Cover of the textbook Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 2 - Hugs and kisses for the textbook Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Read the article. Answer the questions.

Answer

  1. He went through a depressing time and felt isolated, so he basically did it to cheer himself up and make contact with new people (meaningful connections).
  2. Nervous, worried, not optimistic (He took someone with him to protect him and didn’t think it would last long.)
  3. A middle-aged woman. Her daughter had died a year before and her dog had died that day.
  4. A video was made about him and went viral on YouTube; he was interviewed by Oprah Winfrey on a TV chat show.
  5. Mann’s theory: people are too embarrassed to call helplines or seek counselling but need someone to listen to their problems. Day’s theory: it’s a response to the economic crisis and the aggressive self-interest which caused it; people want more than commercial products; people appreciate the small things in life and acts of kindness are more socially acceptable.