Answer for exercise 3
The solution for exercise 3 in chapter 6 - War and peace of Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book by Carol Nuttall and Amanda French
Question
Work in pairs. Discuss why the writer.
Answer
- it’s an upcoming event and so is newsworthy; it’s unusual; it grabs the reader’s attention by being novel and unusual
- because in all but one match, the Peace Studies students have beaten the War Studies students, and this could be seen as ironic, as many people feel war is triumphing over peace in the wider world
- to show us / as evidence of the fact that – contrary to popular belief – violence is in decline
- to provide a link to the football match and to show the football match can be seen as an example of war by other means. This then leads nicely into the part about solving conflict by means other than war. The Orwell quote is a bridge / link here.
- When Bradford University first started offering Peace Studies courses in the 1970s, students were stereotypically seen as little more than hippies who sat around all day listening to John Lennon. Nuclear weapons are mentioned because of their proliferation in the 1970s and 1980s and this led to Peace Studies being taken more seriously
- to show the incredibly broad range of subjects that Peace Studies courses actually cover now – and peacebuilding is mentioned as it’s the heart of the subject
- it ties the article up nicely – and the writer makes the point that the Peace Studies players give their all on the pitch – and hopes they’ll do the same when they graduate and give their all for peace in the world