English Vocabulary in Use: Advanced Book with Answers and Enhanced eBook Vocabulary Reference and Practice 3rd Edition

C
Language
 
help
The kind of language that is common in 
headlines may sound strange in other 
contexts. So the vocabulary in this unit is 
more likely to be useful to you when you 
are reading rather than when you are 
speaking or writing.
Palace 
besieged
3
by journalists
EU acts to 
crush
1
terror of thugs
Crackdown
2
on soccer 
louts
Typhoon 
rips
4
through town

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Exercises
207
English Vocabulary in Use Advanced
Read these headlines. What do you think the stories might be about?
1 
BLAST TERROR IN CAPITAL
 
4 
CRACKDOWN ON DISSENT
2 
PM TO REVEAL SOCCER LOUT PLANS
 
5
THUGS BESIEGE TEEN STAR
3 
TOP PLAYERS DEFEND COACH
 
6
COPS TARGET YOBS
Look at these headlines from a fictitious tabloid newspaper about Ancient Greece. Match 
them with the subjects of their stories and comment on the features of headline language 
they contain.
a Four members of the royal family die in mysterious circumstances.
b Philip of Macedonia wins a battle against the city states of Athens and Thebes.
c Archimedes discovers the law governing the displacement of water.
d The city of Corinth is burnt to the ground by the Romans.
e A long-distance runner brings news of a battle victory to Athens and then dies.
Match the headline to its story and explain the play on words in each case.
1
Bad blood
2 
Happy days?
3 
Shell-shocked
4 
False impressions
5