The key answer of exercise 4
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1 - Urban tales for the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book with authors Carol Nuttall and Amanda French from National Geographic Learning
Question
Work in groups. Make a list of reasons why people both tell urban myths and believe them. Then compare your list with another group. Which do you think is the most likely reason?
Answer
Reasons
- just for fun, or to be funny
- to offer a moral lesson
- as part of a conspiracy theory showing distrust in the government
- a malicious attempt to scare people, embarrass them, or get them to do things