Listening and Speaking 2 Q: Skills for Success

Unit 6 Student Book Answer Key Second Edition

The Q Classroom 7. papier-mâché a mask

Activity A., p. 112 8. grow a rosebush
Answers will vary. Possible answers: 9. fix a squeaky door
1. home projects, painting, repairing 10. put up wallpaper
2. Yes, younger people are more NOTE-TAKING SKILL
willing to try things/ have less Activity A., p. 115
money. No, it depends more on your Answers may vary. Possible answer:
personality and maybe money than Business people start careers with
on your age. do-it-yourself projects. For example,
3. She is fixing a door. Yes, I would do Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com,
this myself to save money. started to build a computer in his
Activity B., p. 113: parents’ garage. In high school, Jeff
Things people Reasons Bezos started his first business. It was
do themselves called the Dream Institution. The
Sophy g. repairing f. as a hobby Dream Institution was a camp for 4th,
things around 5th, and 6th grade kids.
the house Another example of someone who
Felix a. car washing e. satisfaction of started their career with a do-it-
d. gardening doing something yourself project is Mike Zuckerberg. In
yourself 2004, Mike Zuckerberg, founder of
Marcus c. making -------------------- Facebook, started his career in his
clothes or Harvard University Dormitory.
furniture Facebook was first called FaceMash. By
Yuna -------------------- b. to save money 2013, Facebook had over one billion
users, and Mike Zuckerberg was a rich
PREVIEW THE UNIT man.
Activity D., p. 114 Activity B., p. 115
1. Answers will vary. Answers will vary. Possible answer:
2. Answers will vary. 1976—S.Jobs + S. Wozniak, garage @
3. Answers will vary. Possible answers: parents’ home. invnt. 1st comp. for
Yes, people are learning more skills home use.
now and are able to do more DIY Apple II- intr. in 1977
projects. No, people are lazier now 1987—S.W. left comp. S.J.—iPad,
than they used to be and do not do iPhone
as many DIY projects. 2011-S.J. died
Activity E., p. 114 LISTENING 1
Answers will vary. Possible answers: PREVIEW THE LISTENING
1. paint a house Activity A., p. 116
2. sew a dress 1. fair
3. knit a scarf 2. get involved
4. carve a box 3. inventor
5. weld a sculpture 4. repair
6. mosaic 5. colleagues

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Unit 6 Student Book Answer Key Second Edition

6. decade emotionally” with the objects they

7. complicated work on.
8. produce 5. T
WORK WITH THE LISTENING
Activity A., p. 117 SAY WHAT YOU THINK
Answers will vary. Possible answer: Say What You Think, p. 119
Howtoons: In the past, people fixed Answers will vary. Possible answers:
their own TVs, cars, etc. Do-it-yourself. 1. I can fix cars/ knit/ paint a room/ fix
Fathers taught their sons skills. Now, a sink/ mow the lawn. I could learn
things are too complicated and more from my mother/ father/
repairing them is too expensive. brother/ sister/ friend.
Activity B., p. 118 2. Yes, they need to be creative and
Answers will vary. Possible answer: capable. No, everyone will have
Saul Griffith-invt. MIT in Cambridge, MA. something he or she is good at/
“cltre of innov. & repair” specializes in.
S.G. invnted inexpsve syst. 4 eyeglasses + 3. They can learn to do simple projects
3,0002 ft kite—prod. elect. that are fun; yes.
DIY brings ppl closr 2 objcts
SG+ colleagues created Howtoowns LISTENING SKILL
HT cartoons helps kids to think like invntrs Activity A., p. 120
HT-online, book 1. Griffith’s kite can produce electricity.
ex.HT- waterscopes, pens, paper, ink 2. Kids can find Howtoons online.
Activity C., p. 118 3. A waterscope lets people look at
 1. objects underwater.
 3. Activity B., p. 120
 6. 1. Scratch is designed for kids ages 8 to
Activity D., p. 118 16.
1. skills 2. Answers may vary. Possible answer:
2. expensive You can create animations.
3. electricity 3. You can create a simple animation in
4. closer Scratch in a few minutes.
5. inventors 4. You can make sprites interact.
6. paper 5. Scratch is being used in some
7. museums beginning computer science courses.
8. adults
Activity E., p. 119 LISTENING 2
1. T PREVIEW THE LISTENING
2. T Activity A., p. 121
3. F; Saul Griffiths believes that children 1. a
today don’t have a “culture of 2. b
innovation and repair.” 3. a
4. F; For Griffith, one benefit of DIY is 4. a
that people get “involved 5. b

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6. a SAY WHAT YOU THINK

7. b Activity A., p. 125
8. a Answers will vary. Possible answers:
WORK WITH THE LISTENING 1. Answers will vary.
Activity A., p. 123 2. It can take business away from
1. sell-it-yourself regular businesses, but there will
2. self-sufficient still be stores. Small craft stores will
3. indie / independent probably not go out of business
4. customer because some customers like to see
5. publish / publishing the product in person. Also, many of
6. percentage the people who sell online couldn’t
7. promote get into a store. Publishers will still
8. experience publish books. many people like to
Activity B., p. 123 hold a book in their hands.
Answers will vary. Possible answer: Activity B., p. 125
Advisr H.Watkins—Bus. trends Answers will vary.
indie craft mvmt=sell works @ fairs + online Activity D., p. 126
e.g. etsy.com—site takes sm. fee, 185 Answers will vary.
thous. craftsppl, >1 mil cust.
pub. book online=DIY proj. VOCABULARY SKILL
free to pub. website makes $ frm sales, % to Activity A., p. 127
author Correct spellings:
edit, blurb (1-2 short para.s) 1. knowledge
advts—social media, reviews 2. technology
3. series
Activity C., p. 123 4. jewelry
 2. 5. folk
pp. 123–124, D: 6. animated
1. a website for artists and craftspeople
2. about 185,000 GRAMMAR
3. about 1,000,000 Activity A., p. 129:
4. edit the book very carefully 1. better
5. a short paragraph or two that 2. more creative
describes a book 3. the most interesting
6. They may write a review of the book. 4. cheaper
7. a cookbook 5. easier
8. very well; The writer is going on TV
shows. Activity C., pp.129–130
Activity E., p. 124 Answers may vary. Possible answers:
Craftspeople: d, f 1. I think the most important invention
Both: a, c, g, h in history was the telephone.
Writers: b, e 2. I think Hawaii is the best place to
visit.

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3. I think iqonline is the most

interesting website.
4. This is the most difficult book.
5. Today is the happiest day of my life.

PRONUNCIATION
Activity A., pp. 130–131
1. Their business advisor recommended
that they raise their prices.
2. The business became more successful
after they started the website.
3. I think customers prefer to shop in real
stores most of the time.
4. I don’t think companies are going to
stop publishing paper books soon.
5. There are several great crafts stores on
Main Street.
6. He hopes to sell lots of books online.

Activity B., p. 131

1. Be careful that you don’t generate too
much energy.
2. The furniture maker sold dozens of
tables and chairs last month.
3. You can’t expect to become self-
sufficient in one day.
4. I try to make time in my life for doing
crafts that I like.
5. With Howtoons, children learn new
skills very quickly.
6. We need some help putting these
photos on the website.

SPEAKING SKILL
Activity A., p. 132
1. Can you explain . . . ?; That’s not
what I meant.
2. But how does . . . ?;, Let me explain
3. What’s that?; It’s a

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