
Answer — Exercise 1 - Part 2
Colloquial English 8 & 9·English File Advanced - Student's Book
Question
- 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?
- 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)
- T
- T
- F (He thinks it is justifiable for people who live in countries with dangerous spiders.)
- F (In the UK, however, there are no spiders which can injure you at all.')
- F (He cured one girl of her phobia in a day.)
- T
- F (The snake didn't like the head torch.)
- F (He froze and then put the leaf back on the snake.)
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