Task 2: Genetic Make-up

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Task 2: Genetic Make-up

Fill in the blanks.
    The conversation takes place at
time. Alan and Barbara are discussing an article about
. Alan thinks that idea of genetic make-up is frightening because it suggests that
. Barbara doesn't completely agree with Alan; she thinks the idea of genetic make-up would only mean that
. Furthermore, if somebody was born with
that made him a
, it would be necessary for him to be
if he was actually going to become a criminal. That is to say, he would have to grow up in
, which regarded crime as
and saw the police as
.
    Alan refers to a saying "it takes a thief to catch a thief", meaning that
are necessary to become
or
. So in time of
men who might
win medals for gallantry. They're men who get bored with
and
, but they're usually pretty
, too.

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Task 2: Genetic Make-up

Fill in the blanks.
    The conversation takes place at
time. Alan and Barbara are discussing an article about
. Alan thinks that idea of genetic make-up is frightening because it suggests that
. Barbara doesn't completely agree with Alan; she thinks the idea of genetic make-up would only mean that
. Furthermore, if somebody was born with
that made him a
, it would be necessary for him to be
if he was actually going to become a criminal. That is to say, he would have to grow up in
, which regarded crime as
and saw the police as
.
    Alan refers to a saying "it takes a thief to catch a thief", meaning that
are necessary to become
or
. So in time of
men who might
win medals for gallantry. They're men who get bored with
and
, but they're usually pretty
, too.