Cover of the textbook Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 8

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1 - In the picture for the textbook Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Listen again. Answer the questions.

Answer

  1. Leiden (in Holland)
  2. Yes (widely admired and reasonably successful)
  3. The paintings were intended to be hung together, suggesting that the letter in the first painting was intended for the woman in the second.
  4. At first the paintings seem calm, but there are various signs of passion and chaos beneath the surface.
  5. They show that he is well travelled and quite wealthy.
  6. They have hidden meanings. The landscape shows the man is a man of the world, while the stormy sea is a symbol of the difficult nature of love.