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English In Use - 'Slumdogs and Millionaires'

A selection of headlines from stories in the news. They use English in a way that you might think is intended to confuse but it's perfectly clear to the native speaker.

Slumdog Millionaire was a 2008 hit film set in India. Now it has been adapted to fit the headline on a story in the Daily Star that England's footballers visited the poverty-stricken Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro in a break before the World Cup started in Brazil. The headline reads: 'Slumdogs And Milllionaires'.

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