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

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 08 - World culture - Addicted to games for the textbook Cutting Edge Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Jonathan Bygrave from Pearson Education

Question

What do the numbers in the box refer to? Watch the video again and check your answers.

Answer

  • five years: British government wants everyone to have broadband internet access in five years' time; gaming has become more popular in last five years
  • three billion: amount spent a year on gaming
  • 20 hours a day: Chris played World of Warcraft up to 20 hours a day
  • 85 percent: percentage of people in Korea who have fast broadband
  • ten hours: Korean boy in video sometimes spent ten hours gaming
  • two percent: percentage of Korean children seriously addicted