ANSWERS FOR UNIT 1 ( GLT1024 )

VOCUBULARY

1. Complete the sentences

- 1. Estimate
- 2. Compensate
- 3. Retain
- 4. Anxious
- 5. Flexible
- 6. Disabled
- 7. Predictable
- 8. Interaction
- 9. Astonishing
- 10. Savant
- 11. Benefit
- 12. Image

MAIN IDEA
1. 1 & 2
- B. Danniel Tammet’s abilities and disabilities
Proof :

2. 4 & 5
- Not the typical Savant
- Proof : Savants have a limited vocabulary, but there’s nothing limited about Tammet’s
vocabulary.
3. 7 & 8
- Overstimulation can be a problem
- Proof : He never go to the beach because there are to many pebbles to count that make
him uncomfortable about the mathematical problem with no solution
4. 10 & 11
- Daniel and Kim Peek connect
- Proof : Daniel meet Kim when there are a broadcast about his life
5. 14 & 15
- Daniel’s math skills emerge
- Proof : He remembers being given a Ladybird book called Counting when he was 4
6. 16 & 17
- Problems in school
- Proof : He found it hard to socialize with anyone outside the family and his shyness got
worse
DETAILS
1. MATH
- He can calculate cube roots faster than a calculator ( ability )
- He can multiply 379 an d795 in his hand ( ability )
- He does not go the beach because there are too many pebbles to count ( disability )
- The thought of math problem with no solution makes him uncomfortable

2. LANGUAGE
- He has invented his own language ( ability )
- He speaks 8 language ( ability )
- He is able to read a lot of books ( ability )

3. MEMORY
- He can easily remember key dates in history ( ability )
- He can recall pi to 22,514 decimal points ( ability )

4. SOCIAL INTERACTION
- He has trouble making eye contact ( disability )
- He feels uncomfortable in the supermarket ( disability )
- It is hard for him to socialize with anyone outside his family ( disability )

5. NEED FOR ORDER

- He must drink his tea at exactly the same time every day ( disability )
- He has always to brush his teeth before he showers ( disability )

MAKING INFERENCE
1. A normal person but rather the guy who can do out of ordinary stuff in his head
2. You have to be handicapped to be different than others
3. Have no value to Daniel
4. Is weird
5. Do everything as other people normally do / follow schedule