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Weekly news from UK

GOOD WEEK FOR:

  • Egyptian police, who have arrested a man who performed brain surgery on a number of people even though he had only a primary school education. The 40-year-old saw around 200 patients a week in the oasis town of Fayoum near Cairo. He charged 22 Egyptian pounds per patient and operated on a number of people.
  • Air travellers, after Australian researchers said that a hypersonic "scramjet" engine has successfully achieved supersonic ignition in the atmosphere for the first time, reaching 7.6 times the speed of sound. Scramjets, or supersonic combustion ramjets, could one day allow aircraft to travel from London to Sydney in just two hours.
  • Tall men, after a new report shows that tall men are more likely to have children than their shorter contemporaries. The reverse is true for women however.
  • Santa Claus (Father Christmas), with the news that a Norwegian company plans to make an alcoholic drink from reindeer milk.

BAD WEEK FOR:

  • Modesty, with the news that American airports are testing hi-tech security scanners which clearly show the naked bodies of travellers.
  • A woman, who drove for almost 18 km on the wrong side of a French motorway causing 7 collisions involving 18 vehicles as oncoming traffic swerved to avoid her. Police said it was a miracle no one was killed. They arrested the woman who was admitted to a psychiatric hospital.
  • A Thai woman, who killed herself by jumping into a pit of more than 100 crocodiles, shocking crowds of onlookers at a Bangkok reptile farm. A crocodile dragged the woman into a pond and several animals swarmed over and tore her body apart. Hundreds of people were visiting the crocodile farm, a popular tourist attraction, when the woman committed suicide.
  • Afghan and British women, who are the world's ugliest women according to an internet survey of 59,000 people. Afghan women came top (with 28%) followed by British women and then German women. Also in the Top 10 "ugly" league were women from the United States, China, Russia, Albania, Turkey, France and India
  • A fat thief, who was caught by Italian police because he could not squeeze through a hole drilled in the wall of a bank he was about to break into. A criminal gang, of which 54-year-old Giovanni Sollami was the largest member, had drilled the hole in the wall of the bank in Genoa. However, once his two accomplices had slipped through, Sollami found the hole was too narrow for him.
  • A Swedish man, who died on Tuesday when he was buried alive under a 13-ton pile of peas in a storage silo.
  • Smokers in Thailand, after authorities have imposed a complete ban on smoking in air-conditioned restaurants and public toilets.
  • Prague, Czech Republic, as tens of thousands of people were evacuated after days of heavy rains swelled the River Vltava to record levels. However, the rains spelled freedom for three seals that swam off from Prague's zoo. A fourth seal declined to join the break-out and stayed in its tank.

JOKE OF THE DAY

A teacher asked her students to use the word "fascinate" in a sentence.
Marta said, "My family went to London Zoo, and it was fascinating to see all the animals."
The teacher said, "That was good, but I wanted the word 'fascinate.'"
Sarita raised her hand. She said, "My family went to London Zoo and I was fascinated by the animals."
"That's good, too," said the teacher, "but I wanted the word 'fascinate.'"
Little Billy raised his hand. The teacher hesitated because Billy was noted for his bad language, but surely he couldn't damage the word "fascinate," so she called on him.
Billy said proudly, "My sister has a sweater with 10 buttons, but her boobs are so big she can only fasten eight."

So, that is the news for this week. How did you find last week's SPORT homework? Here are the answers:

PART A: Sort these words into the 3 columns.

country and western             fiction             opera        ceramics              sculpture

biography    rock      poetry     painting       ballet              novel

performing arts literature fine arts
 

 

 

    

PART B:

  1. Italy beat Sweden by 3 goals in the final.
  2. John broke the record in 1992 and has held it ever since. No-one can beat him.
  3. How many points has your team scored this season?
  4. Paul: Have you given up swimming? I haven't seen you at the pool recently.
    John: Yeah, I got bored with it. I've taken up golf instead.
  5. Our team has never been beaten in the last 10 years. We've won every game.
  6. Who's running the first leg in the relay?

PART C:

  1. a person who runs very long races (e.g. 10,000 metres, marathons) ? a long-distance runner
  2. a person who runs fast over short distances (e.g. 100 metres) ? a sprinter
  3. a person who just runs round their neighbourhood every morning to keep fit? a jogger
  4. the thing you hold in your hand when you row a boat? an oar
  5. a person who plays tennis? a tennis player
  6. a person who plays cricket? a cricketer
  7. a person who does archery? an archer
  8. what you hold in your hands in a canoe? a paddle
  9. a person who does gymnastics? a gymnast
  10. a person who climbs mountains? a mountaineer

This week's homework is about "The Arts":

PART A: Sort these words into the 3 columns.

performing arts literature fine arts
 

 

    

PART B: Put the definite article "the" where it is necessary. Leave the gap blank if it is not necessary.

  1. The government is increasing the amount of money it gives every year to ____ arts.
  2. John was trained in ____ ballet and ____ modern dance.
  3. We've got some tickets for ____ theatre. Would you like to come with us, John?
  4. ____ art of writing a biography is to try to imagine the world in which the person lived.
  5. I prefer ____ modern poetry; it's easier to read than the classics.
  6. He was very good at _____ art at school. He now works as a book illustrator.

PART C: Choose the correct answer from the words in red.

We went to see a new produce / production / producing of "Romeo and Juliet" last week. The sceneries / sights / sets were very atmospheric and realistic and the costumes / suits / dresses were wonderful, with a good persons / list / cast, and the actions / acting / acts was excellent. Put / took / gave a marvellous performance / show / play. It did / took / got some brave / rave / crave reviews in the newspapers the next day.

And finally two riddles for you to solve:

Riddle 1: What am I?

Three eyes have I,
all in a row,
when the red one opens,
all stop.

Riddle 2:

A man is asked what his daughters look like.
He answers, "They are all blondes, except two, all brunettes, except two, and all redheads, except two."
How many daughters did he have?

Have a lovely weekend and I look forward to writing to you next Friday.

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