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I'm Georgina.

I'm Neil and this is news review.

Let's find out some more about that story from the BBC's Danny Shore.

The group of four were found by Law Harbor Mountain Rescue Team in an ice bound gully.

The team said they could easily have fallen hundreds of feet.

They did not have ice axes or crampons, which are essential for winter climbing.

They had no map, and three of them were wearing trainers.

Yes, so this story is about four tourists for men who decided to climb up Britain's highest mountain, Ben Nevis.

They did it in the middle of winter, but also in the middle of Ah, Big storm.

There was a blizzard.

High winds on it was minus 20 Celsius as well as a very, very cold.

They had no specialist climbing equipment, but luckily for them, they did have mobile phones, which allowed the mountain rescue to locate them on bring them safely back down the mountain.

Now, when they got back down the mountain, they were criticized for their behavior for going up in those conditions without any, You know, preparations on Dhe later on, they did send a generous gift to say thank you to the rescuers off £200 of cash, whiskey and wine, I think.

Well, very nice present.

But they did save their lives, so yeah, it's probably justified.

Yeah.

Okay.

You've been looking at this story, and you've picked out three words and expressions that we can use to talk about it.

What have you got?

I've got clowns.

Bunch on dhe.

Cut them some slack clowns, bunch, and cut them some slack.

So what's your first headline with that word?

Clowns, please.

Georgina.

My first headline is from a British news where website called the Daily Record.

And it is clowns who climbed by Nevis in their trainers.

Reward rescuers with whiskey, wine and cash clowns, people who behave in a silly way.

Now, Georgina, I know what a clown is.

A clown is that guy at the circus with the big curly red wig, the big red nose, the silly clothes with the spots and the big shoes.

Is this what climbed up Ben Nevis in winter?

No, they did not climb up.

Ben Nevis.

They did not climb up Ben Nevis in a clown outfit that absolutely did not.

The reason why they are clowns is because their behavior waas was stupid.

It was It was a little bit silly on it.

Put them in quite a lot of danger.

So they weren't dressed as clowns, but their behavior, they behaved like a clown.

Okay, um, so it's the silly, foolish behavior that connects the clown in the circus and the clown climbing the mountain in trainers?

Yes, exactly.

So whilst the circus, you go to watch a clown and you laugh with them.

In this context, their behavior made people laugh at them or know even laugh at them because there's a very serious situation.

Very dangerous, really.

It was a dangerous situation, so their behavior, they behaved like clowns.

So, for example, you might then call somebody a clown who is driving at 200 kilometers an hour on the motorway, overtaking on both sides.

You might say, Look at that clown.

We don't mean the big nose and the no.

There were not dressed as a clown, but their behavior they behaved like a clown.

Their behavior was dangerous.

It was stupid.

It was silly.

Okay?

And we can use this as a verb as well.

Yeah.

So the big difference here is with using it as a noun in with this meaning the meaning is negative.

With the verb to clown around, it can be positive or negative.

So, for example, I could say to my naughty students, Stop clowning around and concentrate.

But I could also talk about last weekend.

I went out with my friends.

We clowned around or we can so we just had a good time.

We relaxed.

We didn't do anything, particularly just clowned around.

Okay, So clown around as a verb, we also have an adjective we could describe.

Those guys who climbed the mountain as they were clownish, their behavior waas clownish.

Another example would be his behavior gets more clownish, the older he gets.

So when he was younger, maybe he was much more serious.

And then the older here he got, the more his behavior became a bit silly.

Hey, was like, hey, behaved clownish like a clown.

Okay, let's have a summary of that.

Okay, let's have your second headline, please.

Georgina.

The second headline is from Alba Wahba which is a news online website for the Middle East, about the Middle East.

On the headliners bunch of idiots rescue from Britain's highest mountain wearing trainers bunch.

A group of things of the same type gathered together.

Now, um, and I would've Bunches.

It's Ah, bunch of bananas or, ah, a bunch of grapes.

Bunch of flowers.

Why are we using bunch to talk about people?

Well, you can use it to talk about a bunch of people, So that's a group of people that are put into a unit together because there is something that connects them in this case.

Unfortunately, it's because they were idiots.

So there were a bunch of idiots, okay?

And that's that's very informal, isn't it?

It is.

So if you had a group of people arriving in your office for a meeting, the front desk, probably No, they would not ring you up and say Hi, I've got a bunch of people to see for that very important meeting.

They would not do that because that is almost disrespectful.

Okay, so bunch with people is for in formal situations this context bunch of idiots, eyes also extremely negative.

Is it only for negative uses?

No.

You can use it for positive in positive ways as well.

So, for example, last night I went out with a bunch of mates for dinner way.

Had a great time.

They're lovely people.

It was a positive experience.

So you can use it for positive situations.

Okay, um, we can also I've heard this used to describe a sort of hair style.

Oh, yeah, I let me demonstrate so you can put your hair into a bunch.

So you grew up your hair together into one group, one unit.

So I, for example, I have a bunch.

And what connects all of these uses of the word bunch is this idea of gathering, gathering, grouping together.

Another example would be maybe you're taking a picture on You've got lots of friends all in one line, but they're not close enough together.

So you might say to them Bunch up, bunch up, they move closer together so you could take a picture and they will all be in the screen together.

Yes, yes, on.

We forgot to say that you can also describe a group of people that you like as a lovely bunch.

Yes, and we would just like to say hello to the lovely bunch That is our audience.

What a lovely bunch.

Lovely bunch.

Hello, lovely bunch.

Okay, let's have a slide.

If you like stories about extreme weather, we have just the one for you.

If you remember the beast from the east, when we had a period of terrible cold weather in the U.

K.

And across Europe, where can they find out about this?

Georgina, all you need to do is go to the link below.

So it's there for you right now.

Just so don't watch it right now.

Say it for later.

OK, on to our final headline, please.

Our final headline is from The Scotsman, which is another British Web news website on is Ben Nevis.

Cut them some slack.

Say rescuers who saved tourists in trainers from minus 20 Celsius.

Conditions cut them some slack.

Be less critical of them.

Yes, So slack means loose.

So imagine you're on holiday.

This happened to me last summer on.

Do you have a lovely time eating lots of delicious food?

You come back home, you go to work, you put on your work trousers, but they're very tight.

They're constricting.

It's very uncomfortable.

So you loosen them.

So you give them a bit of you, put a bit of slack in them.

So they're looser, and you feel freer.

Yeah.

It's more comfortable, isn't it?

Yes.

If you're criticized over and over again, it's very uncomfortable, isn't it?

Yes.

You feel or tight you feel, you know, constricted.

You can't You feel criticized.

So if you are someone to cut someone some slack, it means that they can relax a bit on.

They know that they're not gonna be criticized so much on people will be more relaxed in their opinions about them.

Yeah.

Okay.

Now you've got an example of Ah, colleague.

Yes, there is a colleague.

This happened a while ago, I must say, on dhe, they were came to work late again and again and again.

They were tired.

They didn't get any of that worked on.

It was really annoying.

Night.

Calm down.

Georgina, calm down.

Don't forget this guy's wife had just had a baby.

Oh, yeah.

You need to cut him some slack.

Yes.

So, luckily, I remembered this and I did cut him some slack because he wasn't getting any sleep.

He was looking after his beautiful baby and wife.

So after that, I was much more lenient with him.

I helped him, and I just didn't give him so much of a hard time.

Yeah.

Okay, Rob, On the other hand, I take it the time.

Did you see the way he pushed past you to get that last biscuit?

I did.

I was very, very upset on dhe.

I was pretty angry, but then I remembered I should cut him some slack because he had just run a marathon.

Let's have a summary, please.

So, Georgina, a summary of our vocabulary, please.

So our first word was clowns.

People who behave in a silly way.

Our second word Waas bunch group of things of the same type gathered together on our last Where phrase waas.

Sorry.

Cut them some slack.

Be less critical of them.

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