Ejercicio 2 · Comprensión
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Ejercicio 2 · Comprensión
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- What has the council decided?To increase parking chargesTo remove parking chargesTo move the shopsTo remove parking charges — «promised to remove parking charges». El titular ya lo decía con axe.
- Who complained?DriversThe governmentLocal shop ownersLocal shop owners — «criticism from local shop owners».
- Why did the council introduce the charges originally?To reduce trafficTo make moneyTo help shopsTo reduce traffic — «defended as necessary to reduce traffic».
- What does «unintended consequences» suggest?The result was plannedThe result was not expectedThe result was positiveNot expected — unintended = no buscado. Es la fórmula estándar con la que las instituciones admiten un error sin admitirlo.
- What did the spokesperson deny?That shops were affectedThat charges existedThat the change is related to the electionsThat it is related to the elections — «denied that the reversal was linked to next year’s elections».