The key answer of exercise 6
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 8 - Caught in the act 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 conversation each group of words comes from and how each word was used. Then listen again and check.
Answer
1 → Conversation 2
- they have machines which can swipe the card (here, swipe means to pass a plastic card through a piece of equipment that reads the information)
- it could’ve been when I bought those new trainers on the internet
- That must be a relief (that = the fact that she’ll get the money back)
2 → Conversation 3
- Why would you want a whole stuffed elephant? (stuffed = filled with a material so that the animal is preserved)
- It’d be a bit of a shock (it = finding live crocodiles in a bathroom)
- I suppose he must’ve drugged them (them = the crocodiles and lion)
3 → Conversation 1
- these lads came up to me with a map, asking for directions
- Fortunately not (= not much in my bag)
- I didn’t let it spoil the holiday (I just carried on and made sure I enjoyed the holiday)