The key to exercise solutions in chapter 5.3 - What do you think? for the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education
Question
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Listen to the first part of the brainstorm. Are any of your ideas included? Make a note of the other ideas.
Tick the three best ideas.Then listen to the second part. Which ideas are rejected and why? Which idea do they choose in the end?
Answer
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b)
The ideas covered are
branding / get a sponsor, e.g. a shoe company
health benefits of walking
health problems, e.g. sitting down too long
close public transport for one day
video of people's feet
walking and talking (possibly viral video)
charity campaign
use a celebrity
c)
They reject
branding / get a sponsor → want a wider campaign; don't want the campaign linked to a particular company
health benefits of walking → a bit obvious it's been done before, it's boring and expensive
health problems → people have been told about the dangers for years, not effective
close public transport for one day → unrealistic, transport companies wouldn't agree, they'd lose too much money
They chose a combination of
video of people's feet and use a celebrity
The charity campaign is not discussed any further.