Cover of the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter Video 7 - Counterfeit strategy for the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book with authors Carol Nuttall and Amanda French from National Geographic Learning

Question

Work in groups. Discuss the questions.

Answer

  • People buy counterfeit goods because they are cheap, because they want to have designer brands but can’t afford them, and sometimes to protest against big businesses that charge a lot for their products.
  • Banknotes have a serial number, a watermark, a line through them, a complex design and colouring, and use a very particular type of paper.