We breathe, our heart beats, and on (1)_____________ , we are capable of having complex thoughts.
A new understanding of what it means to be human is beginning to be (2)_______________
Every experience we have transforms us from (3)_____________ baby to (4)_____________ adult.
What (5)________________ science has revealed is that even our DNA can learn.
The ability to talk is (6)_______________ human. Is it (7)____________. Are we born with it? Or is it learned?
New research has discovered something rather (8)_____________ about how we master language. Before birth, in our mother's (9)_______________ we can hear the (10)______________________ of her heart.
Chris says that hearing his twin brother's heart must have been quite (11)____________
In an experiment babies will hear music which their mothers won't be able to hear because they will be wearing (12)______________ and ear protection.
Even though babies don't have a great (13)____________ control, they are already (14)_____________ to what's happening.
The baby looked overjoyed because he was (15)_______________ on his toes.
When the (16)____________ change, so does the speed of the babies' movements.
It is believed that (17)______________ could be the key which (18)_______________ language.
Students who (19)______________ a musical rhythm test have a tendency to also (20)_________________ a spoken grammar test.
Children seem (21)____________ language without much effort even though they have the daunting task of having to learn (22)___________________ vocabulary.
Akash is getting ready to take part in a local (23)________________.
Together with his sister they are trying to make a (24)________________ each word.
In order to learn a new word we must fill the brain with (25)_____________ information. We need to see the word and say it (26)________________ our ears and we need to learn its meaning. In this way we stimulate different part of the brain.
If we want to (27)_____________ a new word to memory, the connections between these three (28)_____________ areas of the brain have to be strong.
The brain actively (29)_________________ memory networks during sleep.
Akash is the (30)_____________ champion.
The hippocampus is the (31)_______________, linking the different areas of the brain.
If Akash hasn't (32)__________________ the word before, then he won't be able to call on a memory map.
Advances in our understanding of (33)______________________ mean we see the relationship between nature and nurture (34)________________.
In every field of human biology we're (35)___________________.
Our experiences can change us more (36)_______________________ than we ever imagined.
So fast is advancing our knowledge of the human body, that it's hard to imagine what new secrets (37)____________ the newborn babies.
The human body is now understood as an (38)______________ system that brings together a trillion cells in an (39)__________________ with the actions and environments of our lives
Key
1. top of all that
2. revealed
3. helpless
4. accomplished
/əˈkʌmplɪʃt/
very good at a particular thing; having a lot of skills. E.g. an accomplished artist/actor/chef. She was an elegant and accomplished woman.
5. cutting-edge
6. uniquely
7. innate
8. intriguing
9. uterus /ˈjuːtərəs/
10. rhythmic beating
11. annoying
12. earplugs
13. motor
/ˈməʊtə(r)/
connected with movement of the body that is produced by muscles; connected with the nerves that control movement. E.g. uncoordinated motor activity. Both motor and sensory functions are affected.
14. attuned
attuned (to somebody/something) /əˈtjuːnd/ familiar with somebody/something so that you can understand or recognize them or it and act in an appropriate way. Sp. en sintonía con. E.g. She wasn't yet attuned to her baby's needs.
15. tapping
tap (something) if you tap your fingers, feet, etc. or they tap, you hit them gently against a table, the floor, etc., for example to the rhythm of music. E.g. He kept tapping his fingers on the table. The music set everyone's feet tapping.
16. tempos
tempo: /ˈtempəʊ/ the speed or rhythm of a piece of music. E.g. a slow/fast tempo. It's a difficult piece, with numerous changes of tempo.
17. rhythm
18. unlocks
19. struggle with
20. do poorly on
21. to pick up
pick something up:
to get information or a skill by chance rather than by making a deliberate effort. E.g. to pick up bad habits. Here's a tip I picked up from my mother. She picked up Spanish when she was living in Mexico. Where did you pick up that idea?
22. a vast quantity of
23. spelling bee
a competition in which people have to spell words
24. long-term memory of
25. sensory
26. out loud through
27. commit
commit something to memory to learn something well enough to remember it exactly. E.g. She committed the instructions to memory.
28. disparate /ˈdɪspərət/
made up of parts or people that are very different from each other. Sp. dispar. E.g. a disparate group of individuals
29. strengthens
30. defendingdefend something to take part in a competition that you won the last time and try to win it again. E.g. He is defending champion. She will be defending her title at next month's championships. (politics) He intends to defend his seat in the next election.
31. ringmaster
the person who introduces the performers at a circus
32. come across
33. fundamental genetics
34. in a new light
see someone or something in a new light to understand someone or something in a different way [than before]. E.g. After we had a little discussion, I began to see Fred in a new light. I can now see the problem in a new light.
35. breaking new ground
break new ground
36. profoundly
37. awaitawait somebody to be going to happen to somebody. E.g. A warm welcome awaits all our guests. Who knows what dangers may await us?
38. integrated /ˈɪntɪɡreɪtɪd/
in which many different parts are closely connected and work successfully together, E.g. an integrated programme of patient care. an integrated transport system (= including buses, trains, taxis, etc.)
39. endless dance
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