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Good morning. I hope you have had a good week.
As usual I am pleased to write to you with some light-hearted news taken
from the UK newspapers this week:

BAD WEEK FOR:
Trouble-makers at the football World Cup in Japan; Police in Japan have
demonstrated their new  "Spiderman" gun which they will use to trap any
trouble-makers at the World Cup this summer. The high-tech device, which
looks like a rifle, shoots a nylon net and is capable of trapping two or
three people at a time.

Hong Kong, with the news that packs of wild monkeys are invading parks and
neighbourhoods in greater numbers, aggressively begging for food and
sometimes snatching bags from frightened pedestrians.

Michael Philippe, 25, a Virgin Atlantic flight attendant, who has been
charged with writing a false al-Qaeda bomb threat. Officials charge that
the flight from London to Florida, was diverted after Philippe reported to
the flight's captain that he had found the misspelled message reading "Bin
Laden is the best Americans must die there is a bomb on board Al Quaida"
written on an airsickness bag in the plane's toilet. A second message
"American must die" was written on a mirror, he is alleged to have told the
crew members.

A New Zealand man mowing his front lawn, who was hit and trapped under a
runaway car driven by a 3-year-old boy.

Two policemen in Calcutta, India, who have been suspended after one of them
allegedly bit the hand of a truck driver who refused to pay a bribe. Indian
Police officers, who often are poorly paid, commonly ask for bribes to tear
up traffic tickets.

Kenneth Curtis, of South Carolina, USA, who was ordered by the US Supreme
Court to find a different line of work after it transpired he had been
selling his urine over the internet to people facing drug tests at work.
Curtis had been selling his kits for USD70 each.

Football supporters at the World Cup, with the news that umbrellas will be
banned from the stadia even though the tournament takes place during the
rainy season in Japan and South Korea. Security officials in both host
countries will also confiscate plastic bottles from fans entering World Cup
stadia.

GOOD WEEK FOR:
Beer drinkers in London; a new "intelligent" hi-tech glass tells bar staff
when the customer has finished his / her drink.

A Nigerian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, who was
granted a reprieve this week. Safiya Hussaini, 35, was convicted by a
sharia court last year of giving birth to a child outside marriage.

Mount Everest, which is going to be cleaned. A team of 29 climbers is going
to clear the 8,850 metre peak of the oxygen cylinders, plastic, food cans,
ropes and tents left behind by other climbers. If possible, the team will
also bring down some of the bodies of the climbers who have died on its
slopes.

Mobile phone users, with the news that a Japanese company is developing a
mobile phone which can lip-read. This will put an end to users having to
shout down their handsets, even in noisy environments. In addition, the
lip-reading cellphone could also help people who have lost their voice.

Sian Thurkettle, 25, from England who is so enamoured with Steven
Spielberg's film "E.T.", re-released last month for its 20th anniversary,
that she has watched it 773 times. She added that the film still moved her
to tears every time she watched it. Long-suffering husband George, forced
to watch the film 100 times, said he enjoyed E.T., but added: "I much
prefer James Bond."

Learners of English in Taiwan; rubbish trucks in the south Taiwan city of
Tainan will soon broadcast English lessons from loudspeakers to educate
citizens as they carry away the rubbish.

STORY OF THE WEEK
Canadian police are hunting a woman in her 40's who burst into a petrol
station with a knife and fondled the 17-year-old male cashier before
performing oral sex on him. According to the owners of the Toronto petrol
station, the incident has lead to a large number of job applications from
teenage boys.

STATISTICS OF THE WEEK:
23% of children aged 11 to 16 have never heard of the European Union.
18% of Britons feel unfulfilled in their lives, compared with 7% of Germans
and 11% of Italians

QUOTATIONS OF THE WEEK:
'My girlfriend always laughs during sex - no matter what she's reading.' -
Steve Jobs, founder of Apple Computer.
'My favoured method of birth control is leaving the lights on.' - Joan
Rivers.

So, that was the news for this week. Now here are the answers to
last week's "Head Idioms" homework:

PART A:

Paul: Do you know Bill's phone number?
Gennadiy: NOT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I've got it in my address book.

Paul: Sorry about the mistakes but none of them was very serious.
Gennadiy: That's easy for you to say, but IT'S MY HEAD THAT'S ON THE BLOCK,
not yours!

Paul: He's a typical teenager. No sense of responsibility. He thinks he'll
walk into a job.
Gennadiy: I know. HE'S GOT HIS HEAD IN THE CLOUDS most of the time.

Paul: Is it difficult to make a website?
Gennadiy: Not really. I've made so many now that I COULD DO IT STANDING ON
MY HEAD.

Paul: I've read the instruction booklet but I couldn't understand it.
Gennadiy: I've looked at it too, and I CAN'T MAKE HEAD NOR TAIL OF IT
either.

Paul: Could you give me a hand with these year-end figures?
Gennadiy: Good idea. TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE.

Paul: Karen Jones is still top of the class this year, isn't she?
Gennadiy: Yes. SHE'S HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE THE REST.

Paul: I see you're reading Stephen King's new book.
Gennadiy: I've finished it. It's interesting but A LOT OF IT WENT RIGHT
OVER MY HEAD.

PART B:

1) I'm sure we can find a solution, if we all PUT our heads
together.
2) The first two years of running the Sheffield College were very tough. We
just about managed to KEEP our heads above water.
3) This is a problem we have to face. We can't BURY our heads in the sand
and hope it will go away.
4)  , if you think I'm going to lend you money again, you need your
head EXAMINED.
5) The trouble with some politicians is, after a while power GOES to their
heads and they think they can do anything.
6) It's the funniest film I have seen for years. I LAUGHED my head off.
7) When I find out who is responsible for this mistake, heads will ROLL.
8) You don't need to worry about Marco travelling alone. He's only 16 but
he's got his head SCREWED on. He'll be OK.

PART C:

1) I can do it very, very easily. I COULD DO IT STANDING ON MY HEAD.
2) He's sensible. HE'S GOT HIS HEAD SCREWED ON.
3) Stop ignoring the problem. DON'T BURY YOUR HEAD IN THE SAND.
4) I couldn't understand it. I COULDN'T MAKE HEAD NOR TAIL OF IT.
5) We're surviving. WE'RE KEEPING OUR HEADS ABOVE WATER.
6) You're stupid. YOU NEED YOUR HEAD EXAMINED.

And the riddle:

"Two hunters leave their camp and are headed for bear hunting. They walk 10
km south, then 10 km east.
They kill a bear. Then they walk 10 km north and get back at their camp,
exactly where they left."
What was the colour of the bear?

The directions are true only if it happened in the North Pole. So the
colour of the bear is Polar Bear's colour - white.

This week's homework is called "Easy and Difficult":

PART A - EASY
All the idioms in this exercise express the idea that something is easy to
do. Complete the dialogues below using:
a) It's child's play
b) Dead easy
c) All plain sailing
d) Take it in your stride
e) It's a piece of cake
f) There was nothing to it

Gennadiy: I'm going to the UK this summer and I've never driven on the left
before.
Paul: Oh, it's a ?????. Just keep your wits about you.

Gennadiy: Congratulations on passing your driving test. Were you nervous?
Paul: I was a little nervous at first but then it was all ????? after the
first 5 minutes.

Gennadiy: How's your dad getting on now that he has retired? Has he
adjusted to being at home?
Paul: Oh, he's getting on fine. He's taking it all ?????.

Gennadiy: I haven't used the latest version of Windows XP yet.
Paul: Oh, don't worry about that. There's a good HELP facility. It's ????
easy.

Gennadiy: How was the IELTS exam, then?
Paul: The written exam was horrible, but after that the spoken exam was
?????. There ?????.

PART B: DIFFICULT

All the idioms in this exercise express the idea that something is
difficult to do. Complete the idioms with the following words.
CHEW, BAPTISM, DEPTH, DEEP, WORK, UPHILL, BOYS, SAID, NEEDLE, BLOOD, HEAVY,
HARD, BED, NUT

It's an ????? struggle.
Easier ???? than done.
????? going.
Learned the ???? way.
Sort out the men from the ?????.
Bitten off more than you can ????.
Got your ???? cut out.
Thrown in at the ???? end.
Like looking for a ???? in a haystack.
Out of my ?????.
Not exactly a ???? of roses.
Trying to get ???? out of a stone.
A tough ???? to crack.
A ???? of fire.

Now use one of these idioms in the following situations:

Gennadiy: You will never find John's number. There are hundreds of "J
Smith"s in the phone book.
Paul: Yes, I know. It's like looking for ?????.

Gennadiy: Can you believe it? My first day at work and I had to give a
presentation on my ideas to re-organise the department.
Paul: That's what I call a ????.

Gennadiy: I've sorted out the Marketing costs for next year but now I need
to look at the budget for Staff costs.
Paul: Uhm, that's going to be a tougher ?????.

Gennadiy: How's your life at University? Are you enjoying it?
Paul: Not really. I'm finding it difficult to keep up with the work. To be
honest it's a bit of an uphill ?????. I'm finding all the studying heavy
????.

Gennadiy: I can't stop to talk. I've got to get all this work finished and
in the post before 5.00pm.
Paul: You've certainly got ????? there. Rather you than me!

Gennadiy: I'm starting to regret that I ever got involved with this new
CD-Rom.
Paul: Why? Do you think that you have bitten ?????.

And finally, a riddle for you to solve.

Walter spent three days in the hospital. He was neither sick nor injured,
but when it was time to leave he had to be carried out. Why?

Enjoy the weekend and Happy Easter!

Best wishes
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