Boeing are going to stop making its 737 Max airliner from January. The planes have been grounded for nine months after two crashes caused the deaths of more than 300 people.
Vocabulary
freeze
stop suddenly or abruptly
• The company has said it will freeze all pay increases.
• The train company froze all services for safety reasons.
remains mum
keep quiet (about something)
• Margo tried to remain mum about the surprise party!
• Rob stayed mum about eating the last biscuit.
cash cow
something that continuously makes money
• Parking fines are a real cash cow for local government.
• The Star Wars franchise is a cash cow.
Language challenge
Which word means ‘a plane that’s been stopped from flying’?
a) bottomed
b) floored
c) grounded
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We have a 3 minute animation called ‘Give no words but mum’ about the history, meaning and use of ‘keep mum’. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HterFanzFDE
🍁 The bank management decided to freeze all his accounts.
🍁 Jessica tried to remain mum about her new promotion.
🍁 The farm is the cash cow for your family, isn't it?
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The Colombian's president Ivan Duque have kept mum about demostrations all over the country!
Please stop playing background music within news bulletin 0:32
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Sadly a subtitle in English is not presented, I cannot catch up with Georgina's speed.
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in just 6 years boeing had flawed 2 plane type, 787 and 737 , i'm not going to enter boeing plane again i guess
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To the Boeing Company: Now the 737 Max liability lawsuits will begin worldwide. And then there's U.S. criminal charges to come. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that corporations are people. Congress can impute to a corporation the commission of certain criminal offenses and subject it to criminal prosecution therefor. In actions for tort, a corporation may be held responsible for damages for the acts of its agent within the scope of his employment, even if done wantonly, recklessly or against the express orders of the principal. While corporations cannot commit some crimes, they can commit crimes which consist in purposely doing things prohibited by statute, and in such case they can be charged with knowledge of acts of their agents who act within the authority conferred upon them.