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

The key answer of exercise 4

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

Work in pairs. Decide which of the five stories mention a-e below. Then listen again to check your ideas.

Answer

  1. Extract 3 (a young Asian student was attacked; The 19-year-old victim is still being treated in hospital)
  2. Extract 5 (the woman is described as the proud granny, which suggests she’s happy about it)
  3. Extract 1 (homeless teenagers are vulnerable and in danger of becoming involved in drugs and other criminal activity)
  4. Extract 2 (she was awarded compensation of €487,000)
  5. Extract 4 (A tiny pressure group has claimed victory; Ronald Stamp had been planning to build a hotel and entertainment complex)