing nothing.
____11. When they are stressed out, all they want to do is run to the Nothing Box.
____12. The last thing they want to do when they are stressed out is talk about it.
____13. When they are stressed out, they have to talk about it.
____14. If they don’t talk about it, their brains would literally explode.
____15. When hearing someone explaining their stress, they feel obligated to fix it.
____16. They don’t want your advice or help. They want you to shut up and listen.
____17. When they are stressed out, they want you to leave them alone and stay
away.