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Exercises D, Ec, Fcde, G, J

Exercise D

1. Joe Nicchi runs his own ice-cream truck. (line 2)

2. They want free ice-cream. (lines 7-9)

3. He refuses to give them any free ice-cream and has made a sign saying they should / have to pay double. (lines 83-86)

4. It has been good for business. (lines 18-20 and 90-94)

5. She’s a writer who has written about influencers. (lines 104-105)

Exercise Ec

1. actually                                                              6. author
2. brands                                                                7. sign
3. frequently                                                         8. recently
4. attracts                                                              9. make sense
5. are shooting / are going to shoot        10. commercial

Exercise Fc

1. night > day                                                           6. feet on > hands on                           
2. an image > a picture                                       7. sluggish > quick                            
3.  commercial > nasty                                       8. usually > obviously
4. contribution > tuition payment                 9. opponents > opposites
   
5. satisfying > ridiculous, absurd etc.        10. imagination > expectations

Exercise Fd

1. fairly - uncommonly - rather - quite

 the other three are synonyms

2. obviously - noticeably - clearly - usually

 the other three are (more or less) synonyms

3. commonly - usually - quietly - normally

 the other three say something about how often something happens (indefinite adverbs of frequency)

4. slowly - rapidly - quickly - fast

 ‘slowly’ is the opposite of the other three words

5. motivating - stimulating - encouraging- uninspiring

 ‘uninspiring’ is the opposite of the other three words

ACROSS

1 eventually: in the end

  3 publicly: openly, not in secret

  5 opposite: altogether different

  8 unnoticed: when it’s not being seen

11 to not give in, to stand strong

12 when you stay away from someone, you stay clear of that person

13 recently: not long ago

14 quiet: the opposite of ‘loud’

16 to make fun of someone, to ridicule someone

17 when you get someone to pay you more 

 money than you actually deserve, you scam them

18 when you have done something often, you are experienced in this

DOWN

  2 author: writer

  4 imagination: where you get your ideas from

  6 to give away and to receive in return: in exchange for

  7 gross: disgusting

  9 cone: a kind of ice-cream

10 dissatisfied: not happy, not pleased

15 demand: something asked for

Exercise G

1. Nicchi started his business in 2014 and paid for it with his salary from shooting a commercial. (lines 40-49)

2. You can buy chocolate, vanilla or twist. (lines 51-53)

3. The requests aren’t new, because already in his first year Nicchi received email messages from influencers. (lines 56-59)

4. Nicchi thinks that others are saying yes, because the new influencers keep on coming back to his business all the time. (lines 67-69)

5. Influencers sometimes act as if what they are sharing is all fresh and spontaneous when it is not.

 - Influencers sometimes act as if their content is sponsored when it is not. (lines 31-37)

6. The assistant asked him for ice-cream for everyone on the set, the cast and the crew, in exchange for a photo at his truck with a famous female actor. (lines 70-75)

Exercise G

7. Nicchi didn’t mean it because he was being sarcastic. He would not love to give away so much ice-cream just for a photo (and he cannot pay for tuition fees with a photo). (lines 76-79) 

8. Nicchi’s sign could be seen on Instagram posted by Nicchi himself (lines 12-16) and on Reddit posted by one of Nicchi’s customers (lines 87-89).

9. Any of the following:

- Nicchi attracts fans across southern California. (lines 18-20)

- Nicchi got interview requests and news coverage from across the world. (lines 90-91)

- Nicchi saw his number of customers double overnight. (lines 92-93)

- Nicchi has earned thousands of new followers on Instagram. (lines 93-94)

10. Bigger businesses have got marketing budgets and giving something away for free can pay off for them as a form of cheap advertising. (lines 104-110)

Exercise J

1. C       5. B

2. C      6. C

3. B      7. D

4. D     8. A

60 year old hero:
the three-point seatbelt

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Homework for next lessons:

WEDNESDAY - SO GRO Herkansing

THURSDAY

No class  - Sportdag

MONDAY Alquin Magazine

60 year old hero: the three-point seatbelt:
Exercises D, E, F, H, I, K