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Solutions Advanced Workbook Key

3 1 lt's too commeroat / it's a little on ihe commercial slde

2    the tickets are ridlculoosÅ‚y pricey / the tickets are a llttle pricey to say the least

3    the rnaln tent gets horribly crowded / the main tent does have a tendency to get crowded

a the layout is extremely confusing / the layout is a llttle on the confuslng side

5    the sound system is poor / the sound system could do wfth an oyerhaul

6    thetoiletsaredisgusting/the tollets aren’t exactly dean

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•    Reading: Elidt strategies for dealing with multiple-choice reading tasks. Encourage the students to read the text thraugh to get the generaÅ‚ idea before reading the task statements. Remind the students to undetline the fragments of the text where they have found the answers.

•    Use of Engtlsh: Remind the students to read the wÅ‚tole sentence first. Encourage them to focus on the gram matlcal correctness of each sentence wtien fllllng In the gaps.

•    Listening: Remind students that the order of the Information In the recording will not be the same as the order of the statements in the task. Encourage them to read the questions carefully before listening. to underline the key words, and thlnk of synorryms that they may near. Play the recording lwice. Wlth a weaker group. discuss the answers before the second listening.

•    Wrlting: Read through and discuss the tasks together, then refer students to the Writing Bank for guldance. Students write the report or artlcte aÅ‚ home or in class.

•    Speaklng: Elicit strategies for the task from the students. Remind them to talk about each picture. comparing / contrasting them rather (han just describlng them. If necessary. In

a weaker class. brainstorm ideas before starting. Students work in pairs to do the task.

•    Reading: 1 C. 2 C. 3 A. 4 D

•    Use of Engllsh: 1 see Martha off.

2 no use even trying to. 3 must have cost her, 4 did they realise how dangerous, 5 the local economy benefit from

•    Listening: Speaker 1: d. fj Speaker 2: a. e: Speaker 3: b. c

Transcript WB 18 Presenter And now, some noit advice for those ptanning a joumey. Herc are a few gadgcts you may want to add toyourluggagc. speaker l Trayellers who don't Iike to fiddle arounc with the smali keyboard on their palmtoo. mobile phone orother hand-held device may find the Yinual Keyboard uscful. It's about the sile of a lighter. so it fits pcrfectly into your pockct. Unforlunately though, it does eal up your palmtop‘s batteries within minutes, soyou'aneed tofind a Socket. Whcn hooked up to your palmtop. this dcvice produces a tight proyection of a futl sire keyboard. It evcn produces real typi ng soun ds. The keyboard has software that studies the movement of your fingers to interpre! and record kcystrokcs. It does make typing much easier. though not immediately. You see. siÅ„ce there's nothing to actuaMy press. you kind of have to re team typing and adapt to the sensitivity of the laser sensors. But onceyou get the hang of it. it does speed things up. And I must admil l do feel Iike a cnaracter in a sci fi moyic, which is fun. speaker 2 Part of the fun while travellmg is spending '.imc outdoors. Unfortunately. camping or hiking, especally off the beaten track. means beingaway from the nearesl clectrical sockel. And in this modem wotld we all need power. Untii reccntly the only solution was a heaey and dangerous gaspowered generator but now you can just steal the power from the sun! lusl bringalongyourSolar Briefcasc. and you're away! Smali, light and handy. it opens to reveal two powcrful solar par.els that generale thirteen watts of power. Thafs enough to power a laptop or charge mobile phone batteries. Of course. the downsićc is ! that on a ramy day whcn you‘re bored out of your mind you stiUwon‘t be ablc to watch movics on your laptop, speaker 3 I lovc to travel to exot>c places. In fact. the rougher the conditions the morÄ™ exciting the olace seems to me. But if you‘re Iike me. this will sound familiar: you're thirsty, you enter a local bar. get a glass of water and discovc> it smelts Iike clephant droppings! Pm vcry particular about the quality of water I drink, so I never leave home w-ithout my ultraviolct water purificr. It Jooks Iike a fountain pen and you just stkk it in the water. Thcrc's no need to put any soluble tablets into your glass and lhere’s no Chemical aftertaste. Also. the importan! thing is that there‘s no need to pÅ‚ug it in. You just stick it in. tum it on and in about *8 seconds you have a glass of safe, drincablc water. tt's patliculatly good at killing bacteria which are a common cause of diarrhoca. and havc ruincd many an adyenture in faraway places.

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