The key answer of exercise 4
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6A - Help, I need somebody! 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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- Listen to a School of Life presentation called Why small pleasures are a big deal. Number the slides in the order the presenter mentions them, 1-9. Which things from the slides does he suggest are 'small pleasures'?
- Why does the presenter mention ...?
- In pairs, complete the summary of the central message of the presentation. Then compare with another pair. Are your summaries similar?
Answer
b)
- 6
- 4
- 2
- 8
- 3
- 7
- 9
- 5
- 1
The small pleasures he mentions are: a cheese sandwich, a fig, and old photos.
c)
- Pineapples used to be valued because they were so expensive, but are now cheap and unexciting. Caviar sounds more interesting than eggs.
- In an experiment, almost nobody stopped to listen to the violinist when he played in the street, though if he'd played the same music in a concert hall, large numbers of people would have gone.
- Marriage, career, and travel are examples of large-scale things that we hope will be very enjoyable.
- A Caribbean island, the Uffizi Gallery, and a hang-gliding lesson are examples of things that we assume will be more enjoyable than small things like cycling to a local park, reading a book, or looking at the clouds.
- Fancy holidays aren't always enjoyable - they can be ruined by fights or bad moods.
- Having a bath and talking to a grandparent are examples of small pleasures which can seem insignificant, but actually are not.
d)
- We expect to get most pleasure from things which are rare, expensive, famous, or large-scale.
- However, small pleasures can be just as significant and enjoyable as large ones.
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