Cover of the textbook Speakout Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 4

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 5.1 - Fantastic film trips for the textbook Speakout Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

Take turns to tell your group about your text. Which story do you think sounds the most interesting?

Answer

1

  • Kon-Tiki → Thor Heyerdahl and five sailors / explorers
  • Into the Wild → a young man called Chris McCandless
  • Rabbit-Proof Fence → three Aborigine girls (Molly, Daisy, Gracie)

2

  • Kon-Tiki → to prove it was possible to travel from South America to Polynesia using only basic tools
  • Into the Wild → to experience life alone in the wilderness
  • Rabbit-Proof Fence → to get home

3

  • Kon-Tiki → across the Pacific Ocean
  • Into the Wild → the Alaskan wilderness
  • Rabbit-Proof Fence → 1,200 miles across the Australian desert