The object of this activity is to give you a
real-life task to do to demonstrate your understanding of both
listening and reading information. You have to attempt to solve
some puzzles on the basis of evidence you have just heard, and
then compare your attempted answer – if there is one ;-) – with the
solution given on the audio file. As we wrote on the previous page,
it does not matter if you cannot arrive at the correct solution
without any help: a characteristic of these logic problems is that
they only seem simple when you have been told the answer!!
ACTIVITY 311:
Now, listen to a psychologist giving you the first problem in
logical thinking. Try and answer this problem after listening
very carefully to the audio file while reading the audio
transcription. Then check your answer.
PSYCHOLOGIST: How well do we really use our brain? Does
it perform as efficiently as it could? Or does it
occasionally let us down? We all have moments when we forget
a name or face, or read the same paragraph several times
before taking in what it says. Can we stop this happening?
Well, fortunately we all have the power to make our brain
perform better!! All it needs is exercise. And you don't
have to be a brilliant intellect to give your brain practice
in logical and creative thinking. So, I'm going to give you
a few problems of logic to start your brain cells working.
Here's the first one. Listen carefully then try and answer.
READER: A man who lived in a small town married 20
different women in that same town. All of them are still
living, and he was never divorced from any of them. But he
didn't break any laws. How could he do this?
ACTIVITY 312:
Now, listen to the psychologist giving you the second problem in
logical thinking. Try and answer this problem after listening
very carefully to the audio file while reading the audio
transcription. Then check your answer.
PSYCHOLOGIST: Now think about this one.
READER: Alison gets in her car in Boston and drives
towards New York. She drives at an average speed of 50 miles
per hour. Twenty minutes later, Lynne gets in her car in New
York and starts driving towards Boston. She goes at an
average speed of 60 miles per hour. Both women take the same
route, which stretches a total of 220 miles between the two
cities. Now here's the question. Which car is nearer to
Boston when they pass?
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