The key answer of exercise 6
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 13 - In the headlines for the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book with authors Carol Nuttall and Amanda French from National Geographic Learning
Question
Work in pairs. Look at audio script 43 on page 210. Look at the questions and underline the rhetorical ones. What opinion do the rhetorical questions show?
Answer
The following are the rhetorical questions and opinions:
Conversation 1
- Well, what did you expect? It’s one rule for us and another for them, isn’t it? = I didn’t expect him to be found guilty.
Conversation 2
- Look at it from their point of view. Why would they? = They have no good reasons to cut jobs.
Conversation 3
- What’s it got to do with us? And what’s it got to do with playing tennis? = Having an affair has nothing to do with us or playing tennis.
Conversation 4
- Can you imagine the pressure politicians are under when there’s so much news coverage? = I think politicians are under huge pressure which is why I have sympathy if they make a slip.
- What are other countries going to think? = I think they will think badly of us.
Conversation 5
- ... why on earth aren’t they being prosecuted? = I think they should be prosecuted.