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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKK7wGAYP6k

How language shapes the way we think by Lera Boroditsky

Before watching the video:
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Task 1. Match pictures with the words and phrases:

1) a lab
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2) a beak
3) a jellyfish i d
4) a library
5) a mouth
6) an opposite direction
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7) a narrow (street)
8) a bridge
9) an ant j
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10) an eye

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Task 2. Match the words and their definitions

a.very strange and unusual

1.ability noun [ C or U ]
UK /əˈbɪl.ə.ti/ US /əˈbɪl.ə.t̬ i/
b.to remember a piece of information when you are making
2.solve verb [ T ] UK /sɒlv/ US /sɑːlv/ a decision or thinking about a matter:
3.favourite adjective [ before noun ] c.[ I ] to dance a waltz
UK US favorite UK /ˈfeɪ.vər.ɪt/ US /ˈfeɪ.vər.ət/
d.the part of a person that makes it possible for him or her
4.research noun [ U ] to think, feel emotions, and understand things
UK /rɪˈsɜːtʃ/ UK/ˈriː.sɜːtʃ/ US /ˈriː.sɝːtʃ/ UK/rɪˈsɝːtʃ/ UK
ALSO researches [ plural ]
e.best liked or most enjoyed
5.bizarre adjective UK /bɪˈzɑːr/ US /bəˈzɑːr/
f.a detailed study of a subject, especially in order to
6.break(END)verb discover (new) information or reach a (new) understanding
UK /breɪk/ US /breɪk/ broke, broken
g.the physical or mental power or skill needed to do
7.waltz (dance) verb UK /wɒls/ US /wɑːls/ something
8.bear/keep sth in mind h.able to change or be changed easily according to the
situation
i.[ I or T ] to destroy or end something, or to come to an end
9.flexible adjective
UK /ˈflek.sə.bəl/ US /ˈflek.sə.bəl/
j.to find an answer to a problem
10.brain noun
UK /breɪn/ US /breɪn/
k.[ C ] the organ inside the head that controls thought,
11.mind noun [ C ] UK /maɪnd/ US /maɪnd/
memory, feelings, and activity
After watching the video:

Task 3. Choose the right preposition or word.

1) I’ll start on/with an example from an Aboriginal community in Australia.

2) to tell/say the difference between
3) in/on a screen
4) to solve/decide the problem
5) to give/make a hint
6) they do/put boundaries between colors
7) to do/make sounds

Task 4. Match the examples with the right tense.

Tenses Examples
Future Simple I’m exhaling.
Past Simple They also have different structures.
Present Perfect People have been speculating about this question forever.
Present Continuous I’ve given you some examples.
Present Simple If you were a speaker of Hebrew or Arabic, you might do it
going in the opposite direction.
Present Perfect Continuous I’ll start with an example.
Second Conditional He broke the vase.
Task 5.

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