Answer — Exercise 4
3.1·Speakout Advanced - Workbook
Question
- Read the travel review and answer the questions.
- Underline other examples of detailed descriptions, particularly those involving the senses, that add colour to the writing.
Answer
a)
- the Stockholm archipelago
- Midsummer is a good time to visit because it is most beautiful then.
- radiant green like a fairytale
- strawberries, herring, new potatoes and sour cream
- by boat
- The atmosphere is tranquil and relaxed. He says, 'the pace of life soon slows'. The beautiful scenery and natural landscape (with deer) contribute to the tranquil atmosphere.
b)
- free and efficient public ferries
- tiny huts share a few metres of exposed granite with just the wind and seals
- radiant green landscape of a fairytale
- fat cows
- Wild flowers nod
- rogue moose
- packed with trolleys
- flying off the shelves
- Heavily laden cars
- luminously clear
- scoured by sea breezes
- Roe deer skip out of the path of bicycles