News Exercise #281

1. How were the sea animals described at the start?
2. What did volunteer Barry Etherston say, in his strong Irish accent?
3. How does the Coastal Officer suggest al people can help?
4. What famous expression did the reporter use to explain the situation at the end?

Answers:
1. How were the sea animals described at the start?
It is “a spectacular array of marine life”.
2. What did volunteer Barry Etherston say, in his strong Irish accent?
“There has to be something done about it, it ridiculous, like. Erm, I wish I had a big bag of answers instead of a big bag of plastic.”
3. How does the Coastal Officer suggest al people can help?
she said that when anyone visits the coast, to do a two-minute beach-clean before or after you have enjoyed your day.
4. What famous expression did the reporter use to explain the situation at the end?
He said that the message in the bottles needs to sink in. “Sink in” means to be clearly seen and understood. The expression used was “message in a bottle”, which was apparently a way for a castaway to ask for help, by putting a message on paper into a bottle and throwing it into the sea for someone to find. IN this case, the message in the bottles is the message that plastic trash is damaging the coastlines.