news bulletin – answers

Brown: Government must be rock in UK

questions

1. What is the action the government is taking? unprecedented
2. What is ceasing to work? the financial markets
3. What will happen to people if the government leaves them ‘on their own’? they’ll be buffeted about
4. Who will the government be the ‘rock of stability’ for? savers, small businesses and home-owners
5. How does he describe the world? unstable and uncertain
6. Who has agreed to take action on liquidity, capital and funding guarantees? the euro-area countries
7. Who will he meet later this week? other leaders of the European Union
8. Who must work together? the U.S. and Europe
9. When did he speak to President Bush? last night
10. What did they agree? the common ground for action in the 2 continents