The key answer of exercise 2
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 3 - A United Kingdom? for the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book with authors Carol Nuttall and Amanda French from National Geographic Learning
Question
Listen to three people from the UK talking about their own cultural identities. Which three things from the box in Exercise 1 does each person mention and why?
Answer
Speaker 1
- Carnival → went to Notting Hill Carnival every year; uses it as an example of how multi-racial and multicultural Britain is
- curry → grew up eating it; again, it’s an example of multiculturalism
- car boot sales → lives in the country and likes them – often finds mad stuff at them
Speaker 2
- the public school system → people who went to public school dominate the government and so not so left wing
- regional autonomy → sees Scotland as a separate country and wants more control
- God Save the Queen → is a republican and only sings a punk version
Speaker 3
- fish and chips → owns a fish and chip shop
- Islam → he’s Muslim
- football → explains his support of the Pakistan cricket team