Cover of the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 5.4 - Secret island for the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

Work in pairs and discuss the questions.

Answer

  1. Because New York is a very busy city full of people and noise. On North Brother Island it is quiet and there are no people.
  2. The photographer feels like he is walking back in time when on the island, and yet the ice cream truck is a very modern noise that is 'very alive', in contrast with the quiet on the island.
  3. He wants to show how quickly things can disintegrate, and how powerful nature can be to take over. He seems to be successful in that.