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
- Listen to a radio phone-in and tick the three activities in Exercise 1A that the people discuss.
- 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
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