Cover of the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 7

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 groups. Which of these common opinions could you imagine saying yourself? In what situation?

Answer

  1. When a wealthy / powerful person is not punished or is punished lightly for a crime.
  2. When talking about a particularly horrible crime.
  3. When talking about politicians and corruption.
  4. When a young person has insulted an old person or done something crass like taking a selfie at a war memorial.
  5. When talking about the chances of a sports team in a competition.
  6. When powerful countries threaten to invade another or impose sanctions.
  7. When there has been another example of something bad and nothing has been done.
  8. When someone behaves a certain way and subsequently receives particular treatment as a result of the way they have behaved (for example, if you are violent, people are likely to be violent to you in return).