Cover of the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 3 - Things are different there for the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book with authors Carol Nuttall and Amanda French from National Geographic Learning

Question

Listen to three conversations about society and culture in different countries. Answer the questions for each conversation.

Answer

Conversation 1

  1. People and how they interact (hypocrisy / take the mickey / polite / superficial)
  2. No, the speakers are talking about their culture compared to Mehdi’s.
  3. Negative (Mehdi doesn’t like it / can’t fit in)

Conversation 2

  1. Bureaucracy and people’s attitudes to it
  2. No, the speakers are talking about where they currently live (the bureaucracy here).
  3. Negative (drives me insane / frustrates me)

Conversation 3

  1. People (hospitality / traditions / women’s roles)
  2. No, the speakers are talking about the culture of a place both speakers have visited (the people there / they).
  3. Positive feelings from the first speaker (amazing hospitality / loved ... the fact that they’ve managed to maintain their culture and traditions) More negative feelings from the second speaker – it must be difficult if you don’t conform / women are still looked down on and have fewer rights