With answer key for advanced

narrator: Now listen again.
Get it right!
Employers won’t accept those excuses, and to be 
honest I won’t either.
2 1 simplifying
2 demonstrating
3 socialising
4 seeking out
5 observing
6 campaigning
7 covering
8 drafting
3 1 is done
2 to draw
3 aren’t/are not
4 don’t/do not talk
5 have
6 hadn’t/had not been
7 to be avoided
8 doesn’t/does not try
speaking Part 1:1
1a 1 opportunities
2 chances
3 possibility
4 prospect
5 particular
6 important
7 significant
8 unique
1b Students’ own answers
2a 1 d 2 b 3 a 4 f 5 e 6 c

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Answer key
3 If you had the opportunity would you take a year 
out to travel?
4 What sort of things do you enjoy learning?
5 What would your ideal job be?
6 
 Are you planning to do any courses in the near future?
7 How easy is it for you to meet new people where 
you live?
8 How do you find out about things that interest you?
narrator: 
 Track 15 speaking Part 1, 
worksheet 2, Exercise 3a
Examiner:  Good morning. My name is Karen Smith 
and this is my colleague Jamie Dathorne.
And your names are? 
Jae: 
Jae Young. 
Mario: 
Mario Gimelli. 
Examiner:  Can I have your mark sheets, please? 
Thank you. 
 
First of all, we’d like to know something 
about you. 
 
Where are you from, Jae Young?
Jae: 
I’m from Korea.
Examiner: And you, Mario?
Mario: 
I’m from Italy.
Examiner:  1 What do you think you will be doing in 
five year’s time?