Part 1. (2.3)
Speaker 1
- He had been to a (1)____________.
- He had been bought a (2)____________.
- He (3)______________ on purpose.
- He felt (4)________________.
- The new one didn't (5)_____________ him.
Speaker 2
- Her uncle, instead of reading, was (6)____________, which made her (7)_____________.
Speaker 3
- The carpet was a (8)________________
- The (9)_________________ were made out of glass.
- She felt (10)________________.
Part 2 (2.4)
- It's impossible to remember being in your (11)_____________.
- Before the age of two we don't have a (12)_______________ of ourselves as individuals.
- Not until we have an (13)_________________ can we begin to have memories.
- Our first memories (14)_________________ the development of linguistic skills.
- The fact that many early memories are related to frightening experiences (15)______________ the evolutionary theory that the human memory is linked to self-preservation.
- First memories are almost (16)________________ described as pictures rather than smells or sounds.
- Our first memories can be (17)_______________.
- Stories we have been told can be (18)________________ our memory.
Part 3 (2.5)
- Piaget's first memories seem to have been of a man trying to (19)________________ him.
- Piaget's nanny returned the watch when she (20)_________________ to making up the story.
KEY
mind over matter the use of the power of your mind to
deal with physical problems. Used to say that you can use your thoughts
to control physical feelings or an unpleasant situation.
E.g.
He said that keeping running in spite of the pain was just a question of mind over matter.
I’m scared, yes, but it’s a case of mind over matter.
1. fun fair
2. helium balloon
3. let go
let go to stop holding something or someone. Sp. soltar.
E.g.
Let go! You’re hurting me
4. (absolutely) devastated/ heartbroken
heartbroken: extremely sad because of something that has happened
E.g.
He was heartbroken when she left him.
Friends are tonight trying to comfort the heartbroken teenager.
5. console /kənˈsəʊl/
6. making it up
7. (quite) annoyed
8. dark green check
check: a pattern of squares, usually of two colours. Sp. estampado de cuadros.
E.g.
Do you prefer checks or stripes?
a check shirt/suit
a yellow and red check skirt
a shirt with brown and black checks
9. baubles
bauble: /ˈbɔːbl/ a decoration for a Christmas tree in the shape of a ball.
10. resentful
resentful: /rɪˈzentfl/ feeling bitter or angry about something that you think is unfair
E.g.
a resentful look
resentful of/at/about something They seemed to be resentful of our presence there.
She was resentful at having been left out of the team.
11. pram or cot
pram: a small vehicle on four wheels for a baby to go out in, pushed by a person on foot. Sp. cuco.
E.g.
She was pushing her baby along in a pram.
cot: (AmE crib) a small bed with high sides for a baby or young child
a travel cot (= one that can be moved around easily, used when travelling
12. clear sense
13 awareness of self
14. coincide with
15. bears out
bear somebody/something out
(especially British English) to show that somebody is right or that something is true. Sp confirmar, corroborar.
E.g.
The other witnesses will bear me out.
The other witnesses will bear out what I say.
Evidence bears out the idea that students learn best in small groups.
These figures bear out the fact that more children are becoming obese nowadays.
Sp. Las cifras confirman que más niños se vuelven obesos en la actualidad.
16. invariably
invariably /ɪnˈveəriəbli/ always. without fail
E.g.
This acute infection of the brain is almost invariably fatal.
This is not invariably the case.
Invariably the reply came back, ‘Not now!’
17. unreliable
18. incorporated into
19. kidnap
20. confessed
confess to (doing) something She confessed to the murder.
confess (that)… He confessed that he had stolen the money.
confess to somebody (that)… She confessed to me that she had known his true identity for some time.
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