Listening and Speaking 4 Q: Skills for Success

Unit 3 Student Book Answer Key Second Edition

The Q Classroom Activity B., p. 55

Activity A., p. 50 1. T
1. In my opinion, people become adults when 2. F; Neils enjoyed his duties as team manager
they get a job. very much.
2. Getting married or starting work can make 3. T
someone feel like an adult. 4. F; Neils decided to quit the football team on
3. The woman is voting. This makes her an adult his own.
because the government thinks that she is old 5. F; Neils thinks that becoming an adult will
enough to make an informed decision. mean he will have to be responsible.
Activity B., p. 50 Activity C., p. 55
Answers will vary. Possible answers: 1. b
1. Felix thinks you become an adult when you 2. a
gain economic independence. Sophy thinks 3. c
people become adults when they become 4. a
parents and have families of their own. I agree 5. b
with Felix. When you can pay for yourself, you Activity D., p. 56
are an adult. / I agree with Sophy. When people 1. d
have children and they are responsible for 2. c
them, they grow up. 3. e
2. I agree with Marcus. When your body and 4. b
mind are developed at 21 years old, you are an 5. a
adult. / I disagree with Marcus. People become Sample quotes will vary.
adults through experience, not just when their Activity E., pp. 56–57
bodies and minds change. 1. initiation
2. run
NOTE-TAKING SKILL 3. marker
Activity A., p. 53 4. contradiction
 very interesting  one tradition
 Japan  still popular 5. morally
 special  Quinceañera 6. contribute
 national holiday  Mexico
7. assume
 second Monday in January  girls
 Seijin no hi  celebrate 8. carefree
 many young men and  fifteenth birthday 9. milestones
women  long, formal dresses
 twenty years old  attend church
10. transition
 traditional clothes  party 11. pinpoint
 ceremony at government  dance with their
office fathers
 attend parties  different cultures SAY WHAT YOU THINK
 with their friends Say What You Think, p. 57
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
LISTENING 1 1. I think the UN’s age of childhood is too high.
WORK WITH THE LISTENING People become adults much earlier than 18. / I
Activity A., p. 54 agree with the UN’s age of adulthood. Children
The situation The problem The solution aren’t ready to make decisions until they are 18.
 last year of high  not doing well in school  quit the 2. I think there should be some sort of
school – big  example: came home football
exams team
ceremony to mark the transition from
late from football; too
 manages exhausted to study; didn’t childhood to adulthood because it gives
football team – do well on test next day children something to look forward to. / I don’t
takes a lot of time
think there needs to be a formal event to mark

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Listening and Speaking 4 Q: Skills for Success
Unit 3 Student Book Answer Key Second Edition

adulthood. People will become adults when

they’re ready.
3. I had a similar experience in high school. I Activity D., p. 62
needed to save money for college and keep my 1. F; Having a younger sibling gave Bill some
grades up, so I had to make a difficult choice. I adult responsibilities.
stopped spending a lot of time with my friends 2. T
so that I could study and work. I missed my 3. F; In a reversed role, the children take on
friends, but I needed to think about the future. adult responsibilities and duties.
4. T
LISTENING SKILL 5. F; Many children who experience
Activity A., p. 59 parentification also experience these emotions.
Answers will vary. 6. F; Children who take on caregiver roles do
Activity B., p. 59 best if it’s for a short time, they are older,
Excerpt 1. a and/or they get some support from others.
Excerpt 2. c 7. T
Excerpt 3. a 8. T
Excerpt 4. c Activity E., p. 62
1. P
LISTENING 2 2. R
WORK WITH THE LISTENING 3. P
Activity A., p. 61 4. R
Reasons some children  younger siblings 5. P
take on adult  sick parent
responsibilities  divorce
6. R
 parents don’t speak Activity F., pp. 62–63
language a. in charge of
Examples of  make dinner every night
b. burden
parentification  pick up siblings from school
 go to parent teacher c. frustration
meeting d. confusion
Examples of role  cook for parents
e. sibling
reversal  shop for groceries
 take care of parents f. reverse
Emotions  isolation g. resent
 embarrassment h. satisfaction
 confusion
 resentful i. isolation
 satisfied j. barrier
Activity B., p. 61 k. guidance
1. act like parents to their siblings.
2. take care of their parents. SAY WHAT YOU THINK
Activity C., p. 61 Activity A., p. 64
Checked: 1. This sometimes happens in my country. I
Too much responsibility can be a burden on know someone whose father died, and he
children. became responsible for his family when he was
Some children even reverse roles with their a teenager.
own parents. 2. I think some adult responsibility is good for a
Responsibilities can be barriers and cause child, but too much is bad. Kids should have the
frustration. chance to be kids.
Many children get satisfaction from helping Activity B., p. 64
others.

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1. I think millennials might feel more 5. I am going to cover my car so it doesn’t get
responsible for their work. Since they have wet in the rain.
more access to information and are more I am going to hide my passport so it doesn’t get
technologically advanced than older stolen when I go on vacation.
generations, they might feel more pressure to
succeed in a work environment. GRAMMAR
2. My work life is more important to me. If I Activity A., p. 68
don’t succeed at work, then I won’t be able to 1. on
save up enough money to even have a personal 2. up
life. / My personal life is more important to me. 3. away
While I take my job seriously, I take the time to 4. into
appreciate the people who are a part of my life. 5. up
Activity D., p. 64 6. in
Answers will vary. Possible answers: Activity B., p. 68
1. I think life events really determine the 1. work out; T
transition from childhood to adulthood. When 2. got on; T
you get married or move into your own home, 3. go on; I
you are making a decision to be more 4. giving up; T
independent and take on adult responsibilities. 5. care for; T
2. The millennials in the video are more focused 6. get out; I
on themselves than the children in Listening 1
and Listening 2. I think having more PRONUNCIATION
responsibilities causes people to grow up faster. Activity A., p. 69
Still, I would rather have a boss who coaches 1. When you become employed, you can call
me, than a boss who gives me too many yourself an adult.
responsibilities. 2. I think it’s how much you can provide for
yourself.
VOCABULARY SKILL 3. I think it’s when you get married.
Activity A., p. 65 4. I think you become an adult at 16.
1. a. financial b. economic 5. The day that I’m an adult is the day that I can
2. a. demonstrate b. shows do whatever I want to do.
Activity B., p. 66 6. The age at which you become an adult varies.
Answers will vary. Possible answers: Activity B., pp. 69–70
1. I assume you are late because you missed Speaker A: Congratulations!
your train. Speaker B: Thanks! I can’t believe I’ve
I suppose that you can have the other half of graduated already.
my sandwich. Speaker A: Yeah. You’re an adult now!
2. I hope that I never age; I don’t want wrinkles. Speaker B: But I don’t feel like an adult. I still
You will mature once you start working and feel like a kid.
have more responsibilities. Speaker A: Really? Well, I have been taking care
3. Did you provide a response to the client’s of my younger siblings for years now, so I feel
question? pretty grown up.
I just sent a reply to my grandmother’s email. Speaker B: I still rely on my parents a lot.
4. I would like to order three sandwiches, Speaker A: Well, maybe that will change now
please. that you’ve graduated!
I instruct students on how to write essays.

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Unit 3 Student Book Answer Key Second Edition

SPEAKING SKILL
Activity A., p. 71
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. Don’t say Um…
2. Don’t ask yourself questions about where
you are in the presentation.
3. Don’t end your presentation with that’s it.
4. Don’t start a sentence with so because it
makes you sound unprepared.
5. You use the word really a lot; try to use
different, more academic-sounding vocabulary.

CONSIDER THE IDEAS

Activity A., p. 72
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. when he learned his mother had a problem
with her brain
2. the dream of traveling
3. realized his mother needed him

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