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Answer for exercise 6

The solution for exercise 6 in chapter 06 - World culture - Unsung heroes of Cutting Edge Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book by Sarah Cunningham, Peter Moor and Jonathan Bygrave

Question

Watch three people talking about an unsung hero that they admire. Complete the table.

Answer

Lizzie

  • Name of person she admires: Nikola Tesla
  • Biographical information: inventor and electrical engineer in the 1800s and 1900s
  • Achievements: worked with Thomas Edison and made a lot of money from his inventions (but developed a reputation in later years as a mad scientist and ended up penniless).

Sion

  • Name of person he admires: the band Neu!
  • Biographical information: a German band from the early seventies
  • Achievements: one of the first bands to experiment with electronic music and influenced David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Simple Minds and others.

Jeanette

  • Name of person she admires: Mary Seacole
  • Biographical information: lived during the Crimean War
  • Achievements: used her own money to set up a hotel near the front line and brought soldiers in to give them food and medicine and take care of them.
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