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Experiences
Grammar Past tenses, used to and would
Speaking Telling a story
Listening Answering questions
Writing A narrative

Extra video

Vocabulary Get, go, make & do, phrasal

verbs (go), verbs and -ed / -ing adjectives

Skills Extra lessons

Extra listening

Unit contents

The man who sold his life

999 emergency

1A Introduction Id really like to

Lead in
1

Think about ac. Then compare your experiences.

Describe Paul and Adrienne using adjectives from

the box. Explain your answers.
adventurous
ambitiouscreativefun
practical
romanticsociable
sporty

a a good experience that youve had

b a bad experience that youve had
c an experience that youd like to have

2 Look at the two lists below. Which activities would

you like to do? Are there any which you wouldnt
like to do?

I think Adrienne is probably adventurous because

she wants to see the Great Wall and ride a camel
across the desert.

I want to do
Adriennes Lis
t

Pauls list

1 Go hang-gliding.
with my friends.
2 Make a zombie film
son across the USA.
3 Ride a Harley David
4 Get a tattoo.
th
y.
rty for my 18 birthda
5 Have a massive pa
Maria Sharapova.
6 Go on a date with
for my band.
7 Make a cool website
Maracana stadium.
8 Play football in the
get a good job.
9 Pass my exams and
10 Make a fortune.

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1 Learn how
to dance salsa.
2 See an eclip
se from a mou
ntain.
3 Do well at
school and get
good grades in
my exams.
4 See the Gr
eat Wall of Ch
ina and the
Taj Mahal.
5 Go backpa
cking in Austra
lia.
6 Dye my ha
ir green!
7 Ride a cam
el across the
desert.
8 Get fit.
9 Do some vo
luntary work fo
r charity.
10 Get married
and have a big
family.
11 Start my
own internet
business.
12 Do a photog
raphy course.

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Vocabulary Get, go, make & do

Video

4 Copy and complete the table in your notebook with

expressions from Paul and Adriennes lists. Then
complete sentences 14 with get, go, make and do.
get

go

make

1.04 Watch or listen to three

people talking about things which theyd
like to do. Which activities do they
mention from Paul and Adriennes lists?

1.04 Watch or listen again.

Complete the sentences in your notebook.

do

We can use
1 + verb + -ing for adventure activities.
2 to mean obtain or become.
3 in fixed phrases and to mean create.
4 in fixed phrases and to talk about tasks
and courses.
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5 Add these words to the table in exercise 4.

a business coursea fantastic meal
a rich girlfriendbetter at tennisclimbingsailing

1 What about you? Would you like to ?

2 I like the idea of but Im not sure if Id
be brave enough to do it.
3 More than anything in the world Id love to
goto
4 Id definitely prefer to have a small
apartment and be happy than
5 I dont like the idea of getting
6 Would you prefer to live here or ?

Copy and complete options 18 with get, go,

make or do. Then ask and answer the questions.
Would you prefer
1 to a photography course or a music course?
2 to a horror film or a music video?
3 to windsurfing or trekking?
4 to a lot of friends or a lot of money?
5 to a motorbike or a horse?
6 to camping or stay in a hotel?
7 to homework or housework?
8 to fitter or better at English?

9 Look at the Key phrases and think of a

way to finish each of them.

Key phrases
Expressing preferences
I like / dont like the idea of -ing
Would you like to ?
Id love to / like to
I wouldnt like to
Id prefer to / Id rather

Webquest
Find the meaning of bucket list
on the internet and look for
some examples. Make a note of
six interesting ideas which you
have found on peoples lists.
Compare them in class.

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Make a short list of things which youd

like to do before youre 25. Then compare
your ideas. Use the Key phrases.
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1B Reading A bad day

1

1.05 Look at the Key skill. Then read through

the text quickly. Which headline from AC cannot
becorrect?

4 Find words or expressions in the text which match

the definitions.
1 suddenly and unexpectedly (paragraph B)
2 a difficult or unpleasant experience (paragraph C)
3 walked up and down in a small space many times
(paragraph C)
4 person who mends things in a building (paragraph G)

Key skill
Reading: Getting the general idea
Read quickly though the text. Try to get the main idea of
each paragraph. Dont worry if you dont understand
every word.
A Trapped man survives with sweets but no water
B Trapped mans colleagues thought he was at home
C Emergency bell failed to work when man was trapped
in empty building

2 Read the text again and answer the questions in

your own words in your notebook.
1
2
3
4

Where did Whites colleagues think that he hadgone?

What was his biggest fear?
Why was he unable to contact anybody?
What did he do in order to attract peoplesattention?

3 Write true or false for 14. Give evidence from the

text for your answers.
1 Nicholas had finished work for the day when he was
trapped.
2 He always thought that he would survive.
3 The noise of the alarm didnt stop.
4 He got some money because of the incident.

Discuss the text.

1 How would you feel in this situation?
2 How much do you think a settlement should be in this
case?
3 Have you ever been in a frightening situation? What
happened?
4 What is your worst fear?

Vocabulary Phrasal verbs (go)

6 Match 14 with AD. Then find an example of each
phrasal verb in the text.
A
B
C
D

suffer or experience
return
happen
decide not to have something or be unable to have
something

1
2
3
4

Once I went without sweets for two weeks.

Weve gone through some very hard timestogether.
I went once but Im never going back.
Something strange is going on in that oldhouse!

7 Complete the questions in your notebook with

phrasal verbs from exercise 6. Then answer the
questions.
1 Have you ever food for a day?
2 Name a place you went when you were young that
youd like to to.
3 According to the news, whats in the world at the
moment?
4 Is the country a difficult period at the moment?
Why? / Why not?
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Trapped!
Man goes through 41-hour elevator
ordeal without food or water
A

It was the longest cigarette break of Nicholas Whites life.

The New York production manager was working late one Friday
night in October when he went outside for a smoke. He was going
back to his office on the 39th floor when the elevator stopped
abruptly. White pressed the alarm, letting it ring and ring. But at
11 p.m. the building was deserted, and it was nearly two days
before he was rescued.

White had no idea what was going on outside. He paced around

the elevator like a bug trapped in a box, fighting claustrophobia
every minute of his 41-hour ordeal, which was captured on a video
surveillance camera.

After a certain amount of time I knew I was in big trouble, White

told Good Morning America in an exclusive interview.

He had no watch, no cell phone, no water, and didnt know what

was going on outside. His only sustenance was a pack of candy,
which, he said, isnt a very good meal. The most difficult part of the
ordeal, though, was going 41 hours without water. At one point, he
thought that he might die of dehydration.

Cold but sweating, White lay on the floor trying to stay calm. Then
he got up and started pacing. At one point he pulled open the
elevator doors and screamed for help. The only response was
silence. I had no idea if it was day or night, he said. He rang the
emergency bell, but the noise was terrible, so he occasionally
turned it off.

g The security videos later showed that maintenance workers were

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British and American English

fixing various things in the building, but no one heard him. White
prayed for help. On Sunday at 4 p.m., nearly delirious from thirst, he
heard a voice on the intercom asking if anyone was there. Finally,
he was rescued.
h

When he went back to work, White found out that his colleagues
had thought that he had left early that night. He said somebody left
a note about all of the problems that occurred while I was playing
hooky from the job. After the 41-hour nightmare, he received a
settlement from the owners of the building. Amazingly, he still takes
elevators. Living in Manhattan Id be seriously limiting my life if I
didnt take elevators, he said.

Find the US English words in the text.

Then write the UK English equivalents in
your notebook.
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US
bug
candy
cell phone
elevator
play hooky

35

UK
insect




bunk off (stay away
without permission)

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1C Grammar Talking about the past

Grammar Workshop Pages 118121

A past simple & past continuous Look at the

Practice
1 Complete the sentences in your notebook. Use the

examples of the past simple and past continuous.

Which tense describes:

past simple and past continuous forms of the verbs

in brackets.

a past actions or states which were incomplete orin

progress?
b past actions or states which were complete?
He was eating candy when they found him.
The alarm was annoying him so he turned it off.
He pressed the button but the door didnt open.
He was shouting but nobody was listening.

1
2
3
4
5

B past simple & present perfect simple Complete

the sentences in your notebook with appropriate
verbs in thepast simple or present perfect simple.
Which tense do we use for time periods which are
finished?
1 a I in the lift for an hour yesterday.
b
I in the lift for the last 20 minutes.
2 a We skiing last year.
b
We been skiing yet this year.
3 a you see her on Monday?
b
her this year?

C past simple & past perfect simple Look at the

examples. How do we form the past perfect? In
each example, which action happenedfirst?
His friends soon realized that he had gone.
When they found him he had been there for 41hours.

D past simple, used to & would Match examples

13 with sentences AC. In which case do we not
use used to?
A a repeated activity in the past
B one specific action in the past
C a situation which doesnt exist now

What (she wear) when you (go out)?

We (not hear) you because we (chat).
I (see) John while I (walk) to school.
There (be) a storm while we (sleep).
I (hurt) my hand while I (play) tennis.

2 Complete the interview in your notebook. Use the

present perfect simple or past simple forms of the
verbs in the box.
bebecomebreakchangehavewin

EXPERIENCES OF A
SNOWBOARD FREAK
An interview with Beth Yates
Kaz How long (1) ... a snowboarder?
Beth Nine years now.
Kaz And when (2) first a
champion?
Beth About three years ago.
Kaz How (3) snowboarding ...
your life?
Beth Well, I travel a lot more, I guess.
Kaz (4) you ever any accidents?
Beth Yeah, plenty. Over the years I (5) six
different bones.
Kaz Can you name your best moment?
Beth Yes, when I (6) the Burton games
last year!

1 We all used to eat a lot of candy.

2 I used to have good teeth.
3 I went to the dentist last Thursday.

We can also use would + infinitive to talk about

past habits. However, we cannot use would to
talk about past states. Which of these sentences is
incorrect?
A We would often go for a drive at the weekend.
B My dad would have a fantastic old car.

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3 Join the sentences in your notebook in a logical

order using the blue words. Use the past simple and
the past perfect in each sentence.

I (sleep) really well. I (feel) energetic. because

I felt energetic because I had slept really well.

1
2
3
4
5

I (revise) a lot. I (pass) my exams. because

I (cry) a lot. I (see) that sad film. after
We (go) home. School (close). after
They (sell) all the tickets. I (not go). so
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4 Complete the story with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
Use the past simple, past continuous and past perfect simple.

Emotional Rescue
On the afternoon of 5 August 2010 there (1) (be) an
accident at the Copiap mine in Chile, which (2) (trap)
33 miners who (3) (work) 700 metres underground.
Other accidents (4) (happen) in the previous twelve
years, but this time the drama soon (5) (become) an
international event.
When the first miner eventually (6) (come) to the
surface in October, more than 1 billion people
(7) (watch) on TV. By that time the miners (8)
(be) underground for 69 days, and as each one (9)
(reach) the surface, their faces (10) (show) very visible
emotions, but all of them (11) (be) happy to be alive.

8 Write sentences in your notebook using used to

to describe life in the past.

People didnt use to do triathlons.

Nowadays
people do triathlons.
1 people travel by plane.
2 people tweet and blog about their lives.
3 most men dont wear hats.
4 news travels fast.
5 there arent a lot of horses on the streets.

1.06 Listening optionListen to an extended

version of the story in exercise 4. Write down in
your noteook:
two things which had happened in Chile thatyear.
what the NASA psychologists and international experts
were doing while the men were underground.

who was the last person to be rescued.

Key errors
usually, used to and would

6 Write questions about the story for these answers.

1
2
3
4
5

We use usually and not used to in the present.

It happened on 5 August 2010.

They were working in a mine in Chile.
Yes, other accidents had happened there.
More than a billion.
For 69 days.

I used to usually avoid the lift these days.

We use use to in questions and negatives.

Did you used to live in London?

We use would for habits but not for states.

We would used to live in London.

7 Choose the correct options. Explain your choices.

1 They won / were winning the game last time I
looked at the TV.
2 As soon as the lift stopped / was stopping, I shouted.
3 Where have you gone / did you go on Tuesday?
4 This term I havent had / I didnt have problems.
5 Ana went / had gone when I arrived, so I didnt see her.

9 Look at the Key errors. Then correct the errors in

15 in your notebook.
1
2
3
4
5

My aunt would have an amazing old car.

I didnt used to like sport.
What did he used to talk about?
Now I use to go out on Saturday night.
My granddad would be a soldier.

Consolidation
10

Complete the questions in your notebook and then

answer them.
1 What you doing at this time yesterday?
2 you ever been skiing? If so, when did you ?
3 What TV programmes you use to watch when
you were young?
4 What games would you in those days?
5 you go out last weekend?
6 you already English before you came to this school?

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Speaking optionPrepare a
one-minute talk on topic a
or b. Be prepared to
answer questions.
a My first day at school.
b My last holiday.

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1D Practical English Talking about experiences

Vocabulary Verbs and -ed / -ing adjectives

Listening

1 Look at the verbs. Say whether they are positive or

Look at pictures AC. Which adjectives from

this page could you use to describe them? Use
one -ing adjective and one -ed adjective in each
case.

1.07 Listen to people talking about the

events in the photos. Compare what they say
with your answers to exercise 7.

1.07 Listen again and answer questions

13 for each of the dialogues.

negative.
1
2
3
4

relax 5
annoy 9
disappoint
frighten 6
excite 10
exhaust
embarrass 7
bore 11
worry
surprise 8
depress 12
interest

2 Look at the examples. Which of the red words are verbs

and which are adjectives? How are the adjectives formed?

Dogs dont really interest me. I find them annoying.

Swimming is exhausting. It bores me.
3 Write six opinions about the things in the box. Use
adjectives ending in -ing and the verbs from exercise 1.
babiescatsclassical musicexamsfootball
politiciansthe futurethe news

1 When and where did this happen?

2 Why was the person there?
3 How did the story end?

4 Look at the photos and explain the difference between

the adjectives.
1 Hes frightening. 2
Hes frightened.

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5 Complete the sentences in your notebook with the correct

form of an adjective formed from the verbs in brackets.
1
2
3
4
5
6

Are you OK? You dont seem very (relax).

The idea is (excite) but Im not brave enough.
The film was a bit (bore) really.
Its the most (disappoint) news Ive ever had.
Im really (worry) about going hang gliding.
That was an (embarrass) moment!

6 Make six combinations of words from the boxes. Invent

situations to show their meanings.

It was very annoying when I broke my computer.

a bitquitereallyvery
annoyingdepressingdisappointed
exhaustedinterestingsurprised
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Pronunciation Word stress

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1.08 Listen to words ae. Then listen to

six more words. Write the words in your
notebook and underline the stressed syllable
in each.

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1.09 Listen to Peter talking to a friend. Does he answer

your questions?

13

1.09 Listen again. Which of the Key phrases does

Peters friend use?

Key phrases

a quite b
worry
(kwat) (wri)

Reacting to a story
Really? / Cool! / Oh no!
Where / When / Why was that?
Who were you with?
What was that like?
What happened?
I bet that was interesting / frightening / etc.

c surprised d embarrassed
(sprazd) (mbrst)

e interested
(ntrestd)

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I had a really strange holiday last year

Read Peters statement about his

experience in a storm. Think of four questions
to ask Peter about his experience.
Use Where ? What ... ?
When ? and How ?.

Peter
I had an amazing
experience once.
I was caught in
a terrible storm.

Make notes about an experience which you have had. Start

by making a sentence with ideas from the table. Then think
of what happened, why, where, when and who with.

I had a
(really)

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amazing
bad
great
relaxing
strange

day
experience
holiday
time

last week
last year
once
recently
yesterday

Work with a partner and follow the instructions.

Student A: Say the first sentence of your story.
Student B: Find out as much as possible about your partners
experience. Use the Key phrases to help you.
A: I had a really strange holiday last year.
B: Really? Why was that?
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1E Writing A narrative
Model text
1 Read the text and answer the questions in your notebook.
1 What was the authors job at the event?
2 What was the highlight of the event for the author?
3 How did the event affect the author?

2 Read the text again and answer the questions in the Text analysis in
your notebook.

1.10 Listening optionListen to another version of the story. This

version is different in six ways. Write down the differences you hear in
your notebook.

A memorable time
1 There was a time two summers ago which I remember
clearly. I was a volunteer at the Special Olympics, which are
for people with learning difficulties. I really enjoyed working
with the athletes.
2 I had volunteered two months before, and in August I
worked as an assistant, giving help and information to the
athletes and their families. At first I found it quite tiring, but
eventually I started to enjoy it. Later the organizers gave the
volunteers tickets to some of the final events, which were
fantastic. While they were competing we were shouting
and cheering for the athletes we knew, and at the
end of the day we all felt really excited as they received
their medals. In the end, we all celebrated at a big party.
3 By the time the games finished I had made good friends
with both volunteers and athletes. Ive never forgotten that
time and even now Im still in touch with people I met
there. It was a special time for everybody.

Text analysis

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Paragraph 1

Paragraph 2

Paragraph 3

1 Is the introduction short or long?

2 Does the introduction make reference
to the title of the narrative?
3 Are the second and third sentences
A) a summary of the story or B) the
beginning of the story?

4 What tense is highlighted?

5 What other tenses are there in this
paragraph?
6 We make a story more interesting
when we add qualifiers like very.
What words can you substitute for
quite ?

7 Does this paragraph A) summarize

the experience or B) explain how the
experience affected the writer?
8 What is the name of this tense ?

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Writing skills Time expressions (1)

Speaking Preparing to write

4 Copy and complete the table with time expressions

7 Complete questions 18 in your notebook with the

words in the box.

from the text.

Beginning and end

at first,

Sequence of events

before / as soon as / after

how (x2)what (x4)whenwho

When preparing to write a narrative, its a good idea to

ask yourself questions. For example:
1 ... did this happen and where?
2 ... was there?
3 ... had happened before the event?
4 ... do you remember most clearly?
5 ... did you feel when it happened?
6 ... were other people there doing?
7 ... did you feel afterwards? Why?
8 ... effect did it have on you?

Simultaneous events while

5 Complete the sentences in your notebook with the

correct time expressions.
1 I arrived, a lot of the food had gone. (at first / later /
by the time)
2 , people felt shy, but they were more confident.
(eventually / at first / as soon as)
3 I started shouting I arrived. I couldnt speak.
(while / as soon as / in the end)
4 We had a picnic we were watching the games. (by
the time / while / eventually)
5 We helped prepare the athletes the competitions.
(after / while / before)
6 I drove home, I thought about the experience. (by
the time / as / later)

6 Look at the Key phrases. Does at the end or in the

end refer to a noun?

Key phrases
A narrative
I remember clearly
At the end of the day
In the end, we all celebrated.
Even now
Ive never forgotten

Choose a task from the Writing guide and

prepare your answers for the questions in exercise 7.
Then ask and answer the questions.

Writing
9 Follow the steps in the Writing guide.

Writing guide
Task
Write about a strange or frightening experience which
youvehad.
OR
Write about your first day at school.
Write 120150 words.

Think and plan

Spend a couple of minutes thinking about the event.
Write down any words which you think are important.
Then look back at exercise 7. Organize your ideas from
questions 18 under these headings:
Paragraph 1
A summary of the story in one or two lines.
Paragraph 2
Details of the event: before, during and after.
Paragraph 3
How you feel now and how the event affected you.

Write and check

Read the Key phrases again. Write a rough version of
your narrative using notes from your plan. Then check
these points and write a neat version.
Have you used a variety of tenses?
Have you included qualifiers and adjectives?
What time expressions are in your story?
Have you used any of the Key phrases?
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 Skills Extra
Listening The man who sold his life

1.11 Look at the information

about Ian Usher. What kind of
things do you think he did after
he had sold his house and possessions?
Listen and check.

Ian Usher decided to change

his life. So he sold his house,
car and all of his other
possessions on eBay
and set out to do all of
the things that he had
always wanted to do.
2

1.11 Write down the key words

in questions 18 in your notebook.
Then listen to the programme
twice and choose the correct answers.
1 Ian decided to change his life when
A his wife left him.
B he got married again.
C he wanted a new wife.
2 The sale included
A an introduction to his friends.
B an introduction to his job.
C an introduction to his friends and to his job.
3 How many things from his list has Ian completed?
A 100
B 93
C 90
4 He met his current girlfriend
A in Alaska.
B in Australia.
C in Panama.

7 In the near future

A hed like to spend some time thinking.
B he doesnt want to think about anything.
C he wants to sell his life and start again.
8 The journalists think that Ian was
A lucky.
B stupid.
C brave.

5 His main reason for staying in Panama was that

A he didnt have any money.
B the cost of living there was cheap.
C he liked it so much that he wanted to stay.
6 What did he buy in Panama?
A A house.
B An island.
C A boat.

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 Skills Extra
x

BBC Video 999 emergency

1 Look at the video stills and describe what you can

see in each, using words in the box. What do you

think happens in the video?

Complete the quotations in your notebook with

seven of the words in the box. Then watch the video
again and check your answers.

air ambulanceemergency wardlightning

stormstretchertournamentumbrella

adultsanythingheartjoblottery
precise
prioritypulsespeakers
tournament

1 Richard: You heard the loudest noise Ive ever heard.

Like having concert strapped to your ears.
2 Narrator: An electric shock often stops the
victims . Many of those hit were in cardiac arrest.
3 Richard: I could see quite a few scorch marks around.
I thought theyd been cut out because they were so
and sharp.
4 Paul: My first was to find out those that were
responding.
[One young boy] was not breathing and there was no
. He was technically not alive.
5 Richard: When I found that he was alive it was like
winning the .
6 Doctor: The that were around never gave up on
them, and happily theyre all now living.

Richard

Paul

Doctor

4 Imagine you were in the same situation. Prepare

answers for the questions.

Read sentences AG and try to order the story.

Then watch the video and check your answers.
A The coach was giving the boys a team talk under an
umbrella when the lightning struck.
B People ran to help and fortunately there was an
ambulance man on the scene.
C Teams from the south-east of England were playing in
a pre-season tournament.
D People helped carry the boys to the community centre.
Meanwhile, Richard Freeman thought his father was
dead.
E The rain teemed down. Puddles formed instantly and
you couldnt see up the pitch.
F An air ambulance arrived later and Matthew Hunt was
the first to be flown to Maidstone Hospital.
G Richards father made a recovery in hospital.

1 Whats the first thing you remember?

2 How did you feel when you realized what had
happened?
3 What did you do?
4 What were the people around you doing?
5 How did the story end for you?
6 How has the incident affected you?

Follow the instructions. Swap roles after you

have done the activity once.
Student A: You are a journalist. Interview student B, using
the questions in exercise 4.
Student B: Answer the journalists questions.

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