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

The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 7C - Happy New Year? for the textbook English File Elementary - Student's Book with authors Christina Latham-Koenig, Clive Oxenden and Jerry Lambert from Oxford University Press

Question

  1. Listen to Denisa from Slovakia talk about a memorable New Year's Eve. Where was Denisa at midnight?
  2. Can you remember what she says about these people and things?

Answer

a)

Denisa was on the beach in Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil.

b)

  1. Marcelo – is her Brazilian boyfriend.
  2. She wore white clothes because it’s a Brazilian tradition.
  3. Marcelo’s mother bought the dress.
  4. They had a typical dinner with Marcelo’s family.
  5. They got a bus to Copacabana.
  6. They went to a show at a place near the beach and danced samba.
  7. When it was nearly midnight, they went to the beach and watched fireworks.
  8. They had their first swim of the New Year at another beach called Praia do Arpoador.