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The key answer of exercise 2

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

Question

  1. You are going to Watch a video about the Bermuda Triangle. Where is the Bermuda Triangle? Why is it famous?
  2. Watch the video and check your answers to exercise 2a. Then answer the questions below.

Answer

a)

  • The Bermuda Triangle is in the area between Bermuda, Miami and Puerto Rico.
  • Planes and ships are said to have disappeared in the triangle under mysterious circumstances.

b)

  1. strange lights in the sky
  2. They vanish without trace: no warning, no distress calls, no wreckage.
  3. Bermuda, Miami, Puerto Rico
  4. 5 planes and 14 people
  5. They couldn't see land, couldn't confirm their position, didn't know which way was west and were out of gas (fuel).
  6. The plane sent to the rescue also disappeared.