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Answer for exercise 2

The solution for exercise 2 in chapter 11 - Speaking of Cutting Edge Intermediate - Student's Book by Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Jonathan Bygrave

Question

  1. Watch the video of two conversations about the crime.What's the relationship between the people in each conversation? What does each person think about the crime?
  2. Read the extracts below.Then watch again and number the phrases in the order you hear them.

Answer

a)

Conversation 1

  • husband and wife
  • The husband thinks 25 hours' community service is not enough and he should have been sent to prison.
  • The wife thinks he perhaps needs to be helped, not punished.

Conversation 2

  • shopkeeper and his regular customer
  • The regular customer thinks it is terrible that he only got 25 hours' community service and that he should be sent to prison.
  • The shopkeeper doesn't agree that he should have been sent to prison - He is only 16 and has had a difficult life.

b)

  • Conversation 1 - c, e, f, b, d, a
  • Conversation 2 - b, d, c, a
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