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The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 4B - The sound of silence 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

  1. -
  2. -
  3. Now listen to eight people talking about sounds they love or hate. Answer the questions.
  4. Listen again and answer the questions.

Answer

c)

Speaker 1

  1. Neighbour's dog barking.
  2. He hates it.

Speaker 2

  1. Daughter eating popcorn in the cinema.
  2. She hates it.

Speaker 3

  1. Children breathing when they're asleep.
  2. She loves it.

Speaker 4

  1. The sea.
  2. He loves it.

Speaker 5

  1. The beep of kitchen appliances when they've finished a programme.
  2. She hates it.

Speaker 6

  1. A baby laughing.
  2. She loves it.

Speaker 7

  1. Very quiet music.
  2. He hates it.

Speaker 8

  1. Sound of a train.
  2. She loves it.

d)

  1. Everything - the rain, the traffic, and the wind.
  2. Because otherwise it takes her daughter a very long time to eat it.
  3. Because it makes her feel happy and relaxed, as she knows she can have some time to herself. Also because her children are at home and healthy.
  4. An app with sea sounds.
  5. When she's relaxing and watching TV.
  6. On YouTube.
  7. Background music, lift music.
  8. Facing forwards.