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Answer for exercise 2

The solution for exercise 2 in chapter 3 - My kind of holiday of Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book by Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley

Question

Listen to three people talking about their holiday plans for this year and answer the questions.

Answer

Speaker 1

  • This is the Saudi student, Waleed.
  • He’s going to Salalah in Oman this year.
  • He also mentions Malaysia (they went there last year).
  • You may want to ask why / how they know who the speaker is: he mentions the very high temperatures in his country (Saudi Arabia), and that he plans to do off-road driving with his father (Waleed is travelling with his parents and sisters).
  • He also mentions his mother and sisters.

Speaker 2

  • This is the young Frenchman, Alain.
  • He’s going to Vietnam.
  • He also mentions Lyon (he might go to visit a friend) and Morocco (he went there last year).
  • You may want to ask why / how they know who the speaker is: he mentions seasonal work (Alain is a waiter), and that he plans to visit friends in Lyon (Alain is French).

Speaker 3

  • This is the English woman, Wendy.
  • She’s going to London.
  • She mentions places they might visit in London (the British Museum and the Tower), and that they went on holiday near a beach in Cornwall last year.
  • You may want to ask why / how they know who the speaker is: she mentions ‘the kids’ a few times and talks about them complaining (Wendy has teenage kids).
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