EXPLORERS OR BOYS MESSING ABOUT? EITHER WAY THE TAXPAYER GETS THE RESCUE BILL Flashcards

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Boys

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-this word is inappropriate as a description of grown men in their 40s and so belittles and ridicules them. The fact that this is in the title adds emphasis

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Messing about

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this is a phrase associated with the childish play that doesn’t achieve anything. Again this ridicules their mission and suggest that it was not worthwhile/that it was simply childish

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The fact that me rooks had to call his wife and ask her to ‘call the emergency people’

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Questions his independence. The phrase emergency people is also vague/non-technical suggesting that he had a child like Tone when calling his wife

This is also seen when his wife said that they would probably get their ‘bottoms kicked’ which reinforces the idea of men as naughty children who need to be disciplined

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Ended in farce

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The word farce highlights the comical and amateurish nature of the men

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The drama began

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The word drama suggests that it was a spectacle rather than a professional success

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Known as Q

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The fact that he refers to himself as ‘Q’ a James Bond gadget expert, shows that he is immature and childish

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Plunged
Plucked
Scrambled

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When describing the men he uses: words such as ‘plunged’ and ‘plucked to suggest that the men were not in control. The verb ‘scrambled’ has connotations of clumsiness/desperation and suggests lack of competence and skill

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Deciphered

Dispatched

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Suggest technical expertise, speed, confidence and precision

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Surveying uncharted waters’ V ‘messing about’

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The Royal Navy were ‘Surveying uncharted waters’ when they were disturbed and had to rescue the men. This sounds like a purposeful and dangerous mission and contrasts with the ‘messing about’ that the others were doing

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Expert names

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The names of the experts such as Royal Navy, Falmouth Coast Guard, and editor of Jane’s helicopter markets are all included to provide a point of contrast to the men’s incompetence and will have the effect of making the men seem amateurish in comparison

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