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Answer key: Units 5 and 6

5 1 working, relaxing 2 looking, going, leaving
CD 1 Track 14 3 writing, driving, coming 4 hesitating, choosing
Examiner: Here are your pictures. They show people 5 training
doing dangerous jobs. I’d like you to compare two of
the pictures and say what the dangers of the jobs might 6 1 charge charging 2 keep keeping 3 correct
be and why people choose to do jobs like these. 4 hardwork hardworking; interested interesting;
Lukas: OK, well, in this photo there’s a fire fighter putting for improve for improving / to improve; be offered
out a fire and he’s almost certainly doing it to save offered / being offered / that/which is offered
lives and property. It’s a pretty dangerous job because 5 To bring By bringing 6 to leave leaving
obviously he could die in a fire or get seriously burnt.
And I suppose he’s doing it because someone’s got to 7 All the adjectives could be used except cautious,
do it. It must be a worthwhile occupation – you know, greedy, narrow-minded and self-interested.
very rewarding when you save someone’s life. And in
this photo there’s a diver – he could be a police diver 8 Suggested answers
– he seems to be in a lake, or it could be a river. It’s 1 courageously / fearlessly 2 enthusiastically /
probably quite dangerous because the water could be tirelessly 3 exceptionally / extraordinarily
deep or there might be strong currents. There could be 4 significantly 5 exceptionally / extraordinarily /
glass or other dangerous things in the water. I suppose remarkably 6 passionately 7 kindly 8 creatively
police divers find their work quite exciting – I’m sure 9 enthusiastically
it’s never boring and it’s very worthwhile – though
they must never know what they’re going to find in the
water. I don’t really know why people do jobs like these; 6 Picture yourself
perhaps they’re people who get excitement from doing
dangerous things.
Starting off

5 Suggested answers 2 Suggested answers
Skills and personal qualities: concentration, control, Speaker A: 1 Speaker B: 5 Speaker C: 3
courage, daring, fit, self-confident, stamina, steady
nerves, strength CD 1 Track 15

How activities make people feel: adrenalin rush, (These are invented monologues.)
excitement, exhausted, exhilarated, proud, A: This portrait’s one which I started from a photo
satisfaction, a sense of achievement, terrified, thrill of myself actually, but after a time I came to the
conclusion that photos aren’t that good when you’re
trying to be creative. You know, I found myself sort
Writing | Part 2 of imitating the photo and that wasn’t very satisfying.
A proposal So I switched to drawing in front of a mirror instead.
Anyway, I like this self-portrait because I think it reveals
3 1 not well (‘not someone I know personally’) a bit about me, like that I’m quite neat, for example,
2 She rescued a lorry driver from his burning lorry. perhaps a little unadventurous in the way I dress – not
3 She could have driven home and left the like most artists – but I think I’ve captured quite a
ambulance to deal with the accident. sincere and thoughtful expression on my face. Also,
4 She has shown that you don’t need special training I think I look quite sort of approachable, not at all
to help other people. threatening, someone it’s nice to be around. At least I
5 She should have an annual award named after hope so.
her.
B: You know, I’ve done quite a few portraits of friends
4 a 1 in my opinion 2 mother 3 reached 4 suffered and classmates and so on, normally from photos, and
burns 5 driven home 6 emergency services people are usually quite complimentary about them,
7 make a difference 8 set up a fund 9 an annual but you should have heard some of the things my
prize friends said about this one! ‘We never see you
b Yes – including two reasons for choice of hero

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