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Hello! I hope you have had a busy and productive week. As usual I have spent some time looking through this week's UK newspapers and am pleased to send you some of the more interesting stories. GOOD WEEK FOR: Fat Americans, who are being offered tax incentives to help them lose weight. Obesity has been classified as a disease and as a result slimming products are now tax deductible. British business, after a survey by Forbes magazine showed that almost 10 percent of the world's best performing companies are British. Sandwich-eaters; American Army scientists have devised a vacuum sealed sandwich that stays edible for up to three years. British sausages; after 15 years of decline, consumption leapt by 11% last year, as Britons ate their way through 5.3 billion sausages. Consumers can now choose between 400 varieties of sausages. Japanese women; 7 women have made Japanese history by becoming the first ever female soldiers to serve abroad. The 7 women left the island of Hokkaido for East Timor, where they will join a United Nations peacekeeping operation. Girls in Afghanistan; for the first time in six years girls are being allowed to go to school in Afghanistan. 96% of Afghan girls have been categorised as illiterate. Under the Taliban regime education was not available to females. BAD WEEK FOR: England's football team; England captain David Beckham could miss the World Cup finals after breaking a bone in his foot during Manchester United's Champions League match against Deportivo Coruna. Asked if he thought Beckham would play in the World Cup, United manager Alex Ferguson said: "I think it's doubtful". French waiters, with the launch of a government campaign to encourage them to smile and be polite to guests. Carrier pigeons; the Indian Police's Carrier Pigeon Service, home to the world's last remaining messenger birds, is closing after more than 50 years of service. A woman, who died after crashing into a sign reading "Welcome to Minnesota". Daniel Sadler, a successful wheelchair racer, who was banned from competing in International Paralympic Committee races after organisers discovered he is not disabled. 'I never said I was disabled,' said Sadler. The Committee replied: 'We'd assumed that anyone in a wheelchair must be.' Mehmet Esirgen from Turkey, who has been shot in the leg by his son after attempting for the third time to transplant a donkey's penis on to his own. An American woman, who has been officially banned from smoking in her own home after her 13-year-old son complained that he didn't like the smell. American Airlines, after one of its jets parked outside a hangar at Los Angeles International Airport rolled through a fence, knocking down overhead power lines before coming to a stop on a road. It appears that the break had not been applied correctly. Bert Evatt, an American official at an international tennis tournament in Florida. Anne Kremer's 5-7 6-4 6-2 win over Jennifer Hopkins in the prestigious WTA event featured an unusually high 29 double faults. After the players complained it was discovered that Mr Evatt had incorrectly set up the court. The service line had been placed 91cm closer to the net than it should have been. WHAT DO THE BRITISH THINK? Support for the Royal Family has risen since the death of the Queen Mother. Only 12% want to see the monarchy abolished. 54% would like it to remain as it is; 30% think it should be retained but radically reformed. STATISTICS OF THE WEEK British women spend an average of 16 hours a week on household chores, down from 33 hours in 1961. Men spend ten hours on chores - one hour more than in 1961. 60% of British motorists and motorcyclists say they find it 'impossible' to stick to the speed limit. 60% say they like to drive with only one hand on the wheel. Nearly 33% of 16-to-34 year olds don't indicate before turning or changing lanes. In Brazil there are more women selling Avon cosmetics door-to-door than members of the military. QUOTATIONS OF THE WEEK: "The problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, but only enough blood to run one at a time". Robin Williams "It is happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.'" Samuel Johnson, OK, that's the news for this week. How did you find last week's "Easy and Difficult" homework? Here are the answers: PART A - EASY Gennadiy: I'm going to the UK this summer and I've never driven on the left before. Paul: Oh, it's a PIECE OF CAKE. 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 PLAIN SAILING 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 IN HIS STRIDE. 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 DEAD easy. Gennadiy: How was the IELTS exam, then? Paul: The written exam was horrible, but after that the spoken exam was CHILD'S PLAY. There WAS NOTHING TO IT. PART B: Difficult It's an UPHILL struggle. Easier SAID than done. HEAVY going. Learned the HARD way. Sort out the men from the BOYS. Bitten off more than you can CHEW. Got your WORK cut out. Thrown in at the DEEP end. Like looking for a NEEDLE in a haystack. Out of my DEPTH. Not exactly a BED of roses. Trying to get BLOOD out of a stone. A tough NUT to crack. A BAPTISM of fire. 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 a needle in a haystack.. 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 baptism of fire. 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 nut to crack. 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 struggle. I'm finding all the studying heavy going. 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 your work cut out 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 off more than you can chew?. And the riddle? 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? ANSWER: Because he was a new born baby This week's homework is called "The Family": PART A: Use the following idiomatic expressions in the sentences below: BABY OF THE FAMILY BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER FIGHT LIKE CAT AND DOG TWO PEAS IN A POD THE BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY OWN FLESH AND BLOOD LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON TIE THE KNOT 1) John is only 5 but he's mad about football, just like his dad. You know that they say - ????? 2) I've got 2 sisters who are older than me and then my younger brother Mark who's 22. He's the ?????. 3) They've got 2 daughters and they look just the same. They're like ?????. 4) Sam isn't the best person for the job but his father made him head of Marketing in the family business. As you know, ?????. 5) My brother and his girlfriend have finally decided to ?????. They're getting married in the summer. 6) I get on well with my sister now but we used to ???? when we were younger. 7) Everyone expected Rachel to go to University like the rest of us, but she got a job dancing topless in a bar. She's ?????. 8) My son is in trouble with the Police. I normally have no sympathy with people who break the law but it's different when it's your own ?????. PART B: Put the following words in the sentences below: CHEESE, FOOTSTEPS, HOMES, TREE, RELATIVE, FAMILY, SIDE, IMAGE 1) Look at Amanda. She's the spitting ????? of her mother, isn't she? 2) Jane is going to Medical school. She's following in her father's?????. 3) A recent survey showed that 60% of convicted criminals come from broken ?????. 4) I've got French blood. My grandparents on my mother's ????? originally came from Brittany. 5) Paul is very interested in his family's history. He can trace his family ???? back to 1550. 6) Everyone in my family plays a musical instrument. Music runs in the ?????. 7) I got a letter yesterday from a long-lost ????? in Australia. I didn't even know he existed! 8) My sister and I look alike but when it comes to personality we're like chalk and ?????. And finally your riddle this week: I am the centre of gravity, hold a capital situation in Vienna, and as I am foremost in every victory, am allowed by all to be invaluable. Though I am invisible, I am clearly seen in the midst of a river. I could name three who are in love with me and have three associates in vice. It is vain that you seek me for I have long been in heaven yet even now lie embalmed in the grave. Have a great week and I will be in touch again next Friday with more news and homework: Best wishes Gennadiy |
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