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Bn77 Posted 18 years ago
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what's the topic of this conversation?
W: Have you heard about Ron?
M: No, is anything wrong?
W: He hurt his back and lost feeling in both of his legs.
M: Really? Is he able to move them?
W: No, he's immobile. But actually some of the feeling is coming back.
M: So will he be OK?
W: They think he'll be fine, and there's no permanent spine damage.
M: That's good news. I'm glad it's not more serious.
Q. What is the conversation mainly about?
(a) A friend's inability to move his leg
(b) A friend's recent back injury
(c) The permanent effects of spine damage
(d) Hospital treatments for paralysis
I am having troubling with this problem. The answer is (b) but I got (a)... can anybody provide me with a clear reason why (b) is the correct answer?
thank you!!!
M: No, is anything wrong?
W: He hurt his back and lost feeling in both of his legs.
M: Really? Is he able to move them?
W: No, he's immobile. But actually some of the feeling is coming back.
M: So will he be OK?
W: They think he'll be fine, and there's no permanent spine damage.
M: That's good news. I'm glad it's not more serious.
Q. What is the conversation mainly about?
(a) A friend's inability to move his leg
(b) A friend's recent back injury
(c) The permanent effects of spine damage
(d) Hospital treatments for paralysis
I am having troubling with this problem. The answer is (b) but I got (a)... can anybody provide me with a clear reason why (b) is the correct answer?
thank you!!!
Top answer
The current inabilty to move his legs is simply a sub-set of the entire conversation about the back injury. "He hurt his back" and "No permanent spine damage" are other parts of the conversation, all of which in total are about the back injury.
- The current inabilty to move his legs is simply a sub-set of the entire conversation about the back injury.
- "He hurt his back" and "No permanent spine damage" are other parts of the conversation, all of which in total are about the back injury.
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The current inabilty to move his legs is simply a sub-set of the entire conversation about the back injury. "He hurt his back" and "No permanent spine damage" are other parts of the conversation, all of which in total are about the back injury.
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