Interview about intelligent animals • 2 Re ad REMEMBER THIS.

Complete t he collocat ions with

Collocations t he words in t he box.

1 Complete t he extract from a n int erview with t he correct

form of t he words in brackets. Then listen a nd check.
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0 Lose your mind- become crazy
Extract fron'l Students' Book. recording G·AfDMP3•120I 1 get sb or sth _ _ your mind - stop t hinking about sb
or sth
A: Welcome to Animal World, the series in which
2 a(n) _ _ mind- with very fixed op inions; unwilling to
we examine animals' 0 ~>tl1j;lv.i.ov..l'" (b(;!'have) in the ir
change your ideas
_ _ _ (nature) habitats. This week we're turning
3 a(n) _ _ mind - curious, wanting to find out new
our attention to sorne of the smartest animals pn the
things
planat. Here to help us is wiLdlife expert and animal
4 there is doubt in sb 's mind- used when sb feels
rights 2. (campaign) Or Roger Matthews. Thank
1 certain about sth
yqu for joini11g us, Dr Matthews.
5 at the _ _ of your mind- used when you are aware
a: Thank you for invitir;,g me.
of sth but not completely sure or dear about it
·A: Dr Matthews, if humans are intelligent, then
6 sth is _ _ in sb's mind - sb remembers st h dearly
chimpanzees must be intel ligent-roo becaus'e they
7 sth is sb's mina·- sb worries abour sth or thinks
share ninety-eight percent of the same genes as
about it a lot
humans. Is that right?
B~ Yes, it is. And when you spend time with chimpanzees, 3 Complete t he sentences wit n collocati•o ns from
y9u can see how close they are to hum;;!ns in so many Exe rcise 2. Chang e t he form if necessa ry.
ways: they embrace and kiss and hug each other and 0 At the b~ci<. of his mind, John had a strange feeling
they laugh when they're playing. They experience he'd been to that house before_
3 (adolescent) and develop 4 (power) 1 The poor dog had d early its mind after being
mother and child bonds. They are also similar to locked in the dark for so long.
humans in that they attack and kill rival gangs of 2 Wit h yesterday's fall in his mind, Tim skied
chimpanz~es whenihey ,want.to ext~nd their territory. slowly and carefully.
A: dh, that real ly is quite 5 (shock). I tnought 3 _ _ _ minds are always hungry for knowledge.
chimps were like· humans, but nieer. 4 Jenny cou ldn't sleep because she had the next day's
8: lt's the same with dolphins. When you think of exam her mind.
dolphins, words like friendly, gentle, playful, intelligent 5 Kel ly cou ldn't get the eccentric physicist she had met
come to mjnd. Well, they are 6 (doubt) that morning her mind.
intelligent- dolphins nave large b rains and they have 6 The politician complained that the voters had _ __
a number of things in common with humans and minds when it came to immigration.
chimpanzees. They form stable commun ities and live
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in socia l groups. And t hey' re totally 7 (depend)
on their parents during 8 (ch ild). But they're
Collocations
.also good atdefending .themselves and c;>n be quite 4 M at ch t he sentence halves.
9 (compete) witR one another. When they want 0 The best place to study animals is in their natur-a l [[]
tm shoy..r who's bmss or keep pther males away from a 1 A deadly fight broke out between rival 0
female, the~ can be quite 10 (aggression). 2 Ch impanzees and dolphins live in stable 0
3 The professor thinks we ought to spend

( REMEMBER THIS more money on scientific 0

4 lt is a common 0
The word mind is widely used in collocations with verbs
5 Having bee n imprisoned togetherfor four years,
and adjectives, and in a large number of useful phrases.
the hostages developed a powerful D
When you thmk of dolphins. words like friendly, gentle, a comm unities and share many types of behaviour with
playful, intell igent come to mind. (verb + mina)
humans.
Despite his physical disabilities, Stephen Hawking b bond based on their shared experrence.
has one of the most brilliant minds of his generation. c research and less on arts projects.

I[ There is
(adjective + mind)

no doubt in my mind that you are the righ t

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gangs in the city centre last night.
misconception that Marie Antoinette sa id, 'Let them
eat cake.'
person for the job . (phrase with mind)
f habitats rather than in zoos_