Daily Training for November 27th: Paying Ransom, Does It Exacerbate Pirate Issue?

Today's Daily Training is a National Public Radio story that ran about Spain this week:

Spanish leaders are scheduled to appear in Parliament Wednesday to defend their handling of the hijacking of a Spanish fishing boat off the coast of Somalia. The hijacking ended last week after Somali pirates reportedly were paid $3.5 million in ransom. Some people are wondering if Spanish fishing boats are in even more danger now.

Take a look at this vocabulary before listening to the story:

• boatload of cash (a lot of/boat full of money)
• fishing vessel (fishing boat)
• paid off (bribe, money in exchange for something)
• tuna fishing trawler (tuna fishing boat)
• bundle of money (package of money)
• jackpot (big prize)
• skipper (captain of a ship)
• watch out (be careful of)
• fishing fleet (group of boats)
• launch (boat with an open deck)
• slammed (criticized)
• haughtiness (arrogance)
• scores (many)

Now, listen to the story.

Tell me: do you agree with this analysis?

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