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Answer the following questions using the units of measurement in brackets and give the SI equivalent.
Répondez aux questions suivantes en utilisant les unités de mesure entre parenthèses et donnez la valeur équivalente en utilisant le système international.
1. What is your body temperature? (99.8°F)
2. How tall are you? (6ft3)
3. How far is it from London to Southampton? (80 miles)
4. What is your weight? (12.5st)
5. What is the surface area of the skin of an adult? (19 sq feet)
6. How much beer do you drink when you have a pint of Guinness in Dublin? (20 fl oz)
Correction
1. What is your body temperature? (99.8°F)
It’s ninety-nine point eight degrees Fahrenheit. (=37,3°C)
2. How tall are you? (6ft3)
I am six foot three / six feet three inches. (= 1,87m)
3. How far is it from London to Southampton? (80 miles)
It’s eighty miles away. (= 129km)
4. What is your weight? (12.5st)
I weigh 12 stone five pounds / twelve and a half stone. (=78,5kg)
5. What is the surface area of the skin of an adult? ( about 19 sq feet)
It is about nineteen square feet. (1,71m2)
6. How much beer do you drink when you have a pint of Guinness in Dublin? (20 fl oz)
You drink twenty fluid ounces of beer. (0, 57 litre)