The key answer of exercise 13

a)

Where did he / she live?

• Speaker 1 → Canada
• Speaker 2 → Austria
• Speaker 3 → Japan

What was he / she doing there?

• Speaker 1 → starting a packaging business in the publishing industry
• Speaker 2 → gap year from university, work as a teaching assistant
• Speaker 3 → English-language teacher

What did he / she like about the host country?

• Speaker 1 → beautiful city, beaches, mountains, etc, food, friendly people
• Speaker 2 → long weekends, skiing, ice skating, scenery, people
• Speaker 3 → the people

Is there anything he / she didn't like, or that was difficult?

• Speaker 1 → starting a business when Canada's economy wasn't doing well was difficult
• Speaker 2 → the food - Austrians tend to eat a lot of meat, which was difficult as she is vegetarian
• Speaker 3 → she couldn't read Japanese so everyday things (like shopping) were an adventure for her

What are his / her favourite memories of the country?

• Speaker 1 → the open spaces, vastness and the friendly people
• Speaker 2 → scenery, going off into the mountains after school, skiing or swimming in the lakes
• Speaker 3 → the people and learning about Japanese customs and culture

b)

1. 2
2. 3
3. 1
4. 3
5. 2
6. 3
7. 1
8. 2
9. 3
10. 1