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The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Communication 5 for the textbook New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Araminta Crace and Richard Acklam from Pearson Education

Question

Listen to part of a debate about a proposal to build a nuclear power station and answer the questions below.

Answer

  1. Liam Davidson (local government) and Laura Franks (local people) both speak. Other people are mentioned but do not speak.
  2. For (cheaper, more efficient energy; an opportunity to regenerate the area; job opportunities for local people).
  3. Against (Liam wants to imply that local people are for the proposal but most local people are against the idea; concerns about health implications for children; effects on the environment and on wildlife).