Answer — Exercise 4
Video 1 - Kenya comes to central park·Outcomes Intermediate - Student's Book
Question
Watch the second part of the video where the two men meet someone called Jimmy (1.29-4.51). Find out why the words and phrases in Exercise 3 are used. Then compare your ideas with your partner.
Answer
- East Africa is the easterly region of Africa stretching from Sudan to Mozambique. East African countries include Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
- The Bronx is an area of New York City, just to the north of the island of Manhattan.
- issues = social problems (in this context)
- sheets = thin cotton material that you sleep under; blankets = thick, woollen material that you sleep under
- leopard = a big African cat with black spots on yellow fur
- sticks = long pieces of wood that you carry (e.g. a walking stick)
- dung = what elephants produce from behind after a large meal!
- the rest of my life = the years I still have left to live
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