The key answer of exercise 5
The key to exercise solutions in chapter 13 - The hunt for news for the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book with authors Carol Nuttall and Amanda French from National Geographic Learning
Question
Work in pairs. Discuss what you think the words and phrases in bold in the article mean.
Answer
- landing our own big fish – this is a play on words in part because they are outside a fish restaurant called Catch. Big fish here means ‘someone important’. When you land a fish you catch it. You can also land a big prize.
- revulsion – feel disgusted or revolted (rather than I feel admiration / respect; revulsion here is the opposite of admiration / respect)
- on the go – working / travelling non stop (sixteen hours and very tired + link with go)
- dead on my feet – absolutely exhausted (link with dead and being on the go)
- scuttle – move quickly like a crab (scuttle down the street helps to guess general meaning)
- slipped out – leave quietly / secretly (as above: the pattern of slipped out of a side entrance will help. If students know slip as in slip on a banana skin maybe it will also help)
- en route – on the way (students will know route and / or recognise French). Note the pronunciation in English: /ɒn ˈruːt/.
- click bait – eye-catching headlines which tempt you to click on them to find out more – this generates advertising revenue (example of a headline given in the text)
- remains upbeat – stays positive / happy (the context of the story – despite the slow day they are still positive)
- screw up the shot – make a mess of the shot (it’s gone shows they didn’t catch it / but other times you hit the target)