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Good day

I have returned safely from my holiday in Vietnam (even though I became quick sick there for 5 days with food poisoning). It is a very beautiful place and very different to anything I have seen before. Very undeveloped, few cars, millions of motorbikes and bicycles, very hot and the majority of the people were friendly and welcoming (except those who make their living by exploiting rich tourists like me!)

So, what has been happening while I have been away?

PICTURE OF THE WEEK: A view of the seafront in Nha Trang, Vietnam where I stayed. Click here!

GOOD WEEK FOR:

  • Astronomers, with the discovery of a new planet, bringing the number in the solar system to ten. Quaoar is a billion miles further out from the sun than Pluto, the 9th planet which was discovered 72 years ago.
  • Lemon juice; Australian scientists believe they have rediscovered an effective use for lemon juice, as a contraceptive and also a killer of the AIDS virus. Dr Roger Short said that a few drops of lemon juice can be a cheap, easy-to-use solution to protect women from both HIV and pregnancy. About 300 years ago, Mediterranean women used lemon juice as their main method of contraception
  • Germans who like to read on the toilet; a company has introduced toilet paper with novels and poems printed on it.
  • Robbie Williams, who has signed the biggest record deal in British music history. The 28-year-old's new contract with EMI is worth US$120m.
  • Blondes, after a report supposedly issued by WHO claiming that fair-haired people will be extinct by the year 2200 was exposed as a hoax.
  • The citizens of Sao Tome and Principe, the smallest country in Africa, who could soon be worth as much as $7 million each! Geologists have discovered massive oil reserves around their shores. The country's population of 160,000 currently earns an average of $30 per year.
  • World champion Vladimir Kramnik, who has outwitted the world's most powerful chess computer Deep Fritz. The 27-year-old Russian beat German-developed "Fritz" in 51 moves to lead the eight-game series 2.5-0.5. Kramnik will get $1 million if he wins, $800,000 if the match is drawn, and $600,000 if he loses.
  • A Florida sailor, who, emaciated and delusional after being lost at sea for as long as 11 weeks, was rescued from his sailboat off South Carolina, USA. His rescue came three weeks after the Navy found a California sailor, Richard Van Pham, adrift off Costa Rica after being lost at sea for four months. He survived by collecting rainwater and eating turtles and fish that swam near his boat.
  • Humour; after a year of scientific research, the world's funniest joke has been revealed. In the research, the British Association for the Advancement of Science asked Internet users around the world to submit their favourite jokes and rate the funniness of other people's jokes. More than 40,000 jokes from 70 countries and two million critiques later, this is it:

"Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them collapses. He doesn't seem to be breathing and his eyes are glazed. The other man pulls out his phone and calls emergency services. He gasps to the operator: "My friend is dead! What can I do?" The operator in a calm, soothing voice replies: "Take it easy. I can help. First, let's make sure he's dead." There is a silence, then a shot is heard. Back on the phone, the hunter says, "Ok, now what?"

BAD WEEK FOR:

  • A woman in Wisconsin, USA who has been fined US$95 for swearing on the telephone. Roberta Parrish left a rude message on her ex-husband's answering machine.
  • An American bank robber, who was caught when New York police performed a routine stop and search. They found an unusual list of "things to do" - the note read: "drive to Maine - get safer place to stay - buy guns - get car - rob bank - go to New York".
  • La Cicciolina, the former Italian sex star who is now a politician. She has said that she is prepared to have sex with Saddam Hussein if he will co-operate with the West. "I would do it holding my nose and closing my eyes", she says. "I would do it for peace".
  • A Romanian man, who has been run over 8 times. Nicolae Tabacu, 44, has been hit by a train, a motorcycle and 5 cars, breaking almost every bone in his body. In his most recent accident he was run over by a police car.
  • 120 part-goers in Iran,who have been charged with mingling with the opposite sex and dancing. Under Iran's strict laws, implemented after the 1979 Islamic revolution, unrelated men and women are not allowed to dance together.
  • A four-year-old Austrian boy, who was so was so disgusted by his grandmother's plum dumplings that he called the Police for help. The officer pleaded with the boy to give grandmother's plum dumplings (Zwetschkenknoedel) another chance. He agreed and hung up.
  • Tirana, the capital of Albania, which thought it had escaped Europe's summer floods until a drunken dam worker opened the flood gates by mistake. It took the army two days to stop the flow by which time Tirana was underwater.

STATISTICS OF THE WEEK:

  • 52% of Russians believe that Americans "got what they deserved" on September 11.
  • Japan accepted just 26 asylum seekers last year.
  • 12.5% of Primary School in England have lost head teachers as a result of stress-related illness.
  • 66% of the British public would not mind if Prince Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles, but more than half would object to her becoming queen.

So, that is the news for this week

How did you find the homework about the Environment which I sent you on 6 September?

PART A:

  1. A very large sea. Ocean
  2. Land with sea on all sides. Island
  3. Where a river meets the sea. Mouth
  4. A river that flows into another river. Tributary
  5. Where a river starts. Source
  6. A river of ice. Glacier
  7. The top of a mountain. Summit
  8. Where land meets sea very steeply. Cliff
  9. A small stream. Brook
  10. Land with sea on three sides. Peninsula

PART B:
Pollution is a major problem of our times. Air, water and land are all polluted. Poor waste(1)disposal is to blame for many of the problems and the situation is particularly acute in(2)heavily industrialised and (3)over-populated regions. Pollution of the atmosphere has led to the destruction of the ozone(4) layer and to the(5)greenhouse effect. Other environmental problems have been caused by too rapid a use of(6)resources. There are far fewer fish in the sea because of(7)over-fishing and the(8)destruction of the rainforests is having unforeseen ecological consequences. Battery(9)farming provides a lot of food but involves keeping animals in unnatural and unhealthy(10)conditions.

PART C:

  1. a shallow river
  2. a steep slope
  3. a sandy beach
  4. a calm sea
  5. an active volcano

And the "horrible" riddle?? The answer is:

1

2

3

4

5

nationality

Norwegian

Dane

Brit

German

Swede

colour

yellow

blue

red

green

white

pet

cats

horses

birds

fish

dogs

cigarettes

Dunhill

Marlboro

Pall Mall

Rothmans

Winfield

drink

water

tea

milk

coffee

beer

This week's homework is about "Towns":

PART A:
Here are some facilities which are often found in towns. Write the word which completes the name of the place.
For example: railway… station

1. swimming ……………. 6. department…………………..
2. art…………….. 7. law……………
3. opera…………………… 8. golf……………
4. radio…………………. 9. taxi…………….
5. registry……………… 10. skating………..

PART B:
Choose a word in the box and put it in the right form to fit each gap. (Note that half of the words need to be put into a different form).

bustle cathedral fame harbour
industry large lie major
market picturesque populate  

Aberdeen is a major city in the north-east of Scotland with a ……………… of nearly 200,000. It is the ………………city in the Highlands. It ………………between the Rivers Dee and Don and its impressive………………has been used by fishing boats for centuries. The fish………………is still………………early in the morning but Aberdeen is now more………………as the centre of the North Sea oil……………… . The old part of town is………………with its narrow streets leading to an ancient……………… and one of the oldest universities in Britain.

PART C: Match the place on the left with what happens there on the right.

1. adult education centre a) prescriptions are made up
2. bottle bank b) boats are tied up
3. chemist’s c) music is played to audiences
4. concert hall d) houses are bought and sold
5. estate agency e) local government meetings are held
6. harbour f) people live there rather than in the centre
7. job centre g) books are borrowed
8. library h) evening classes take place
9. suburbs i) cooked food is bought to eat at home
10. take-away j) people try to find work there
11. town hall k) glass is left for recycling

And finally a riddle:

"This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out! Try to do so without any coaching!"
What is odd about it?

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