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April 15, 2010

The Teen Brain

You can listen again to the activity we did in class yesterday. Thanks, Cristina! You may answer the questions we couldn't finish in class in the "comentario":


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PART D: Find words in the transcript that mean…
14. a special way of wearing one’s hair
15. a formula repeated in prayer, meditation or incantation
16. to penetrate to the meaning of something, comprehend, understand
17. disposed or willing to comply, submissive
18. to change
19. used as a humorous exclamation to tell someone about something surprising
20. to move something in with light blows.

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14. A special way of wearing one’s hair – Mohawk (in “Beneath that brand new Mohawk there is a brain”)
15. A formula repeated in prayer, meditation or incantation – a mantra (in “That resounding mantra of parents and teachers”)
16. To penetrate to the meaning of something, comprehend, understand – to fathom
17. Disposed or willing to comply, submissive - Compliant (in “compliant kid”)
18. To change – to morph
19. Used as a humorous exclamation to tell someone about something surprising - Lo and behold
20. To move something in with light blows - To tap into (in “they’re tapping into a much more robust habit-forming ability that adolescents have”).