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Weekly news from UK

GOOD WEEK FOR:

  • "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", which broke all records when 1.25 million copies of the video and DVD were sold on its first day of release in Britain.
  • Two hundred Canadians, who created the world's largest omelette. The dish used 46,000 eggs, 136kg of tomatoes, 136kg of onions and 72kg of peppers.
  • Thai civil servants looking for extra cash, who can now earn money from hunting. The Bangkok city government will pay an eight-baht (13 pence) reward for every stray dog they catch. It is estimated that there are more than 120,000 stray dogs in Thailand's capital.
  • Lovers of exotic food, with the news that purple carrots will be launched in Britain this summer. In fact, the purple vegetables are not unnatural. It was their original colour before the Dutch decided to cultivate them in their national colour orange in the 1720s.
  • Couch potatoes, who sit around drinking cups of tea and watching T.V. New research shows that habitual tea drinking over several years preserves bone density.
  • A 160kg lion, that tore off a zookeeper's arm at a Florida theme park. Officials say the animal will not be put to death.

BAD WEEK FOR:

  • The BBC, which had to apologise to Koreans for a joke on it's World Cup website. The joke, which read: "Over here, a dog is for Christmas, over there it could be for breakfast, lunch or dinner", was described as "tasteless and offensive".
  • A tongue-tied thief who burst into a Florida bank, waving a gun and screaming "Freeze mother-stickers, this is a f***-up!". The bank employees dissolved into laughter and the robber fled in humiliation.
  • An Alsatian dog, which ate its owner's dead body after being trapped in a house with the woman's corpse for several weeks. Police said the 78-year-old pensioner, from the southern Austrian province of Styria, had died from natural causes before being devoured by her starving dog.
  • Patricia Amos, who is the first person to be jailed in Britain for allowing her children to be truant from school. She has been jailed for 60 days for failing to ensure that two of her daughters, aged 13 and 15, went regularly to school.
  • Housework; it's exhausting, time consuming and although it counts as physical activity, housework does not improve health or help to shed those excess pounds, British researchers said on Wednesday. Brisk walking is a much healthier option and a better way to keep fit than mopping floors, dusting and cleaning windows, particularly for older women between the ages of 60-79.
  • Swaziland's international airport; it has no working control tower or radar system and lighting for night time landings is so poor that pilots are forced to fly by memory. Lightning destroyed the airport's radio 18 months ago and had not been fixed.
  • 21 gamblers, all women, who were arrested in an illegal casino in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Gambling is illegal but widespread in communist-ruled Vietnam. Those caught breaking the law are subject to fines or prison terms ranging from a few months to several years.
  • Brazilian couples, after new research shows that only 25% of Brazilians expect their spouse to remain faithful during marriage.
  • Rubens Barrichello, the Brazilian Formula 1 driver, who was ordered to move aside on the very last lap of the Austrian Grand Prix to hand victory to his team mate Michael Schumacher.
  • Lovers of melons in Japan; a department store in the northern city of Sapporo bought the first two locally grown melons of the season for 150,000 yen (US$1,100) each!

QUOTATION OF THE WEEK:

"Overseas financial aid is a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries".

STATISTIC OF THE WEEK:

1 in 80 American men and 1 in 200 women weighs more than 130kg.

That is the news for this week. As promised , here are the answers to last week's "Connecting and Linking Words" homework:

PART A

  1. I have to go to the hospital once a month now. PREVIOUSLY I had to go every two weeks.
  2. BEFORE WORKING here, I used to work in a bank.
  3. Take this umbrella, just in case IT RAINS.
  4. You can stay at 's flat ON condition that you pay for your own phone calls.
  5. You will get to Plymouth city centre WHICHEVER bus you take.
  6. My reason FOR NOT WANTING to go to London was that it was too far to drive.

PART B

  1. We sent out a questionnaire, WITH A VIEW TO finding out what the students really wanted.
  2. We shouldn't prepare the room UNLESS we know definitely that is coming.
  3. THROUGHOUT the 5 years she was away, I never once stopped thinking of her.
  4. , it's OK to miss a few classes, PROVIDING you send a note to the teacher explaining why.
  5. A lot of flights were late, OWING TO the bad weather.
  6. SUPPOSING they don't give us the money, . What then?

PART C

  1. Computers will change our lives even more in the new millennium. (BRING ABOUT) - Computers will bring about even bigger changes in our lives in the new millennium.
  2. There was a 20 percent increase in taxes. Then there were serious riots and protests. (SPARK OFF) - The 20 percent increase in taxes sparked off serious riots and protests.
  3. Paul had made a mistake, and said so. (ACKNOWLEDGE) - Paul acknowledged that he had made a mistake.
  4. The decision was unpopular and a lot of angry debate resulted. (GIVE RISE TO) - The decision was unpopular and gave rise to a lot of angry debate.
  5. A lack of communication between employers and employees causes this feeling of insecurity among the staff. (ARISE FROM) - This feeling of insecurity among the staff arises from a lack of communication between employers and employees.
  6. Great changes in family life have come as a result of growing economic prosperity. (LEAD TO) - Growing economic prosperity has lead to great changes in family life.
  7. A decision made 10 years ago is responsible for the present problems. (STEM FROM) - The present problems stem from a decision made 10 years ago.

And the riddle?

I can be cool, but I can't be cold,
I can be sorry, but I can't be guilty,
I can be spooked, but I can't be scared,
I can be sweet, but I can't be friendly,
I can be flammable, but I can't burn.
What am I?

The answer is "double letters"! (cOOl, soRRy, spOOked, swEEt, flaMMable)

This week's homework is called "Countable and Uncountable Words":

PART A:

Correct the mistakes in these sentences:

  1. gave me some good advices.
  2. I need some informations.
  3. We had a lovely weather.
  4. The furnitures are very old.
  5. I'm looking for a new jeans.
  6. Your hairs are getting very long, .
  7. Do you have a scissors?
  8. We had a lot of homeworks yesterday.
  9. Do you think Marie is making a progress with her English?
  10. These trousers is too small?

PART B:

Which of these words are not normally used in the plural?

Passport

Currency

Luggage

Reservation

Accommodation

Flight

Information

Travel

Visa

Journey

Flour

Carrot

Fish

Fruit

Toast

Garlic

Rice

Wheat

Biscuit

Cooking-oil

Pancake

PART C:

Complete the sentences with these words connected with materials and resources:

Stone

Leather

Coals

Cloth

Plastic

Glass
  1. Most of the cottages were built of _____ , which was not surprising because you could see large _____ lying everywhere in the fields around the village.
  2. I have some _____ here which I bought to make a dress. I hate it now. I think I'll tear it up and make some _____ for dirty jobs in the kitchen.
  3. ______ can produce a phenomenal heat. That's why I find it hard to believe that he once saw someone in India walking over red-hot _____.
  4. The car seats are all _____. They are much more comfortable than _____.
  5. The _____ that those wine-_____ are made of is very pure and expensive.

And finally, , your riddle this week is:-

My son Steve is 24 years younger than me and 35 years older than my grandson, Phillip. Together, all of our ages add up to one hundred. How old are we?

That's it for this week !

Have a good weekend and week and I will write again next Friday.

Best wishes


Gennadiy
Студент и школьник !!! Учи иностранный за рубежом!!! Языковой центр Канцлер www.eStudy.ru

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