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The key answer of exercise 6

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. Watch seven people answering the question 'Do you believe in the paranormal?'. Does each person say yes (Y), no (N) or they don’t know / are open-minded (D)?
  2. Watch reasons (if any) does each speaker give? Watch again to check.

Answer

a)

  1. D
  2. Y
  3. Y
  4. N
  5. D
  6. Y
  7. N

b)

  1. He likes the idea of the paranormal but he's quite logical.
  2. Too many things have happened to her that she can't explain.
  3. He hasn't had any proof but he's open-minded and hopes something will happen to him.
  4. He believes science will explain everything.
  5. She's open to it but doesn't think there's anything to either prove or disprove it.
  6. She knows a lot of people who have had strange experiences (including herself) and feels that she can sense another dimension.
  7. He doesn't believe in anything which can't be proved by science.