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The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6.2 - A long way home for the textbook Navigate Pre-Intermediate B1 - Coursebook with authors Caroline Krantz and Julie Norton from Oxford University Press

Question

  1. You are going to listen to two friends talking about the true story ofa boywho lost his mother and found her again twenty-five years later. What do you think is the significance in the story of the words in the box?
  2. Now listen to the conversation and check your ideas.

Answer

a)

  • A waterfall: This is a landmark which he remembers from his childhood and when he sees it on Google Earth it helps him find his home village.
  • Google Earth: This programme is the technology which helps him locate his mother.
  • An Australian couple: He was adopted by an Australian couple and taken to live in Hobart, Tasmania.
  • A train: He fell asleep on a train and woke up in Kolkata.

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