Cover of the textbook Cutting Edge Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 5

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

Watch three people talking about a mysterious or paranormal experience. Complete the table.

Answer

Eben

  • He was at home in Namibia, outside packing the car to go on their summer holiday with his sister
  • They saw a bright light appear. It was moving very fast and making a swishing sound
  • It could have been 'the morning star' / planet Venus or a meteorite

Madeleine

  • She was with a friend in a hostel in Delhi, and they had just arrived after a long flight
  • Her friend saw the figure of a child on the staircase
  • She could have just been tired, but the owner of the hostel said other people had seen it though there were no children staying in the hostel

Martin

  • He was on his own in a house in the middle of the countryside
  • He heard horse's hooves outside
  • There was no explanation as he couldn't see anything