Listening and Speaking 2 Q: Skills for Success

Unit 6 Student Book Answer Key Second Edition

The Q Classroom 6. mosaic

Activity A, p. 96 7. papier-mâché a mask
Answers will vary. Possible answers: 8. grow a rosebush
1. home projects, painting, repairing 9. fix a squeaky door
2. Yes, younger people are more 10. put up wallpaper
willing to try things / have less
money. / No, it depends more on NOTE-TAKING SKILL
your personality and maybe money Activity A, p. 98
than on your age. Answers may vary. Possible answer:
3. He is putting together a piece of Business people start careers with
furniture. Yes, I would do this myself do-it-yourself projects. For example,
to save money. Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com,
Activity B, p. 97 started to build a computer in his
Things people Reasons parents’ garage. In high school, Jeff
do themselves Bezos started his first business. It was
Sophy g. repairing f. as a hobby called the Dream Institution. The
things around Dream Institution was a camp for
the house fourth, fifth, and sixth grade kids.
Felix a. car washing e. satisfaction of Another example of someone who
d. gardening doing something started their career with a do-it-
yourself yourself project is Mike Zuckerberg. In
Marcus c. making -------------------- 2004, Mike Zuckerberg, founder of
clothes or Facebook, started his career in his
furniture Harvard University dormitory.
Yuna -------------------- b. to save money Facebook was first called FaceMash. By
2013, Facebook had over one billion
PREVIEW THE UNIT users, and Mike Zuckerberg was a rich
Activity A, iQ Online Resource man.
1. Answers will vary. Activity B, p. 98
2. Answers will vary. Answers will vary. Possible answer:
3. Answers will vary. Possible answers: 1976—S. Jobs + S. Wozniak, garage @
Yes, people are learning more skills parents’ home. invnt. 1st comp. for
now and are able to do more DIY home use.
projects. / No, people are lazier now Apple II- intr. in 1977
than they used to be and do not do 1987—S.W. left comp. S.J.—iPad,
as many DIY projects. iPhone
Activity B, iQ Online Resource 2011-S.J. died
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. paint a house LISTENING 1
2. sew a dress PREVIEW THE LISTENING
3. knit a scarf Activity A, pp. 99–100
4. carve a box 1. fair
5. weld a sculpture 2. get involved

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Listening and Speaking 2 Q: Skills for Success
Unit 6 Student Book Answer Key Second Edition

3. inventor Activity E, p. 102

4. repair 1. T
5. colleagues 2. T
6. decade 3. F Saul Griffiths believes that children
7. complicated today don’t have a “culture of
8. produce innovation and repair.”
Activity C, p. 100 4. F For Griffith, one benefit of DIY is
Answers will vary. that people get “involved
emotionally” with the objects they
WORK WITH THE LISTENING work on.
Activity A, p. 100 5. T
Answers will vary. Possible answer:
Howtoons: In the past, people fixed SAY WHAT YOU THINK
their own TVs, cars, etc. Do-it-yourself. Say What You Think, p. 102
Fathers taught their sons skills. Now, Answers will vary. Possible answers:
things are too complicated and 1. I can fix cars / knit / paint a room /
repairing them is too expensive. fix a sink / mow the lawn. I could
Activity B, p. 101 learn more from my mother / father
Answers will vary. Possible answer: / brother / sister / friend.
Saul Griffith-invt. MIT in Cambridge, 2. Yes, they need to be creative and
MA. capable. / No, everyone will have
“cltre of innov. & repair” something he or she is good at /
S.G. invnted inexpsve syst. 4 eyeglasses specializes in.
+ 3,0002 ft kite—prod. elect. 3. They can learn to do simple projects
DIY brings ppl closr 2 objcts that are fun; yes.
SG+ colleagues created Howtoowns
HT cartoons helps kids to think like LISTENING SKILL
invntrs Activity A, p. 103
HT-online, book 1. Griffith’s kite can produce electricity.
ex.HT- waterscopes, pens, paper, ink 2. Kids can find Howtoons online.
Activity C, p. 101 3. A waterscope lets people look at
 1. objects underwater.
 3. Activity B, pp. 103–104
 6. 1. Scratch is designed for kids ages 8 to
Activity D, p. 101 16.
1. skills 2. Answers may vary. Possible answer:
2. expensive You can create animations.
3. electricity 3. You can create a simple animation in
4. closer Scratch in a few minutes.
5. inventors 4. You can make sprites interact.
6. paper 5. Scratch is being used in some
7. museums beginning computer science courses.
8. adults

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Unit 6 Student Book Answer Key Second Edition

LISTENING 2 5. a short paragraph or two that

PREVIEW THE LISTENING describes a book
Activity A, pp. 104–105 6. They may write a review of the book.
1. a 7. a cookbook
2. b 8. very well; The writer is going on TV
3. a shows.
4. a Activity E, p. 107
5. b Craftspeople: d, f
6. a Both: a, c, g, h
7. b Writers: b, e
8. a Activity F, p. 107
Activity C, p. 105 Answers will vary.
Answers will vary.
SAY WHAT YOU THINK
WORK WITH THE LISTENING Activity A, p. 108
Activity A, p. 106 Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. sell-it-yourself 1. Answers will vary.
2. self-sufficient 2. It can take business away from
3. indie / independent regular businesses, but there will
4. customer still be stores. Small craft stores will
5. publish / publishing probably not go out of business
6. percentage because some customers like to see
7. promote the product in person. Also, many of
8. experience the people who sell online couldn’t
Activity B, p. 106 get into a store. Publishers will still
Answers will vary. Possible answer: publish books. many people like to
Advisr H.Watkins—Bus. trends hold a book in their hands.
indie craft mvmt=sell works @ fairs + Activity B, p. 108
online Answers will vary.
e.g. etsy.com—site takes sm. fee, 185 Activity C, p. 109
thous. craftsppl, >1 mil cust. Answers will vary.
pub. book online=DIY proj.
free to pub. website makes $ frm sales, VOCABULARY SKILL
% to author Activity A, p. 110
edit, blurb (1-2 short para.s) Correct spellings:
advts—social media, reviews 1. knowledge
Activity C, p. 106 2. technology
 2. 3. series
Activity D, pp. 106–107 4. jewelry
1. a website for artists and craftspeople 5. folk
2. about 185,000 6. animated
3. about 1,000,000 Activity B, p. 110
4. edit the book very carefully Answers will vary.

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Unit 6 Student Book Answer Key Second Edition

5. With Howtoons, children learn new

GRAMMAR skills very quickly.
Activity A, p. 112: 6. We need some help putting these
1. better photos on the website.
2. more creative
3. the most interesting SPEAKING SKILL
4. cheaper Activity A, pp. 115–116
5. easier 1. Can you explain . . . ?; That’s not
Activity C, p.113 what I meant.
Answers may vary. Possible answers: 2. But how does . . . ?; Let me explain
1. I think the most important invention 3. What’s that?; It’s a
in history was the telephone. Activity B, p. 116
2. I think Hawaii is the best place to Answers will vary.
visit.
3. I think iQ Online is the most UNIT ASSIGNMENT
interesting website. CONSIDER THE IDEAS
4. This is the most difficult book. Consider the Ideas, iQ Online Resource
5. Today is the happiest day of my life. Answers will vary.

PRONUNCIATION PREPARE AND SPEAK

Activity A, p. 114 Activity A, iQ Online Resource
1. Their business advisor Answers will vary.
recommended that they raise their Activity B, iQ Online Resource
prices. Answers will vary.
2. The business became more Activity C, iQ Online Resource
successful after they started the Answers will vary.
website.
3. I think customers prefer to shop in
real stores most of the time.
4. I don’t think companies are going to
stop publishing paper books soon.
5. There are several great crafts stores
on Main Street.
6. He hopes to sell lots of books online.
Activity B, p. 114
1. Be careful that you don’t generate
too much energy.
2. The furniture maker sold dozens of
tables and chairs last month.
3. You can’t expect to become self-
sufficient in one day.
4. I try to make time in my life for
doing crafts that I like.

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