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GOOD WEEK FOR: Hans Rausing, Britain's second richest man, who has spent 12 million pounds on a party for 600 guests aboard a luxury liner. Rausing, the Tetra Pak food packaging heir, treated guests to a week of luxury living and exclusive entertainment, including a concert by Elton John. New York City, which is experiencing a baby boom after September 11. A spokesman said, "after the towers fell, people wanted to cuddle and get close to each other". Space travel; a new survey shows that 7% of rich Americans would pay $20 million for a two-week orbital flight and 19% would pay $100,000 for 15-minute sub-orbital flight. Chickens, with the news that an Israeli geneticist is trying to develop a chicken without feathers. The featherless fowl would be well suited to poor countries where farmers cannot afford to lose birds to overheating. Women; German scientists are arguing that the human race may owe its intelligence to women, especially our female ancestors. Mothers are more likely to pass on their mental ability to their children than fathers and intelligence genes are concentrated on the X chromosome BAD WEEK FOR: A bride from Texas, USA, who wasn't left waiting at the altar, she was left waiting at the airline terminal. Sean McNulty, 30, was found outside a hotel near Houston airport three days after he was to leave on a honeymoon to Italy, and five days after he had been married. McNulty told police he could not remember his name or where he had been and he had no idea about the woman he saw in a picture when police showed him a photograph of his wife. Serbian pop star Goca Trzan, who burst into tears when, expecting a sell-out crowd, walked on stage at a Belgrade concert and discovered only one man in the audience. The 30-year-old businessman had bought 4,000 tickets so that he could have a private concert. A 47-year-old man in San Diego, USA, who emerged from abdominal surgery to find that doctors had left a 35cm surgical knife in his stomach. The man has been awarded $250,000 in damages. Eton College, one of the most world's most exclusive secondary schools in England; 200 travellers, with more than 100 cars and mobile homes and at least 20 dogs, have set up a temporary camp on the school's sports fields. Norfolk Island, a remote South Pacific Island, which has suffered it's first murder in 150 years. South African police, who have caught a murderer and the human head he was trying to sell for use in traditional medicine. Police have in the past uncovered several so-called "muti" murders of people killed for body parts that some traditional healers believe are essential ingredients for certain kinds of medicine. Police in the small city of Junin, Argentina; inhabitants of the city in the Pampa grasslands have started to lend their cars to the police, who cannot afford to run their own vehicles as the country's worst-ever recession forces budget cutbacks. Politically Correct or just stupid? Students at Warwick University in England have been banned from displaying the English flag during the World Cup on the grounds that it may be "offensive" to foreign students. A nursery school in Hampshire, England has banned the use of the words "naughty", "silly" and "bad" because they are "negative labels" that might "humiliate" children. What do the British think? 39% of Britons would vote to join the Euro single currency if there was a referendum tomorrow. Story of the week Taiwanese police are trying to persuade the island's oldest prostitute to retire. Grandmother Chiu, 82, says she needs to continue working in order to supplement her pension. But younger prostitutes have complained that her prices are too low - 10% of their rates! One policeman said: "She actually looks surprisingly good for her age. With a little make-up she can pass for a 70-year-old". So, that is the news for this week. How did you find last week's homework? Well, here are the answers: PART A:
PART B:
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And the riddle? My son Jeff 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? This week's homework is called " Nationalities, Countries and Languages":PART A: Make nationality adjectives from these nouns and group them correctly:Japan Brazil Ireland Israel Ukraine Arabia Iraq Denmark Portugal Iceland
PART B Make a noun meaning "a person from that country or geographical region"PART C Correct the mistakes in these sentences.
PART D What do we call …. ?That's it for another week! Have a lovely weekend and I will be in touch again next Sunday. Best wishes as always GennadiyОбучение и образование за рубежом |
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