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Answer — Exercise 1

Vocabulary 9·New Total English Intermediate - Students' Book

Question

  1. Listen to an American living and working in the UK. What does she say about the things in the photos?
  2. Listen again and answer the questions.

Answer

a)

  • car park (UK) → In the US this is called a parking lot.
  • lift (UK) → In the US this is called an elevator.
  • chips (UK) → In the US this is called French fries. Chips in the US means crisps in the UK.

b)

  1. Americans tend to be more direct.
  2. She didn’t know that given the sack meant be fired (he had lost his job).
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More exercises in Vocabulary 9

Ex. 2
Ex. 3
Ex. 4