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Answer — Exercise 8

13 - Going through changes·Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book

Question

Listen to two conversations where the speakers gossip about other people. Answer the questions for each conversation.

Answer

1

  • Conversation 1: because one speaker has already read the interview with this celebrity (Taylor Fox) in the magazine the other is looking at
  • Conversation 2: because one speaker went for a drink with the person they discuss (Ollie) last week 

2

  • Conversation 1: the fact Taylor Fox used to be married to Scott Blake, and the fact that Scott Blake is actually a bit of a ladies’ man and has maybe been unfaithful / seeing other women  
  • Conversation 2: the fact Ollie has left his job (at Byfix), the fact he has a new Finnish girlfriend called Leila, and the fact he’s thinking of moving to Helsinki to be with her

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