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The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 7.3 - It's never too late for the textbook New Total English Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Rachael Roberts, Antonia Clare and JJ Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Listen to a radio programme about a university. How is it different from other universities?
  2. -
  3. Tell your partner what you found out in exercise 2b.
  4. Listen again and underline the words in bold from exercise 1 that you hear. What is said about them?

Answer

a)

  • You can’t take a degree or any kind or formal assessment.
  • The students are all over fifty-five.
  • There are branches all over the world.

c)

Student A

  1. 3,000
  2. They find out what people want to learn and bring them together.
  3. It keeps their brain active. / It’s their first chance to do something which interests them. / It's social activity.
  4. They made a return visit to South Africa.
  5. They go to lectures with the regular university students.

Student B

  1. 200,000
  2. Philosophy / Mandarin Chinese / Latin
  3. It keeps their brain active. / It’s their first chance to do something which interests them. / It's social activity.
  4. They went to a twenty-one day study tour of Central Europe.
  5. They do community work, such as teaching English.

d)

  1. courses, academic, subjects
  2. formal, assessment, exam
  3. lecture, seminar
  4. distance learning
  5. degree, subject