Cover of the textbook New Total English Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 9

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 2.2 - Built to last for the textbook New Total English Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Rachael Roberts, Antonia Clare and JJ Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

Read the article. What do the numbers in the box refer to?

Answer

  • 1948 → the date of the first London Olympic Games
  • 3,000 → the numbers of TVs lost in London bombings
  • 1936 → when the Marconiphone was made
  • 11,000 → the equivalent of 60 guineas in pounds today
  • 12 → the size of the screen in inches