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

The key answer of exercise 9

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 9.3 - The real Sherlock? for the textbook New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Araminta Crace and Richard Acklam from Pearson Education

Question

Listen again and explain the significance of the following topics from the interview.

Answer

  1. His friends and family call him 'Holmes'.
  2. His parents were great fans of these.
  3. This is the type of name his parents wanted to choose for him.
  4. This is what people sometimes ask him when they're trying to be funny.
  5. People think he can explain what TV magicians do.