Avanzado 2 - Reading page 31

Here are the answers to exercises 2 and 3:

2. 1 T
2 F 'It is that record she is here this morning to defend'
3 T
4 F No such claim is made: we only learn of one theory which attempts to explain why the very thin Sonya can eat so much in such a short time.
5 F 'The so-called sport of eating contests - while dating back decades to events held at county fairs ..'.
6 F 'She eats with one hand, using the other to take sips from a bottle' and 'food and wáter and a combination of the two drip down faces ...'
7 T
8 F 'She is thrilled'. She says she slowed down and that she could eat more but there is no suggestion of discontentment with her performance.

3 1 confides   2 grabs   3 wolfing down   4 masticating   5 dunk   6 licks   7 pondered   8 choked

Avanzado 2 - Reading page 27

Here is the answer to exercise 4:
1 c  2g   3e   4a   5f   6d   7b

There are a number of words in the text that have similar meanings. Choose the ones that you think you may use and learn them:

appalled/ shocked
burnt/ blackened
grumpy/tetchy
evolve/ develop
miserable/ downhearted
grumbling/ complaining
spot/ glimpse
daft/ mad
excess/ abundance

Intermedio 2 - Entry Checker answer key

Click here if you want to download the answer key to the Entry Checker...
 
... and here for the story we worked on in class last Thursday.

Intermedio 2 - Shops and services

Here's the mind map I told you about.

Avanzado 2 - Answer key - Units 1 and 2

Here are the answers:

Review unit 1

1 1 achievement 2 survival 3 pleasure/ satisfaction 4 awareness 5 offence 6 urgency 7 dissatisfaction 8 responsibilities 9 adaptation 10 inaccuracies

2 1A 2C 3B 4C 5A 6C 7B 8B

3 1 is being 2 comes 3 's coming 4 've been doing 5've made 6 be having 7 had

4 My youngest boy, David, starts school next week. He's a bit nervous about it all, and to tell you the truth, so am I. The other two never seem to worry about anything, and neither/ nor does their father. David obviously takes after me in that respect. We know, though, that he's got the same class teacher as the one Paul had two years ago, so that's good. Her name is Miss Appleby. She's a caring person and a very good teacher - at least I think so and I know most of the other parents think so/ do too. There's a two-week period of adaptation at the beginning, and it may be that David will come home at midday during this/that time. If so, I've arranged for my mum to pick him up and look after him until I finish work.

Review unit 2

1a lot 2 the same 3 as 4 far/a lot 5 such 6 quite  7 by far 8 like 9 near 10 every 11 so 12 more

2 1 goes 2 around 3 get; give 4 worked 5 wrong 6 long

3 a of up down    b  for by back     c about to to

4 1 no use worrying about it 2 seemed not to believe me 3 looking forward to seeing Sally next week 4 on to become a successful coach 5 your ability to keep (so) calm 6 has difficulty (in) pronouncing my name 9 had better get ready

Intermedio 2 - Reading pp.20 & 21 - Answer Key

Here are the answers:

b. The founders called the website NotOnTheHighStreet.com to show it was a place where you could discover unique products that are usually sold in markets and craft fairs, not on High Street shops.

c. 1B   2F   3G    4A    5E   6C

d. 1 AB    2 KW    3 EC    4 AB    5 EC    6 KW

Interesting vocabulary:

quirky, craft fairs, profits, handmade, hand-painted

Avanzado 2 - Listening 2B - Memory man

Here is the interview with Dominic O'Brien. The answers to the exercises are in the comments section. If you'd like to have the transcript, let me know.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3