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Hello! So, what has been happening in the world this week? GOOD WEEK FOR: A 90-year old Scottish woman, who completed the London Marathon, one of the oldest ever to finish the gruelling 26.2 mile race. Michael Owen, who became the youngest player to captain the England football team since Bobby Moore in 1963. England beat Paraguay 4-0. An Arab man in Sweden, who has been paid 165,000 crowns (US$16,000) in compensation after being called "Osama bin Laden" by colleagues. The man of Iraqi descent was judged by the Swedish Court to have been harassed by his work-mates and managers, who also called him "terrorist" and "damned Arab". Travellers on a budget, with the news that the boss of the cheap airline EasyJet is launching EasyDorm, a chain of GBP5-a-night hostels in cities including London and New York. The UK economy; new figures showed that there are now only 939,600 unemployed people in UK. This jobless rate of 3.1 percent is the lowest since October 1975. BAD WEEK FOR: Overweight policemen in Florida, who will face a financial penalty of US$500 if they are more than 7kg above the recommended weight for their height. French driving students, who may soon have to wait 24 hours before finding out test results because too many candidates are attacking examiners who fail them. Some learner drivers who have failed their driving test have threatened examiners with death or rape, often at gunpoint, and attacked their cars. An armed robber, who burst into a shop in Mainichi, Japan. The man had a sudden change of heart, returned the money and asked the shop's staff to call the Police. He told the Police that the robbery was going well but then he realised he had forgotten to wear a mask. Two Japanese tourists, who were so eager to visit Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity and were so engrossed in their guide book, they did not notice they had wandered into a war zone. The church is the centre of an Israeli siege of Palestinian gunmen. A thief, who robbed an off-license in London but was later arrested after he left his wallet and mobile phone behind during the armed raid. An 8-year-old Florida boy, who drove himself to school in a stolen car after missing the school bus. A police spokesman said: "He made it to school right on time but he bragged about it and that's why he got caught." Robert King, a U.S. tourist, who has become the second foreign visitor to Australia to die after being stung by an irukandji, a tiny, translucent jellyfish for which there is no known antidote. King was stung by the peanut-sized jellyfish while he was diving on the Great Barrier Reef WHAT DO THE BRITISH THINK? If a referendum on the Euro was held tomorrow, 45% would vote against joining and 31% would vote to join. Bookmakers have picked 2004 as the most likely year for the marriage of Prince Charles to his long-time lover Camilla Parker Bowles. An opinion poll showed that 40 percent now backed Charles ruling as king with Camilla as his wife - but not as his queen. STORY OF THE WEEK: A 12-year old boy from Nigeria has been arrested after entering the USA with 87 heroin-filled condoms in his stomach. The boy successfully passed through JFK airport and took a taxi to an address in Brooklyn, New York. The taxi driver alerted police after the boy started excreting the drug-filled condoms in the back of the cab. STATISTICS OF THE WEEK: There are now more British households with 2 cars than households with 1 car. 31% of all Europe's retail space is in Britain. So, that is the news for this week. How did you find last week's "The Family" homework? Here are the answers: PART A: 1) John is only 5 but he's mad about football, just like his dad. You know that they say - LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON. 2) I've got 2 sisters who are older than me and then my younger brother Mark who's 22. He's the BABY OF THE FAMILY. 3) They've got 2 daughters and they look just the same. They're like TWO PEAS IN A POD. 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, BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER. 5) My brother and his girlfriend have finally decided to TIE THE KNOT. They're getting married in the summer. 6) I get on well with my sister now but we used to FIGHT LIKE CAT AND DOG 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 THE BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY. 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 FLESH AND BLOOD. PART B: 1) Look at Amanda. She's the spitting IMAGE of her mother, isn't she? 2) Jane is going to Medical school. She's following in her father's FOOTSTEPS. 3) A recent survey showed that 60% of convicted criminals come from broken HOMES. 4) I've got French blood. My grandparents on my mother's SIDE originally came from Brittany. 5) Paul is very interested in his family's history. He can trace his family TREE back to 1550. 6) Everyone in my family plays a musical instrument. Music runs in the FAMILY. 7) I got a letter yesterday from a long-lost RELATIVE 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 CHEESE. And the riddle: 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. The answer is the letter "V" (you see - it was not so difficult!) This week's homework is called "Water Idioms": PART A Match the following idioms (1-8) with the correct meaning (a-h): 1) Like a fish out of water 2) Water under the bridge 3) Keeping our heads above water 4) Spend money like water 5) Land him in hot water 6) Like water off a duck's back 7) Watered down 8) Doesn't hold water a) get into trouble b) is not credible c) no effect on me d) just surviving financially e) feeling strange and out of place f) made less forceful g) past and forgotten h) spend without thinking PART B Now use the idioms in PART A to complete these dialogues: Paul: John told me that the two of you had a serious argument last week. Gennadiy: Yes, but that's all ???? now. We're friends again. Paul: Have you found a better job yet, Gennadiy? Gennadiy: No, not yet. Money is a little tight but we're ?????. Paul: Why haven't you got a credit card. Gennadiy: I don't want one. I know it would just make me ????. Paul: What I like about Mohammed is that he is not afraid to express his opinions. Gennadiy: That's true, but his opinions often ????? at work. Paul: Weren't you upset by all the criticism you got at the meeting? Gennadiy: Oh no, I'm used to it. It's just ?????. Paul: I thought the Prime Minister's speech was very weak. Gennadiy: Yes, I think it had been ????? to avoid upsetting some people in his party. Paul: The only thing which will help the economy is to raise the cost of borrowing money. Gennadiy: But that argument ?????. Higher interest rates are bad for business not good for it. Paul: I heard that after the meeting you were taken to a really expensive restaurant. Did you enjoy it? Gennadiy: Yes, but I must admit that at times I felt ?????. Have a lovely week and I look forward to writing to you again next Friday. Best wishes Gennadiy |
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