Answer for exercise 5
The solution for exercise 5 in chapter Video 4 - Baby math of Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book by Carol Nuttall and Amanda French
Question
Work in pairs. Check you understand the words and phrases in bold. Then discuss what the words in italics refer to.
Answer
- It = a baby (reflexes = very quick ways of reacting that you do without thinking about it)
- It = a submerged baby (intuitively = naturally, without learning to, using feelings to guide you)
- This = the fact that babies will grasp your finger if you touch it on the palm (trace = a small sign of something that has been present or has happened, ancestral = connected to your ancestors, those related to you who lived long long ago)
- it = a baby (blank slate = something in its original state / condition and not yet changed by experience)
- It = a baby (barrage = an overwhelming quantity of – in a negative way, like you’re being attacked by these things)
- it = baby doing the experiment with puppets, this outcome = the one they find surprising or unexpected (outcome = final result of the process)
- They = the results of the research (pretty consistent = very similar time and time again, not changing in any major way)
- They = pigeons, this = the number of crumbs on a street corner (glance = a very quick look)