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Who are you agai n?

Mary An n Sieghart is one of the 2.5 per cent of the population that suffers from prosopagnosis - an inability to recognize people' s faces out of context. She describes how it affects her life and the strategies she has devised.to cope, it· it.

I 'm movi ng along the row towards my seat at the theatre when I see a smiling woman clearly head ing for the seat next to me. Do I know her? I n a neutral _ven ue

l i ke a theatre I have no idea if she is a col league, a fel low parent at my child ren's school, a politician, or a friend. so I smi le back and hope desperately that a few moments of conversati on wi l l give me: cJue to her id entity. Sure enough, it does. I soon real ize she is the managi ng ed itor

of the newspa per I work for. She sits i n the office right next to m i ne, and I see her most days of the week.

B=i I can remem ber read i ng adventu re stories as a child

i n which someone wou ld descri be the crimi nal to the police, and thi n ki ng that I wou ld n't know where to start. I A>:so.led myself that I wou ld get better at it as I got older. Sadly, I never d id.

 

 

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b Match the sentences to the correct paragraph.

A Like many prosopagnosics, though, I have developed ways of coping.

B I have had this problem all my life.

C The consolation is that I have at last discovered that the problem is not my fault.

D Here's a classic example.

 

c Match the highlighted words to the correct definition.

1a piece of information that helps you solve a problem

a clue

2 not thinking about what the result of your actions will


3 I mustn't get home late again - my father will _ me off.

4 You'd better_ on to me -the steps are very icy.

5down! There's no point getting so angry about it.

 

More Words to Learn

Write translations and try to remember the words.


Word Pronunciation Translation
body language (noun) /'bodi lc.el)g w1d3/  
gesture (noun) /'d3estJg/  
bitter (adj) /'b1tg/  
rough (adj) /r11.f/  
smooth (adj) /smu:o/  
sour (adj) /sau'J/  
fidget (verb) /'f1d31t/  
rub (verb) /r11.b/  
stroke (verb) /str'Juk/  
  (verb) /trep/  
       

 

be ___

3 to deal successfully with a difficult situation __

4 made somebody happier when they are very sad

 

5 a person that you know but who is not a close friend

 


6 a place where people meet for an organized event

 

7 to meet somebody by chance_

8 plans you use in order to achieve something__

 

d Complete the sentences with the words from the text.

1 I had no idea I was going to bump into an old friend when I was walking to work today.

 

working and bringing up a child.


 

tap

 

 

El Listen to Jerry and Emma talking about a newspaper article about a new study. What is the study about? Do Jerry and Emma think irs true?

m Listen again and complete the missing information.


2 Working mothers sometimes find it difficult _ _


3 It was really of you not to call and tell me you were going to be late.

4 The for the concert is the city football stadium.

5 Ifyou won't tell me what my present is, can you just give me?

6 She's trying out different __ for dealing with her teenage son.

7 Iher after her cat was run over.

8 He's only an _of mine, not a friend.

 

Phrasal verbs in context

Complete the sentences with the correct form of a verb from File 4.

 

calm get hold set tell

 

1 They off at seven, and arrived at the hotel at midnight.

2 We off the bus at the wrong stop, and we had to walk for ages.


1 The study measured theof the women's

 

2 They then showed the women photos of _ young men.

3 The women had to choose the men they found

 

4 The photos only showed the men's _,

_,, and ____

5 Women who had with their fathers chose men with similar facial features.

6 Two women who the study gives as examples are

_ and_-'

a Listen again with the tapescript on p.77 and try to guess the meaning of any words that you don't know.

Then check in your dictionary.

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