Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book

Answer for exercise 7

The solution for exercise 7 in chapter 3.2 - Fired! of Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book by Frances Eales and Steve Oakes

Question

  1. Read the descriptions of businesses. Work in pairs and discuss. What is the missing name of the company, organisation or place? Would you be interested in working there? Why / Why not?
  2. Underline four farming / gardening / environmental metaphors in each description above.

Answer

a)

  1. Silicon Valley
  2. Nestle
  3. UNICEF

b)

  1. sprouted, flourished, branched out, ecosystem
  2. ploughing back, bore fruit, thorny issues, blossomed
  3. branch, root, grass-roots, reaped (rewards)