Listening and Speaking 3

Q: Skills for Success

Unit 3 Student Book Answer Key Third Edition

The Q Classroom Activity C., p. 57

Activity A., p. 53 1. b
Answers will vary. Possible answers: 2. c
1. Students may mention changes in their personal or 3. a
professional lives, which may have affected them positively 4. b
or negatively. 5. a
2. Students may wish to change nothing or a variety of
Activity D., p. 58
personal or professional things.
1. F, Jeff learned about possible scary futures in books.
3. The people are living in a very small home, and “tiny homes”
2. T
are a popular trend. This one is on both wheels and blocks,
3. F, The speaker says Jeff thought having “all kinds of
so we don’t know if these people have made a permanent or
resources” was a “blessing.”
a temporary change.
4. F, The Skoll Foundation is still in operation.
Activity B., p. 53 5. T
Answers may vary. Possible answers:
Activity E., p. 58
1. Marcus and Yuna both started school, which they think is
1. c
good. The difference is that Yuna lost her job, which seemed
2. d
like a bad change at first.
3. a
2. Sophy mentions a couple of ways that society can change
4. e
for the worse.
5. h
3. Felix and Sophy talk about good and bad ways that social
6. f
media change people’s lives. Students’ personal ideas will
7. b
vary.
8. g
NOTE-TAKING SKILL
SAY WHAT YOU THINK
Activity A., p. 54
p. 59
5 – US Civil War starts
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
4 – Lincoln elected president
1. He learned that people never know how long life will be and
2 – Lincoln’s 1st failure in US Senate race
they need to make use of the time they have. This caused
1 – Lincoln drops out of politics for a while
him to put a lot of effort into new projects and to use his
3 – Lincoln’s 2nd failure in US Senate race
time to help others.
Activity B., p. 54 2. He used his resources to promote positive changes. Maybe
Students should be able to recognize that the years are what I would react by giving some of my money to help people,
allow them to determine the answers. but I would probably keep more of it than Jeff has.
3. It’s a good strategy. Movies influence public opinion. They
Activity C., p. 54 can show attractive examples of people doing good.
Answers will vary. The events on the timeline should appear in
chronological order, with the earliest event on the left and the LISTENING SKILL
most recent event on the right. Related key events and dates Activity A., p. 60
should be clearly linked to the correct place on the timeline. 1. b
2. d
LISTENING 1 3. e
WORK WITH THE LISTENING 4. a
Activities A. and B., pp. 56–57 5. c
Answers may vary. Possible answers:
LISTENING 2
Key Events Details WORK WITH THE LISTENING
2 father says he has cancer Disturbing; Jeff 14 years old Activity A., p. 61
1 Jeff read books with scary On vacation before he was 14 Reasons for going undercover—
futures need to experience something firsthand to understand it;
a good way to find out what’s really going on;
Study: first degree can write about experiences from a more informed point of
3 engineering U of Toronto later; got degree from Stanford view
5 business school before he went to business
Activity B., p. 62
4 started computer-related school at Stanford
1. T
businesses
2. F, Ehrenreich found that it was very difficult to cope
6 met Pierre Omidyar to go full-time with Pierre
financially.
7 quit job at news-reporting running an auction site
3. T
company When?
4. F, Ehrenreich found that life can be difficult for people at all
9 became billionaire after eBay stock went public
levels.
8 became president of eBay year 2004; Oscar-winning films
5. T
11 founded Participant provides money for groups that
6. F, Ehrenreich learned more than she expected by going
Media try to solve social and global
undercover.
10 set up Skoll Foundation problems; founded in year 1999

ANSWER KEY 1
Listening and Speaking 3 Q: Skills for Success
Unit 3 Student Book Answer Key Third Edition

Activity C., p. 62 VOCABULARY SKILL

1. a Activity A., p. 67
2. c become/make different: 1. (This town has changed a lot in
3. c recent years.)
4. a money: 5. (Can you change a twenty-dollar bill?)
5. b clothes: 4. (Do you want to change before we go out?)
6. a bus/train/plane: 3. (It’s quicker by bus, but you have to change
7. c twice.)
8. b replace: 2. (You need to change the light bulb in the kitchen.)
Activity D., p. 63 Activity B., p. 67
Students’ own answers. Students’ own answers.
Activity E., p. 63 GRAMMAR
Answers will vary. Possible answers: Activity A., pp. 68–69
1. It exposed a lot of truths about low-paying jobs that people 1. aren’t you
did not know. 2. does he
2. A person needs to be able to completely change his or 3. didn’t they
her lifestyle. I would not like to do this because I don’t like 4. isn’t it
change. / I would like to do this because it would be very 5. shouldn’t she
interesting. 6. do they
Activity F, p. 64 7. didn’t she
1. a 8. can we
2. c Activity B., p. 69
3. b Answers will vary for 4–6.
4. c 1. do you
5. a 2. have you
6. c 3. are you
7. b
8. a PRONUNCIATION
9. a Activity A., p. 70
10. b 1. rise
2. fall
WORK WITH THE VIDEO 3. rise
Activity A., p. 65 4. fall
Students’ own answers. 5. rise
Activity B., p. 65 6. fall
Answers will vary. Possible answers: Activity B., p. 71
Positive effects Negative effects 1. Doesn’t know
2. Doesn’t know
1. a fresh start 1. works harder 3. Knows
2. could pursue her 2. lower income 4. Doesn’t know
passion 5. Knows
3. loves her work 6. Knows

Activity C., p. 65 SPEAKING SKILL

Students’ own answers. Marchuska’s advantages included Activity A., p. 72
having gone to an Ivy League school, having savings, and being 1. Why do you say that?
passionate about a new career. 2. Because
3. first of all
SAY WHAT YOU THINK 4. Another reason is
p. 66 5. also
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. Similarities: They all experienced dramatic changes in their Activity B., p. 72
lives. Differences: Jeff’s experiences were very positive as he Students’ own answers.
learned how he could help others. Barbara learned how hard
people’s lives can be as unskilled workers and as white-collar
workers who can’t find employment. Christine had to accept
less prosperity as a result of her experiences.
2. Students’ own answers.

ANSWER KEY 2