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

The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 6.3 - So what you're saying is ... for the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Listen to a radio phone-in and tick the three activities in Exercise 1A that the people discuss.
  2. Listen again and make notes about the callers' problems and the DJ's opinions. Then check with a partner.

Answer

a)

  • owning a smartphone
  • using social networking sites
  • getting your ears pierced

b)

Caller 1

  • Problem → 8-year-old daughter runs up mobile phone bill
  • DJ's opinion → parents should have set guidelines before giving her the phone

Caller 2

  • Problem → mother doesn't let 10-year-old daughter use social networking sites, is worried about bullying
  • DJ's opinion → mother is being overprotective, should rather help daughter learn how to deal with bullying situations if they happen

Caller 3

  • Problem → 12-year-old son spends too much time on the computer
  • DJ's opinion → let him, he'll grow out of it, it's normal these days

Caller 4

  • Problem → 13-year-old son wants to have ears pierced
  • DJ's opinion → doesn't say, programme excerpt ends first