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The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 10 - Preparation for the textbook Cutting Edge Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Jonathan Bygrave from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Listen to four people from Peakoilia and answer the questions about each person.
  2. Listen again and tick the phrases you hear in the Useful language box.

Answer

a)

  1. the economy of the island; spend more on promoting tourism to help businesses
  2. the state of the schools; increase taxes on wealthy people to pay for the improvements to the schools
  3. unemployment and defence; increase spending on defence in order to make the country more secure and give young people jobs as soldiers
  4. cost of living; reduce taxes on ordinary people in order to have a better standard of living

b)

  1. First we have to ... ; I'd suggest that we spend more on ...
  2. To me, the biggest problem is ... ; I think the government should ... to pay for ...
  3. This would help to ... ; The problem is ... ; I think the government should ...
  4. The best option is to ...