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Weekly news from UK

BAD WEEK FOR:

  • Locusts in China, with the news that in the northwest of the country 4000 hungry ducks are going to be released into the countryside to eat the locusts which are threatening the local crops.
  • Villagers in east India who were panicked to see a "green rain" falling from the sky. Scientists however conducted tests and found the green rain was nothing more than faeces from an enormous swarm of bees flying overhead.
  • Students of English; a new report highlights the different words for money in the English language. For example, if a Briton asks you for "dough", "bread" or "lolly", the chances are he is not hungry but broke. And "rogan josh" and "orange squash" may not necessarily denote food and drink but could be rhyming slang for "dosh" (which the report found to be the nation's favourite term for money)
  • Property prices in Kabul, Afghanistan, which continue to rise. A 4-bedroom house with cracked windows is currently renting at $8000 a month. Before the Taliban fled in November the same property was being rented for ё200 per month.
  • British police, who are hunting a chimpanzee who has robbed two London homes. A shocked Mustapha Riat awoke to find the monkey in his home in east London, stealing his mobile phone. "I saw this hairy black chimpanzee coming through my window. It was broad and muscular and I was frightened of being bitten," Riat, 43, told the Sun newspaper.
  • A Japanese man, who was so angered by an acquaintance's failure to address him politely that he stabbed the man to death with an umbrella. Honorific terms of address are used constantly in Japan, even among friends, most commonly by adding the suffix "san" to a person's name. Failure to do so is seen as extremely rude.
  • A German man, who has been arrested after he attacked a policeman with his underpants. The 23-year-old was first arrested for travelling on a train without a ticket. On arrival at the police station, the man suddenly ripped off his clothes and beat one officer around the face with his underpants.
  • A French perfomer, who has cut off his small finger with an ax before a bewildered audience. The gory show was meant to symbolise the loss suffered by the kidnapping of a Colombian politician.
  • The football world champions France and the tournament favourites Argentina, who have both been eliminated from the World Cup Finals. France failed to score in any of their 3 matches.
  • Saddam Hussein, whose latest novel is struggling to sell even a small fraction of the 2 million copies printed. However, the Iraqi leader's son Udai has bought 250,000 to save his father's blushes.
  • Posh Spice (Mrs Victoria Beckham), who has been dropped by her record company following extremely poor sales of her solo album. Her last single sold only 15,000 copies.

GOOD WEEK FOR:

  • Aggy Akhtar, a businessman in London, who has sold ё6m worth of English flags since opening his flag business in April.
  • Sarah Ferguson, the ex-wife of Prince Andrew, Queen Elizabeth's middle son, who is to have her own talk show on American TV. The show will simply be called "Fergie".
  • An Australian man, who got his revenge on a shark that attacked him - by eating it for dinner. Andre Markossian was snorkelling in shallow water when a 1-metre shark bit his arm and refused to let go. Markossian simply walked to the shore with the shark on his arm, where lifeguards opened its jaws and killed it. Markossian then took the shark home and served it for dinner.

WHAT DO THE BRITISH THINK?

66% of Britons are in favour of Charles re-marrying within two years. However, 40% would like Camilla Parker Bowles not to be given the title of Queen.

STATISTIC OF THE WEEK:

China's divorce has risen by 400% in the past 20 years.

STORIES OF THE WEEK:

An overweight Romanian policeman has resigned in embarrassment after falling into a toilet. The 130kg man fell into the toilet at his local pub when the seat broke under his weight. "This is really a small town and everyone was laughing. I had to resign".

So, that is the news for this week. As promised, here are the answers to last week's "Describing People's Appearance" homework:

What is the adjective form of the word waves when it refers to a person's hair? Wavy
What do we call the small, pale brown spots some people have on their skin, especially fair-skinned people? Freckles
Give an adjective that means a person has red or reddish hair. Ginger
What colour is auburn? Golden, reddish-brown
If someone has a crew-cut is their hair long or short? Short
Is stout similar in meaning to slim or plump? Plump
What is a polite word which means fat? Overweight
If someone is stocky, they are rather thin? True or false? False
If someone is anorexic, they are usually very thin indeed. True or false? True
What word means extremely fat? Obese
If a person is scruffy, is that normally a positive or negative thing? Negative
Which is more negative, to call someone slim or skinny? Skinny
How do we describe someone who is losing their hair at the front of their head? We say "His / Her hair is ?????" Receding
What does it mean to say that someone has a healthy complexion? Is it that their face and skin look healthy or that just their eyes look healthy? Face and skin
What should you remember about the adjective handsome? It is only used for men

And the 2 riddles?

Riddle 1:

A man has to get a fox, a chicken, and a sack of corn across a river. He has a rowboat, and it can only
carry him and one other thing. If the fox and the chicken are left together, the fox will eat the chicken. If the chicken and the corn are left together, the chicken will eat the corn.

How does the man do it?

Man carries chicken to other side
Man returns alone and takes fox to other side
Man leaves fox but returns with chicken;
Man leaves chicken and carries corn to other side;
Man leaves corn with the fox and returns alone;
Man gets chicken and takes it to other side.

Riddle 2:

What occurs once in a second, once in a minute, twice in a millennium, but never in the course of a lifetime?

The letter "n".

This week's homework is called "Describing People's Character":

PART A:

Match each adjective (1-11) with its synonym (a-k)

1 half-witted   a gregarious
2 impolite   b curt
3 inward-looking   c down-to-earth
4 quarrelsome   d sly
5 sensible   e stubborn
6 obstinate   f dim
7 brusque   g bright
8 cunning   h introverted
9 smart   I reliable
10 trustworthy   j discourteous
11 sociable   k argumentative

PART B:

Match the adjectives in the box to the descriptions (1-11).

jealous

optimistic

sincere

eccentric

gifted

relaxed

envious

sensitive

cruel

nosy

easy-going

  

Paul always wants what other people have got.

  1. Paul plays the piano better than anyone else I know.
  2. Amanda takes everything in her stride and never gets upset.
  3. Paul seems to enjoy pulling his cat's tail.
  4. John doesn't mind what we do when we stay at his place.
  5. You always know that Sarah means what she says.
  6. Barbara felt terrible when her boyfriend left her for someone else.
  7. My old Latin teacher sometimes used to wear one red sock and one blue sock
  8. Whenever we have guests, our neighbour Fred is at his window watching who it is.
  9. Emma always gets very upset if she feels that she is being criticised or laughed at.
  10. Paul always sees the bright side of things.

Have a good week and I hope to be able to write to you next week with details of England's famous 4-1 victory over Argentina!

Best wishes as always

Gennadiy
news@gowest.tk


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