Listening and Speaking 5 Q: Skills for Success

Unit 2 Student Book Answer Key Second Edition

The Q Classroom
Activity A., p. 30
Answers will vary. Activity B., pp. 34–35
Activity B., p. 30 1. TT + VT
Answers will vary. Possible answers: 2. TT
1. Sophy says field trips are fun while you are on 3. TT
them and work when you are writing up a 4. TT + VT
report. 5. TT
I've been on a few field trips and I think they are 6. TT + VT
fun when we're outside but more work when 7. VT
we are back in the classroom making reports. 8. TT
2. Marcus says his manager made work more 9. VT
fun by having informal meetings with the staff, 10. TT + VT
giving them a chance to meet and talk with 11. TT + VT
each other in a new way, and offering them a 12. VT
break from the work routine. Activity D., p. 35
I haven't worked in any big office yet so I Answers will vary. Possible answer:
haven't had any experience like that, but I like I recently listened to an interview about a
working in small groups in class. program called Global Citizens Network, which
sponsors volunteer vacations. This seems like
LISTENING 1 an interesting idea, but to me the balance is too
WORK WITH THE LISTENING much on work rather than on vacation.
Activity A, p. 34 Highpoints to GCN include the small group size
1. 16 that averages only about 4 to 12 people and
2. 30 they do offer trips to a wide range of countries
3. 55 in North America and Africa. I'm not sure I
4. 1 would want to go on a work vacation, though,
5. 3 with 50-year-old people who might be too tired
6. 4 to finish the work. And I don't think charging up
7. 12 to $2,500 would be fair since so much work is
8. 900 involved. This sounds like a nice cross-cultural
9. 2,400 experience, but it's not for me.
10. construction Activity E, pp. 35–36
11. English a. preservation
12. culture b. validate
13. a new language c. immerse oneself in
14. foods d. diverse
15. rural e. expedition
16–17. Answers may vary. Sample answers f. prompt
include Peru, Guatemala, Africa, Asia, Kenya, g. demographics
Tanzania. h. enticing

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i. range 3. The term public outreach means to hold

j. indigenous events that help give the public better
k. raise awareness understanding of an institution or organization.
l. ecological Public outreach is important to the programs
because they want to educate people about
LISTENING SKILL science.
Activity A., p. 38 Activity C., pp. 42-43
Answers may vary. Sample answers: Cambridge University (left circle only):
1. physical labor, construction of health clinics, b, d, g, h, i
schools, community centers, Sedgwick Reserve (right circle only):
2. camaraderie and sharing meaningful a, k, l
experience with a family; allowing children to Both (overlapping area):
have eye-opening experiences c, e, f, j
3. United States, Canada, Mexico, Ecuador, Activity D., p. 43
Peru, Guatemala, Kenya, and Tanzania 1. T
2. T
NOTE-TAKING SKILL 3. F; The Cambridge Science Festival takes place
Activity A., p. 39 over one week.
Traditional Tourists (left circle only): 2, 3, 5, 8 4. T
Volunteer Tourists (right circle only): 7, 9, 12 5. F; The Reserve is a controlled-use area that
Both (overlapping area): 1, 4, 6, 10, 11 the public can access.
Activity B., p. 40 6. T
EAP (left circle only): live abroad, new cultures, 7. F; The program is designed to especially
pay tuition, work in a foreign language encourage girls to become scientists.
Internships (right circle only): earn money, live 8. T
in the same country, no tuition, technical Activity E., pp. 43–44
hands-on work 1. largest
Both (overlapping area): expand horizons, cost- 2. scientists and the community
of-living expenses, fun, hard work, enticing new 3. one of 30 nature reserves
experiences 4. Writing reports about plants
Activity F., pp. 44–45
LISTENING 2 1. a
WORK WITH THE LISTENING 2. a
Activity B., p. 42 3. b
1. to get young people / children (1) interested 4. b
in science and (2) familiar with university 5. a
activities 6. a
2. hold a festival or event; provide interactive 7. b
and hands-on experiences; involve local 8. a
residents; supported by teachers 9. b
10. a

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11. b 3. The bus trip is longer than the train ride.

12. a 4. The grasslands cover more areas than the
woodlands.
VOCABULARY SKILL 5. GCN needs as many volunteers as
Activity A., pp. 46–47 Earthwatch.
1. computer game 6. The wagon moves more slowly than the
2. baby boomer tractor.
3. eye-opening
4. outreach PRONUNCIATION
5. networking Activity A., p. 51
6. grasslands 1. Who paid for the travel expenses, the
7. senior citizen students or the school?
8. cross-cultural rise-fall intonation on “travel expenses”; rising
9. overview intonation on “the students”; rise-fall
10. testing ground intonation on “the school”
Activity C., Page 47 2. Would you choose to initiate a new project or
1. eye-opening work on an old one?
2. grasslands rising intonation on “initiate a new project”;
3. cross-cultural rise-fall intonation on “work on an old one”
4. testing ground 3. I’m not sure if I prefer Cambridge, Oxford,
5. outreach / networking Harvard, or Stanford.
6. baby boomer rising intonation on “Cambridge” “Oxford”
“Harvard”; rise-fall intonation on “Stanford”
GRAMMAR 4. Which adjective is best: compelling,
Activity A., p. 49 liberating, or enticing?
1. I rise-fall intonation on “best”; rising intonation
2. those on “compelling” “liberating”; rise-fall intonation
3. Sedgwick one on “enticing”
4. Tim’s 5. You have your choice of staying in a tent, a
5. the one to Frankfurt home, or a hotel.
6. regular vacations rising intonation on “a tent” “a home”; rise-fall
7. my way intonation on “a hotel”
8. a term in England 6. Can everyone go on a volunteer vacation,
Activity B., pp. 49–50 including children, teens, and adults?
Answers may vary. Sample answers: rising intonation on “volunteer vacation”
1. A: The trip to Peru costs $5,000 and the trip “children” “teens”; rise-fall intonation on
to Bolivia costs $5,000. “adults”
B: The trip to Peru costs as much as the trip to
Bolivia.
2. A science fair sounds as good as a nature
expedition.

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