Answer — Exercise 7
Review 7·Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book
Question
Decide if these words are connected to life-changing events, banks or gambling and in what way.
Answer
- a bailout → banks: the government sometimes provides banks with a bailout if they’re struggling
- charges → banks: there are charges every time you go over your overdraft limit; could also be life-changing event, if the police bring charges against you
- currency → banks: you can buy or sell currency via banks
- the jackpot → gambling: a large sum of money you can win on a game
- in labour → life-changing events: women go into labour / are in labour before giving birth
- odds → gambling: the odds are the chances of a thing happening. If you bet on sport, odds of 10 to 1 mean you bet £1 and win £10.
- an overdraft → banks: if you spend more money than you have in your account, you go into overdraft.
- retrain → life-changing events: quit your job, decide to retrain and start a new career
- stakes → gambling: your stake is the amount you decide to gamble. If you gamble a lot, the stakes are high.
- vows → life-changing event: when you get married, you and your husband / wife exchange vows