Cover of the textbook English File Advanced - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 4A - An open book for the textbook English File Advanced - Student's Book with authors Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden, Jerry Lambert and Kate Chomacki from Oxford University Press

Question

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  4. Now read the title and the first paragraph of the article. What is a 'spoiler'?
  5. Read the rest of the article and underline.

Answer

d)

A spoiler is information that you are given about what is going to happen in a book, film, TV series, sports match, etc. before you have read it or seen it.

e)

  1. ... knowing in advance in an Agatha Christie story that Poirot will discover that the 'victim' of the attempted murder is, in fact, the real murderer...
  2. ... I need to check the hero or heroine is still alive at the end of the book.; ... to make sure who is going to end up with whom.
  3. ... once you know how the story turns out, you're more comfortable processing the information and can focus on a deeper understanding of the story.
  4. ...that the sad ending will turn into a happy one!