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

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 2.3 - Good point! for the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Listen to three conversations. Which person agrees with the statements above, the man or the woman?
  2. Listen again and make notes. Write one reason each person gives for their opinion.
  3. -
  4. Work in pairs and complete the phrases.

Answer

a)

  1. The woman agrees that violence in gaming is a problem.
  2. The man agrees that illegal downloading is a problem.
  3. The man agrees that cosmetic surgery is a good thing.

b)

Conversation 1

  • Man's opinion → it makes kids less aggressive because they use up their energy; kids can separate real life from computer game fantasy
  • Woman's opinion → it makes kids more aggressive

Conversation 2

  • Man's opinion → it's the same as stealing
  • Woman's opinion → musicians don't make much money from CDs; famous musicians don't need the money; newer musicians can get their music heard

Conversation 3

  • Man's opinion → dangerous and damaging
  • Woman's opinion → helps people's confidence; may be good for health reasons

d)

  1. against
  2. favour
  3. makes
  4. see
  5. point
  6. certain
  7. think
  8. convinced