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Practice Listening: Highlight Correct Summary ID: #46074 Medium Slovenia
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So this example comes from the other end of life and has to do with what's called Wonder Babies. This was a study which was done a few years ago in Trieste, which is basically at the border of Slovenia and Italy. So there are a lot of Italians and there are a lot of Slovenians and there are of course a lot of mixed marriages. So what they did was they took three groups of babies. All the babies were seven months old, so there were a bunch of Italian-speaking babies, a bunch of Slovenian-speaking babies and a bunch of Italian-Slovenian babies from mixed families. They showed those babies various puppets and then they switched the situation. And typically when a seven-month-old baby is used to a particular setting and the situation switches, it takes them a little while to regroup. So it turned out that seven-month-old Italian and seven-month-old Slovenian babies would get used to the puppet appearing on the right and then when the puppet would appear on the left, they would continue looking to the right as if nothing had changed. Whereas the bilingual babies very quickly would turn their head and notice that the puppet has changed its position.
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Option 2: "A study about three groups of seven-month-old babies from different families had infants from bilingual families and monolingual families. It shows that bilingual babies can adapt to the difference faster than that of monolingual babies."

Explanation: This option accurately captures the essence of the text by summarizing the study's focus on three groups of babies and highlighting the significant finding that bilingual babies adapt more quickly to changes than their monolingual counterparts. This aligns perfectly with the main idea presented in the text.

Option 1: "There are a lot of Italians and there are a lot of Slovenians and there are of course a lot of mixed marriages. There was a study on a bunch of Italian speaking babies, bunch of Slovenian speaking babies and a bunch of Italian-Slovenian babies from mixed families."

Explanation: This option provides background information about the demographics of the area and mentions the study, but it fails to summarize the main findings of the research. It lacks the crucial detail that bilingual babies adapt faster than monolingual babies, which is the key takeaway from the text.

Option 3: "When the seven-month-old baby is used to particular setting and the situation switches it takes them a little while to regroup."

Explanation: While this option mentions a detail from the text about how babies react to changes in their environment, it does not encompass the broader context of the study or the comparison between bilingual and monolingual babies. It is too narrow and does not summarize the main findings.

Option 4: "A study was conducted on three groups of seven-month-old babies from different families. Some infants are from bilingual families while others are from monolingual families."

Explanation: This option correctly identifies the groups involved in the study but fails to mention the critical outcome regarding the adaptability of bilingual babies compared to monolingual ones. It provides partial information without addressing the main conclusion of the research.

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