BBC 英语学习 News Review 假事故_ YouTuber入狱

Jailed for crashing a plane just for

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Now the story A social media influencer has gone to jail after crashing a plane on purpose for a youtube video.

Treper Jacob, an experienced pilot and skydiver, jumped out of the plane while filming himself on a selfie stick.

He'd pretended there were engine problems and later tried to cover up the crash.

You ve been looking at the headlines, beth, what's the vocabulary that people need to understand this story?

English We have Staging Gain and stunt.

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Let's have a look at our 1st headline.

This is from The Guardian. Youtube jailed after staging plane crash in California to make video.

So the headline is about the youtube who staged a plane crash and was jailed for it.

We are looking at the word staging now, A stage as a noun, is that place in a theater where the actors stand and perform.

Is there a connection between that stage and this stage in the headline?

Yes. So stage in the headline is a verb, and it does mean to put on a performance like you do in the theater.

But it doesn't just have to be related to the theater stage.

Can also mean to generally organize and do something.

Yeah. So in this story, this youtube were planned to and then actually crashed his plane.

He staged it though it was not an accident.

He it was a performance. He did it deliberately for his followers, his fans.

Now, can we have some other examples of stage?

Yes. So you can stage a walkout or a protest, e.g.

this means a group of people organize and then actually do it.

So they actually walk out or protest, usually because they're unhappy about something.

They want to see a change.

And related, but slightly different, meaning stage can mean pretend, so we do something fake to trick people into believing it's true.

E.g. you can stage an argument like this.

You are so annoying. Don't be so mean to me.

Beth. Well, you should be better.

Hmm, there we were staging an argument.

It wasn't. Let's look at that again.

Let's have a look at our next headline.

This is from LBC Youtubet Trevi Jacob jailed after crashing plane and skydiving to safety for video views and financial gain.

So the headline is saying that this influencer crashed his plane for financial gain.

Gain is the word that we are looking at.

And you probably already know this as a verb, which means to get something useful or positive.

But here, as a noun, what's the sense?

Well, gain, as a noun, means an increase in something such a size or amount.

Now, here, the Youtuba wants to increase his video views and money.

That's why he crushed the plane, and that's why the headline says, financial gain.

Yes, financial gain. As a common expression, it means an increase in money, which is seen as a positive thing.

Other common adjectives which go with game are net gain and weight gain.

And it's also possible to use gains in the plural.

This could refer to a rewards like money, or maybe an increase in productivity.

Yet, and we even hear gains used about going to the gym.

It means bigger muscles. Let's look at that again.

Let's look at our next headline.

This is from the Los Angeles Times Olympian.

Snowboarder sentenced in youtube airplane crash stunt.

So this youtube has been sentenced, and that means punished by law, often, as, in this case, going to jail.

But we're looking at the word stunt now, beth, when I was a kid, I wanted to be a stunt artist, jumping off cliffs, driving fast cars.

Well, a stunt can be an action like that usually seen in a

film or TV show, and it's something that looks dangerous.

That's why it has to be done by a stunt artist.

But here in the headline, stunt has a slightly different meaning.

Yes, stunt here can also mean that something is done for

attention. And we see stunt in this headline, meaning both the 1st definition and this one about attention.

So the snowboarder crashed his aeroplane just to get attention.

Now, we often use adjectives before the word stunt.

Very often. That adjective is publicity, and a publicity stunt is something that is done to get the attention from the public.

Yes, often something a bit strange or even dangerous.

So, beth, I am going to perform a publicity stunt now with this glass.

I am going to eat it.

What you can't eat the glass the stock extent?

No, let's look at that again.

We've had staging planning and doing gain something useful or positive for you, and stunt something done for attention.

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