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02 - Listening and vocabulary·Cutting Edge Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book

Question

3

  1. Look at the three people in the photos. Can you guess which things in exercise 1 make them feel good and bad?
  2. Listen and check your answers.

4

  1. Listen again. Which things in the box below does each person mention? Are they good or bad things?
  2. Work in pairs and summarise the good and bad things about each person's life, giving as much detail as you can.

Answer

Rick

  • Good things: spending time with his children and watching them grow up, being a non-conformist
  • Bad things: lack of sleep, no time to relax, criticism from wife / family

Frankie

  • Good things: an active social life, good friends, intellectual stimulation of philosophy
  • Bad things: loneliness (studying on her own), exam nerves / stress, wanting to meet more people, lack of confidence

Nancy

  • Good things: being an employer and not an employee, financial security, having an important role
  • Bad things: firing people, paying taxes, anti-social behaviour on the streets
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Ex. 2