Nude scientist in bathtub sensation

1. KING PHIL'S MACEDONIAN MASH-UP

2. MARATHON MAN IN DROP-DEAD DASH

3. QUADRUPLE ROYAL MURDER SENSATION

4. IT'S CURTAINS FOR CORINTH

a) Mysterious death of four members of the royal family.

b) Philip of Macedonia wins battle against city states of Athens and Thebes.

c) Archimedes' discovery of the laws governing the displacement of water.

d) Burning of city of Corinth to ground by the Romans.

e) Long-distance runner brings news of battle victory to Athens and then dies.

Match the headline to its story and explain the play on words in each case.

l Bad blood 2 Happy days? 3 Shell-shocked

4 False impressions 5 Happy haunting 6 Hopping mad

7 Flushed 8 Highly embarrassed 9 Round-up

1. A grandfather's breathing problems were solved when doctors found four false teeth at the entrance to his lungs. They had been forced down his windpipe in a car crash eight years ago.

2. A 25-year-old terrapin is being treated for a fractured shell after surviving a 200ft drop.

3. A Shetland teacher has suggested labradors or golden retrievers could be used to control pupils in playgrounds.

4. A ghost society has been told not to scare off a friendly female apparition at a hotel.

5. Adults who have never quite grown up are to be offered school theme nights including uniforms, register, assembly and primary school dinners by a Nottingham hotel.

6. An ex-public loo in Hackney, East London, is to be sold for £76,000.

7. A Whitby curate has attacked the resort's attempts to profit on its connections with Dracula: 'a pale-faced man with a bad sense of fashion, severe dental problems and an eating disorder.'

8. A toad triggered a police alert when it set off a new hi-tech alarm system. i) Firemen had to scale a 30-foot tree in St Leonard's, East Sussex, to rescue a man who was trying to capture his pet iguana.

Language Focus

Newspaper headlines use a lot of distinctive vocabulary. They prefer words that are usually shorter and generally sound more dramatic than ordinary English words. The words marked can be used either as nouns or verbs.

newspaper word	meaning	newspaper word	meaning
aid *	help	key	essential, vital
axe *	cut, remove	link *	connection
back	support	move *	step towards a desired end
bar *	exclude, forbid	ordeal	painful experience
bid *	attempt	oust	push out
blast *	explosion	plea	request
blaze *	fire	pledge *	promise
boost *	incentive, encourage	ploy	clever activity
boss * head*	}	manager, director	poll *	election / public opinion survey
probe*	investigation
clash *	dispute	quit	leave, resign
curb *	restraint, limit	riddle	mystery
cut *	reduction	strife	conflict
drama	tense situation	talks	discussions
drive *	campaign, effort	threat	danger
gems	jewels	vow *	promise
go-ahead	approval	wed	marry
hit	affect badly

Newspaper headlines often use abbreviations, e.g. PM for Prime Minister, MP for Member of Parliament.

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