Cover of the textbook Cutting Edge Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 03 - Speaking for the textbook Cutting Edge Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Jonathan Bygrave from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Work in small groups and look at the picture. Which travel problems does it show? What travel problems have you experienced? What happened?
  2. Watch the video of three conversations. What problem is each passenger having? How does he / she resolve the problem?

Answer

a)

train cancellations / delays

b)

  1. The driver will not tell the woman how much the taxi ride will cost. She asks him to turn on the meter.
  2. The British man wants to know how to get to the Manhattan shopping centre. He asks the bus driver for directions. (The differences between American and British English also cause some con fusion.)
  3. The passenger cannot understand the announcement. He speaks to the information officer.