Answer — Exercise 5
13 - The hunt for news·Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book
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)