Cover of the textbook Speakout Elementary - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 8.4 - Changing trends for the textbook Speakout Elementary - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

Listen to a man answer questions about festivals. What does he say about changes in price, security, fashion and technology? Make notes.

Answer

price

  • (much) more expensive

security

  • much better now
  • sometimes too good
  • takes a long time
  • more security people around

fashion

  • depends on the festival

technology

  • big change
  • couldn't always get information on the internet or buy tickets years ago
  • not everybody had a mobile phone
  • it was difficult to find a friend at a big festival