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The key to exercise solutions in chapter 10.3 - On your left ... for the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. -
  2. Listen to two people showing visitors around Greenwich Village and Oxford. Number the photos in the order you hear them.
  3. Listen again and write one fact you hear about each place.

Answer

b)

  1. C
  2. B
  3. A
  4. D
  5. F
  6. E

c)

  1. The Blue Note Jazz Club: It's famous; it's one of the best jazz clubs in the neighbourhood.
  2. The Café Reggio: The first owner brought cappuccino to the USA, the original cappuccino machine is there.
  3. Greenwich Village in general: It's a centre of artistic life and attracts writers, dancers, poets; it was a big part of the 60s folk music scene.
  4. Washington Square Park: People play chess there every day. The arch was modelled on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris and was built in 1889 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the inauguration of George Washington.
  5. The Bodleian Library: Named after founder Thomas Bodley, the Bodleian is a (circular) library, which has a copy of every book published in the UK; any student at the university can use it.
  6. The Oxford colleges: There are 38 Oxford colleges.
  7. The Bridge of Sighs: It connects the two sides of Hertford College; is modelled on a bridge in Venice.
  8. New College: The college was founded in 1370.
  9. The 'Schools: Students take their exams there; biggest room can seat 500 students.
  10. Christ Church College: It's the biggest and most famous college at Oxford; famous from the Harry Potter films.

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