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Answer — Exercise 1 - Part 2

Colloquial English 8 & 9·English File Advanced - Student's Book

Question

  1. Now watch Part 2. How sympathetic is George McGavin to people who have phobias of insects? Has he ever been afraid of a living creature?
  2. Watch again. Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false). Correct the F sentences.

Answer

a)

  • He isn't particularly sympathetic.
  • Yes, once. He was afraid of a fer-de-lance snake in the Amazon.

b)

  1. T
  2. T
  3. F (He thinks it is justifiable for people who live in countries with dangerous spiders.)
  4. F (In the UK, however, there are no spiders which can injure you at all.')
  5. F (He cured one girl of her phobia in a day.)
  6. T
  7. F (The snake didn't like the head torch.)
  8. F (He froze and then put the leaf back on the snake.)

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