Cover of the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 5

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 13 - On the hour, every hour for the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book with authors Carol Nuttall and Amanda French from National Geographic Learning

Question

Listen to the full bulletin. Find out.

Answer

  1. health grounds, a private matter – the minister is apparently resigning on health grounds and doesn’t want to say more because it is a private matter
  2. petrol bomb, tear gas – there’s been rioting over government reforms – police say two men apparently died when a petrol bomb hit a car which exploded; demonstrators say the two men were crushed when the crowd fled from police tear gas by running down narrow side streets. Government rejected demands to change course.
  3. the base rate, inflation – the base rate is set to rise to 4% in order to control inflation (and it may rise higher – refused to rule out); it’s feared increase may trigger an economic slowdown, but food and fuel costs still rising
  4. thigh strain, on good form – goalkeeper and captain can’t play because of a thigh strain, but the manager is confident the replacement will be fine as he’s on good form
  5. sham marriage, an appeal – the celebrity couple were accused by a paper of being in a sham marriage and they took the paper to court where they won the case (awarded $560,000 damages which they are donating to charity). The newspaper is thinking of appealing against the decision.
  6. bomb disposal, bravery – a sniffer dog (Bodge) received a medal for bravery for his work in a bomb disposal unit – helped to find 200 bombs and mines which were deactivated