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1.6. Decide whether these statements are true (t), false (f) or information is not available (n/a) in the text.

1. Physical punishment is the best way to influence children’s behavior.

2. One of the recent studies showed that adults are much more cooperative if they work in a system based on rewards.

3. A child's behavior is affected by many factors — biological, social, emotional and environmental.

4. David Rand says the most successful behavior proved to be competition.

5. Keeping a positive attitude can be difficult, especially when you're around negative people.

6. Researchers tested only those groups of children whose parents used physical punishment to influence their behavior.

7. Researchers tested only those groups of children whose parents used rewards to influence their behavior.

1.7. Comment the following statements.

(A) A positive attitude is important if you want to be successful in work, friendships, and marriage.

(B) Adults in a new study work much more cooperatively in a system based on rewards. Another study linked punishment to lower intelligence in children.

(C) The more children are spanked, the slower their mental development is.

(D) Researchers used intelligence tests given to two groups of children.

1.8. Complete each sentence with one of the following words:

most successful more best least punishment more cooperative

1. Two recent studies have found that punishment is not the … way to influence behavior.

2. One of recent studies showed that adults are much … if they work in a system based on rewards.

3. Harvard researcher David Rand says the … behavior proved to be cooperation.

4. The group with the most punishment earned 25 % less than the group with the

5. … than seven hundred children were ages five to nine.

1.9. Discuss these questions with your partner.

Use specific reasons, idioms, examples and the following phrases: It seems to me …On the one (other) side, …However, …It is obvious that …in your answer.

—What do you think are the best ways to influence people to get better results in business, to have whole new ball game, to become the front runner?

—Do you think physical punishment should never be used to influence a child’s behavior?

—Which of the following factors do you think can influence the way a child acts and behaves:

— divorce, — separation, — re-marriage, — birth of a new baby,

— moving house, — starting/moving school, — other factors.

1.10. Translate an objective and subjective infinitive turn.

1. Ampere supposed the current to flow from the positive pole of the source to the negative one. 2. The current is known to flow when the circuit is closed. 3. To stop the current flow is to break the circuit in some point. 4. We consider the circuit to be some path оf an electric current. 5. The overloading of the line is likely to produce a short circuit. 6. We may expect a short circuit to result from wire isolation fault. 7. Such a condenser is said to possess unit capacitance which name is the farad. 8. These analogies are found to exist between all electrical properties. 9. Various switches are used to open or close a circuit. 10. They expected this radio circuit to operate satisfactory. 11. This method is certain to be changed because it is not satisfactory enough. 12. We know the electrons to flow from the negative terminal of the battery to the positive one.