UNIT 8, 8C Listening, Global network, page 89
Exercise 2
The map shows the position of the undersea cables that form the communications network that connects all the continents in the world except Antarctica.
Exercise 3
95% of information travels through the undersea cables. The cables are 8 cm thick and they can be more than 21,000 km long. In 2008 a major cable broke and 60% of India lost its internet connection.
Exercise 4
1 will
2 can’t
3 is
4 hasn’t
Exercise 5
c
Exercise 6
1 c
2 d
3 c
4 b
5 d
Exercise 8
1 out
2 off
3 on
4 off
5 back
6 up
UNIT 8, 8D Grammar, Reported questions, page 90
Exercise 2
war film; Some clues are: Captain Hunter, invasion, enemy soldiers, I really am on your side, Colonel Smith from Military Command
Exercise 3
2 Who is sending the messages?
3 Why do you want to help us?
4 Can I trust you?
5 How did you learn to speak English?
6 Will there be another message tomorrow?
Exercise 4
1 ask
2 change
3 change
4 statement
5 don’t use
6 if
Exercise 5
1 Colonel Smith asked what the message said.
2 He asked how reliable the information was.
3 Captain Hunter asked the colonel if / whether he was going to take the message seriously.
4 The colonel asked the captain what his own opinion was.
5 The captain asked if / whether they had any choice.
6 The colonel asked who would take the blame for any mistakes.
7 Captain Hunter asked the colonel if they could discuss that again the following morning.
8 The colonel asked how many other people she had told about the messages.
Exercise 6
2 (that) they had saved a lot of
3 who had sent the messages to her
4 had sent them from his office
5 (that) he worked at enemy
6 how he had sent the messages
7 (that) he had used the sun
8 why his messages had stopped
9 (that) the weather had turned