News bulletin – answers

Briton gets "best job in the world"

true/false/does not say

1. Ben Southall is Australian. F: he’s from the UK.
2. He is 34. T
3. There were 60 finalists. F: 16 finalists
4. He hopes the boots fit him. F: he hopes he can fill the boots, i.e. he can do the job
5. He is looking forward to swimming there. DNS, he hopes his swimming is up to the standard and he looks forward to the roles and responsibilities
6. Tourism Queensland spent $110 million on advertising. F: they spent $1.7 million but gained $110m of publicity
7. There were over 30,000 applicants. T: almost 34,700 entries (via video)
8. People applied form across the world. T: from 200 countries
9. The job will be renewed after 6 months. DNS, the job will last for 6 months, we don’t know what will happen after that
10. Fishing is one of the responsibilities of the job. DNS: feeding fish is optional (if you feel like it) no mention is made of fishing
11. Ben’s girlfriend lives in Canada. DNS: she is Canadian but we aren’t told where she lives
12. The job lasts until January 1st 2010. T: 6 months from July 1st