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The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 4 - Big issues for the textbook Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Listen to five short news stories. Decide which of the issues from Exercise 1 is discussed in each one.

Answer

  1. homelessness (getting vulnerable young people off the streets and into hostels; teenagers sleeping rough on the streets)
  2. gender discrimination (she was denied promotion after telling colleagues she was pregnant)
  3. racism (a young Asian student was attacked by a gang of white youths; it may well have been racially motivated)
  4. the destruction of the environment (had been planning to build a hotel and leisure complex; protests by local residents; the group Save Our Seaside ...; ‘vandalism on a huge scale’)
  5. family size (as she is already bringing up five children, one more will make little difference)

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