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Answer — Exercise 2

3.2 - A life in six words·Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book

Question

  1. Work in pairs. Read the text above and discuss the questions.
  2. Work in pairs. Predict the correct alternative in sentences 1-5. Then listen to the alternative in sentences 1-5. Then listen to the interview with Larry Smith and check your answers.
  3. Listen again and complete the six-word stories.

Answer

a)

  1. It could be about a baby that didn't survive, or a friendship that broke up before the writer had a chance to give the mother the baby shoes.
  2. Larry Smith is an online magazine editor who is appearing on Today to talk about the six-word stories that people have contributed to his website.
  3. It was a story that someone contributed.

b)

  1. didn't expect
  2. very intense about the challenge
  3. their own life
  4. regret and disappointment
  5. tough

c)

  1. what I was planning
  2. a redhead. Fixed that
  3. true love. Married someone else
  4. should have bought that ring
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