Cover of the textbook Outcomes Pre-Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 6

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 11 - Did you know ...? for the textbook Outcomes Pre-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Work in pairs. Discuss these questions.

Answer

  • violent behaviour can be caused by pollution  (e.g. lead in the atmosphere has been shown to have an effect on behaviour)
  • war (because people are exposed to extreme violence, sometimes at a young age)
  • home life (if young children grow up in difficult environments without much parental support, or where violence is normal)