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

The key answer of exercise 1

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 8.2 - Pay me more! for the textbook Speakout Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Antonia Clare and J. J. Wilson from Pearson Education

Question

  1. -
  2. Listen to three people saying why they should be paid more. As you listen, complete the table.
  3. Listen again and discuss the questions.

Answer

b)

  1. children can be difficult, long hours, do extra work
  2. working with children is important and (like teaching) it affects the future
  3. firefighter
  4. dangerous
  5. research biologist
  6. the whole world benefits

c)

question 1

  1. Speaker 3, the research biologist. He wants more money for the lab.
  2. Speaker 2, the firefighter. Firefighters save some (stupid) people who 'fell asleep with a cigarette in their mouth or forgot to switch off the oven.
  3. Speaker 1, the nanny. Cleaning and cooking.