Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1.3 - Picture perfect for the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. -
  2. Read the text. Does it mention your ideas? What does Bailey feel is important when taking a photo portrait?
  3. Work in pairs. Check you understand the meaning of the words / expressions in bold. Can you use other words to explain them?

Answer

b)

Bailey feels it is important to get a reaction from the person to see their true personality. He thinks you should see things as they are, not how you think they should be.

c)

  • captures the beauty → shows you how beautiful something is
  • evocative → reminds you of, makes you think about
  • iconic → important and recognisable, well-known and memorable
  • revealing → telling us something about
  • striking → strong and easily noticed
  • provocative → creates a reaction, exciting to look at (maybe also sexually exciting)