The key answer of exercise 4

b)

a, b, d, e, f, h

d)

• 1 - After the reporter asks the first question, the politician says 'Good morning and thank you for inviting me on the programme'.
• 3 - After the question 'So why have you broken that election pledge? Why haven't you done anything about it?' the politician says 'Well, what we have to take into account is that there can be many reasons for the difference in pay ... '
• 3 - After the question 'Yes, so what you're saying is that it's right that typically female occupations, such as a carer or a nurse, are paid at a lower level than say an equivalent male dominated job?' the politician says 'No, not at all. What I am saying is that we have to look at the employment figures overall and particularly we need to take into account our priorities of providing more employment for everyone in this difficult economic sit ... '
• 4- 'Well, it would be shocking but this figure has been taken out of context.'
• 6 - Citing a statistic that's not Immediately verifiable: 'research shows that men tend to be more assertive in asking for pay rises and this is something we need to educate employers in so that ... '