Answer for exercise 5
The solution for exercise 5 in chapter 1.3 - Sharing economy? of Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book by Frances Eales and Steve Oakes
Question
Look at the sentences in Exercise 3A. How could you chunk (group) the phrases? Mark the places where you think there are natural pauses between chucks.
Answer
- On the whole, / people expressed a curiosity about businesses / that had less relevance for them.
- To cite one example, / people who don't have pets / tended to be particularly interested / in getting information about the pet-related services.
- Our impression / was simply that these businesses / had some novelty for them ...
- ... and their interest / presumably reflected amusement / more than a genuine desire / to use the service.
- Another illustration of this / Is the number of people / who asked for more information / about the parking services, who, / as it turned out, / don't actually have a car.
- Generally speaking though, .. there was limited interest / in trying out [services] that the survey participants / hadn't used in the past.
- The consensus seems to be / that people are partial to what they already use / or know about.
- One might speculate / that this reflects human nature.