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The key answer of exercise 2

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 9.4 - Survival for the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Watch the DVD. Why did Paul Barney survive while others didn’t?
  2. Are the statements true (T) or false (F)? Watch the DVD again and check your ideas.
  3. Work in pairs. Complete the extracts by writing three words in each gap. Then watch the DVD again to check.

Answer

a)

He experienced tunnel vision and remained focused on his survival, rather than panicking or freezing.

b)

  1. F
  2. T
  3. F
  4. T
  5. F
  6. T
  7. F

c)

  1. to be scared
  2. wash you away
  3. save me (here)
  4. of everything else
  5. frozen to the