Answer — Exercise 5
13 - On the hour, every hour·Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book
Question
Listen to the full bulletin. Find out.
Answer
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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