Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book

Answer for exercise 3

The solution for exercise 3 in chapter 7.3 - Classic journeys of Speakout Advanced Plus - Students' Book by Frances Eales and Steve Oakes

Question

Listen and make notes on your topics. Were your predictions correct? Then work together and reconstruct the story.

Answer

A

  • instant noodles → he bought a lot before leaving Beijing and ate them in the mornings
  • no lingua franca → there wasn't one (not even English!)
  • drawing pictures → one of the ways they tried to communicate
  • a bunch of kids → on the platform at the first stop, yelling for gum

B

  • fellow travellers → a Russian and two young Chinese guys.
  • roast chicken → the Russian guy shared one on the second day
  • chewing gum → he brought some, because someone told him it's useful to have to either give to kids or sell
  • a kid on his own - away from the group of kids → he gave the kid all his gum and chocolate
More exercises in 7.3 - Classic journeys