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The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6.3 - Trendsetters for the textbook Speakout Advanced - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Listen to people describing how two trends started and answer the questions.
  2. Read the expressions below for describing cause and effect. Can you remember which expressions the speakers in Exercise 3A used?

Answer

a)

  1. wearing trousers below the hip, and showing underwear; reality TV shows
  2. in US prisons, because belts weren't allowed; early programmes in the 1970s and 80s
  3. through rappers such as Ice T; through programmes such as Big Brother and Pop Idol

b)

  1. It all started ...; It has its origins / roots in ...; It led to ...
  2. It all started ...; It originated in / from ...; It has caused ...; Because of this, ...; It resulted in ...