The key answer of exercise 6
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 13 - A brand new start for the textbook Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning
Question
Work in pairs. Look at the words and phrases in bold in the two parts of the article. Decide what they mean from the context.
Answer
- An ethnic minority is a group of people with similar traditions / culture / background who live in a place where most people do not share those things. (You could give examples of ethnic minorities where you live – or ask students for extra examples.)
- If you’re determined to do something, then you don’t let anything stop you from doing it.
- When a boat sets sail, it starts its journey across the water.
- An ordeal is an extremely unpleasant experience, and usually, ordeals last for quite a long time. (You could give examples of / ask for examples of different kinds of ordeals.)
- A detention centre is a place that people who are trying to enter a country without permission are made to live in while a decision is made about whether or not they can stay. It’s a bit like a prison!
- The annual turnover of a company is the amount of money it makes before it pays taxes, wages and so on.
- If you struggle to do something, you find it very difficult.
- Fled is the past tense of flee. If you flee – or flee from – a place, you escape from it quickly because it’s dangerous. (You could ask why people might flee a place and get different examples.)
- If you make considerable contributions to the national economy, you help the economy, e.g. by paying taxes and by encouraging business.
- In this context, thanks to means because of / as a result of.