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Use that space without desrespecting the conditions under which it was created. Thanks. Merry Christmas!
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Answer key
I. 1.1. Many friendships don’t survive because friendships need one-on-one contact. Sometimes people don’t make enough effort to keep in touch. They neglect their friends. 1.2. You don’t need much time. You must use the phone or the email to keep contact with them. That’s enough. 1.3. hen our friends change their plans in the last minute all you have to do is understanding the situation and saying you’ll have more opportunities later. We should admire their success and achievements, their loyalty, flexibility and trust.
II. A- neglect B-to keep from C-exercise D-betray E-praise F-failures and imperfections.
III. robbed / went / said / wanted / were / got / asked / left / ran / arrived / didn’t chase.
IV. 4.1. they didn’t question… 4.2. thieves aren’t polite… 4.3. Sometimes they don’t escape… 4.4… the police couldn’t chase…
V. was playing… called… said…. was calling…. asked… was waiting… said… was… writing… was talking… couldn’t… was making… was going on… was/was being.
VI. 6.1. were 6.2. worked 6.3. wouldn’t tell 6.4. knew.
Answer key I. 1b (approaching = coming near) 2e (screaming=crying out in a loud voice) 3c returned= come back) 4f (added=continued to say) 5d (hit=struck, came against with force) 6a (frightened=scared) 7g (closer=more intimate)
II. 2.1. teenager 2.2.Anton and Karin’s other sons 2.3. Karin.
III 3.1. When his mother warned him about the big wave, Anton thought that she was calling him to surf that wave. 3.2. This event took place on Hat Railay Beach in Krabi, Thailand. 3.3. The people involved in the event are Karin, her sons and Lars,her husband 3.4. The name of the natural disaster referred to in the text is tsunami. Its main causes can be volcano eruptions or earthquakes in the sea depths. 3.5. After the event narrated in the text, the relationships in Karin’s family became closer than ever before. The fact of having faced death so near joined them together more than they probably were.
IV. “Karin disse: Foram dez minutos – os piores dez minutis da minha vida – até eu ver a minha família toda junta, longe da água. Os miúdos estavam com Lars e Per. Estavam todos muito assustados e confusos. Pensei que oda a família tinha morrido, mas sobrevivems todos. Agora, a nossa família é mais unida do que nunca. É impossível descrever a sensação de termos sobrevivido apenas com uns arranhões…”
V. 5.1. … were saved by Karen from the tsunami. 5.2….was seen running towards them. 5.3. …was found away from the water. 5.4. … he had suddenly seen his mom running towards him. 5.5. … to look at the wave. 5.6. … should be desalinated.
VI. 6.1. fluently 6.2. fluent 6.3. comfortable 6.4. well 6.5. quietly 6.6. high 6.7. hard 6.8. hardly.
VII. 7.1 better 7.2. more politely than 7.3. worse 7.4. more healthily than.
