Unit 5: Responsibility

Listening 1: Corporate Social Responsibility

Vocabulary Answers, p. 87
1. consumer; 2. fair; 3. ignore; 4. fine; 5. profit; 6. benefit; 7. demand; 8. pollute; 9. impact;
10. Developed

Main Idea Answers, p. 88
1. T; 2. F; 3. F; 4. T; 5. T; 6. F

Listen for Details Answers, p. 89
1. a; 2. a; 3. b; 4. a; 5. b


What Do You Think? Answers, p. 89
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. It is very important. The benefits are the people
respect the companies more and might buy more
things from them because of it.
2. The company is because it is more powerful;
Individuals are because change has to start with
an individual person’s decisions.
3. Student may talk about companies in their own country.

Activity A Answers, p. 90
1. nervous; 2. angry; 3. uninterested

Activity B Answers, p. 90
1. angry; 2. uninterested; 3. nervous


Listening 2: Personal Responsibility

Vocabulary Answers, p. 91
a. check up on; b. trust; c. guilty;
d. sensible; e. influence; f. obligation;
g. lie; h. in charge of; i. help out;
j. appropriate

Listen for Main Idea Answers, p. 92
1. a; 2. b; 3. a; 4. c; 5. b

Listen for Details Answers, p. 92
1. c; 2. a; 3. c; 4. b; 5. b; 6. d

Activity A Answers, p. 93
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. My family gives me a lot of responsibility 
because I’m the oldest. Sometimes I wish I 
had less responsibility!
2. I think it depends on the person. Some people
mature more quickly than others.

Activity B Answers, p. 93
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
1. Companies should be careful not to pollute 
and to follow environmental laws. Individuals 
should recycle and reduce waste.
2. By recycling, by walking instead of driving, 
by reducing waste.

Activity A Answers, p. 94
2. (noun) the highest level
3. (verb) to stop doing something without achieving
what you wanted to do
4. (adj) not yet paid or done
5. (verb) to use something in a bad or dishonest way
6. (adj) having high standards of behavior
7. (verb) take the chance that something bad will
happen
8. (adj) honest and willing to talk

Activity B Answers, p. 94
Answers will vary. Sample sentences include:
1. It is important not to risk the environment for profit.
2. It is not just to pay workers less than a fair wage.
3. People won’t like a politician if he or she abuses power.
4. People and companies should be moral in their actions.
5. You must pay your outstanding library fines or you
won’t be allowed to register for next term.

Grammar: Tag Questions

Activity A Answers, pp. 95-96
1. aren’t you? 2. does he? 3. did they?
4. isn’t it? 5. shouldn’t she? 6. have they?
7. didn’t she? 8. can we?

Activity B Answers, p. 96
1. have you?
2. shouldn’t they?
Answers will vary. Possible answers:
3. We need to recycle, don’t we?
4. He was taking care of his sister, wasn’t he?
5. The company hasn’t polluted the river, has it?

Pronunciation: Intonation in tag questions

Activity A Answers, p. 97
1. Rise; 2. Rise; 3. Fall; 4. Fall

Activity B Answers, p. 97
1. Rise, knows the answer; 
2. Fall, doesn’t know;
3. Rise, knows; 
4. Fall, doesn’t know


REMEMBER: 
Quiz 2 (April 16-18); covers units 4 and 5 
The midterm exams (April 21-25); covers units 1,2,3,4 and 5.