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5.3 - Million-dollar risk·New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book

Question

  1. When we use emphatic structures with do / does and so / such, we can also use stress to add emphasis. Listen to four extracts from the dialogue and make the stressed words in the sentences (1-6).
  2. Listen again. Why does each person want to emphasise what they say?

Answer

a)

  1. I do like Clint Eastwood.
  2. There are so many different themes in the film.
  3. I thought the whole theme of risk was so interesting.
  4. She does stay with him in the end.
  5. They’re such great films.
  6. It sounds like such an interesting film.

b)

  1. The speaker is stressing that she likes Clint Eastwood films but not films about boxing.
  2. The speaker is emphasising the fact that she doesn’t leave for another coach but decides to stay.
  3. The speaker is stressing the number of themes in the film.
  4. The speaker is stressing how interesting the theme of risk was in the film.
  5. The speaker is emphasising how much he liked both films.
  6. The speaker is emphasising how interesting he thinks the film sounds.
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