14.Feeling how others feel（十四单元）

1.b:Both men were upset, according to the theory that we also feel sad when people we are with are sad.

c:They are parts of the brain which react when we perform a certain action or see someone else perform an action. They make us feel sad when we see something sad and happy when we see something happy. They cause an empathetic reaction.

d:1B 2C 3E 4A 5D

e:2 cerebral activity 3 odour 4 feel pain 5 bizarrely 6 cognitive

2.a:1 negative 2 beginning 3 more 4 question 5 written

b:2 You will 3 should you 4 had the documentary 5 can I

c:2 Never before had I heard about the existence of mirror neurons.

3 Not only do some people know exactly how other people feel, but also what they are thinking.

4 On no account must you make jokes about this when you talk to her.

5 Not only does Jo know a lot about psychology, but she's also a good listener.

3.1 wavelength 2 body posture 3 mimic 4 responsibility 5 concern

4.a:1 blink 2 cough 3 tilt your head 4 bite your nails 5 fiddle with your hair 6 rub your forehead 7 stroke your chin 8 rub your hands together 9 yawn 10 fold your hands behind your head

b:1 blink, fiddle with hair, bite nails

2 tilt head, yawn, cough

3 stroke chin, rub forehead

4 yawn, fold hands behind head

5 rub forehead

c:students' own answers

5.a:Sentences 1 and 4 are said assertively.

Sentences 2 and 3 are said more cautiously.

b:1 avoid 2 direct 3 formal

c:2 This seems to be an area that is worth investigating. /This is an area that seems to

be worth investigating.

3 Some great advances appear to have been made.

4 Understanding more about how the brain works can undoubtedly be useful.

5 Scientists are believed to have made enormous progress in this area.

OPTIONAL ACTIVITY

1 They appear to have discovered a cure for cancer.

2 There has definitely been an increase in violent crime in the last year.

3 There are believed to be millions of undiscovered planets.

4 He will definitely need to study more if he wants to pass the exam.

5 There are thought to be fewer than 4,000 tigers left in India.

6 Girls/Boys are definitely more intelligent than boys/girls.

7.a:A3 Bl C2 D4

b:a6 b5 c8 d3 e9 f7 g2 i4

c:1g 2e 3a 4h 5c 6b,f 7d

9.b:Jack

c:1 T 2 T 3 F (Sarah says it doesn't matter.) 4 F (Lily talks to him about it.) 5T

10.a:1 Bear 2 point 3 matter 4 only 5 out 6 Work

b:a3 b4 c5 d6 e1 f2

c:1 Good point. 2 Just as a matter of interest 3 Bear with me 4 He's only gone and;

That's so out of order 

12.c:1 Students' own answers. Possible attention-grabbing ways of introducing the topic might be to tell a story that happened to a friend of yours, or to give statistics showing the number of people whose lives have been saved by medicines tested on animals.

2 On the other hand; However; There is no doubt that this is a complex issue; it is

probably one of the most controversial issues of our times; there are so many convincing arguments on both sides

3 Paragraph 1: Introduction, Paragraph 2: For animal testing, Paragraph 3: Against animal testing, Paragraph 4: Conclusion and opinion

Check your progress 

1.Grammar

a:2 don't think so 3 the ones 4 those 5 doing so 6 that of

b:2 should you tell him where I am. 3 have I heard such rubbish. 4 was he late to my party, but he also forgot to bring any music. 5 do I get up before midday on a Sunday.

6 were we allowed to go into the woods.

2.Vocabulary

a:2 novel 3 renovated 4 out-of-date

b:2 bite 3 rub 4 cough 5 blink 6 fiddle

Mystery Word: stroke

How did you do?

Students work out their scores. Check how they have done and follow up any problem areas with revision work.