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Weekly news from UK

GOOD WEEK FOR:

Mobile telephones; a guest at an Italian hotel was pleased to have his mobile phone in the bathroom after he got his hand stuck down the toilet for more than an hour. The 65-year-old slipped as he stepped out of the shower and accidentally jammed his hand down the toilet. Still naked, he was saved by firemen more than an hour later after calling an emergency number from his phone.

Tired office workers; a German engineer has designed a desk that converts into a giant pillow at the push of a button for office workers in need of a quick sleep.

12 prisoners in Dubai, who have had their sentences reduced by up to five years after they memorised parts of the Koran. Under the initiative by UAE authorities, prisoners who memorise five of the 30 sections of the Muslim holy book get their term cut by one year while those memorising 10 sections get their sentences reduced by five years. Inmates memorising the whole Koran get 15 years off.

Chefs, with the news that Japanese scientists have identified an enzyme in onions that make grown men and women cry. It could be the first step towards a genetically modified onion that does not cause us to cry when it is chopped.

Saddam Hussein, after almost 100%of Iraqi voters voted "Yes" for another seven-year term for the Iraqi leader. The United States dismissed the vote and said it lacked any credibility.

French President Jacques Chirac, with the new that the Paris public prosecutor will not investigate some $2.16 million of eating expenses run up by President Jacques Chirac and his wife while Chirac was mayor.

BAD WEEK FOR:

An Israeli man, who has been arrested for stealing and sniffing the shoes and socks of female colleagues. 205 pairs of ladies shoes, as well as socks and items of underwear were found hidden in the attic of the 33-year-old married man. The police spokeswoman said the man got sexually aroused by smelling the shoes.

Chinese chewing gum, as a 1,000-strong army of cleaners has been scraping off an estimated 600,000 wads of chewing gum from Beijing's Tiananmen Square.

Skunks; a new U.S. survey about bad odours shows that people think skunks have the worst smell closely followed by bad eggs and dirty nappies. Other bad smells highlighted in the survey included rotten meat, sewers and pet urine. Also receiving votes: "politics" and "the guy I have to work with."

Two zookeepers in a small northwest German town, who have been suspended and put under police investigation for eating the zoo's animals. A police spokesman said the keepers had slaughtered and barbecued five Tibetan mountain chickens and two Cameroonian sheep.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK:
A surfer carries his board as the sun sets during the international surfing competition in Mundaka, northern Spain. Click here!

That is the news for this week. How did you find the "Towns" homework?

PART A:

1. swimming pool 6. department store.
2. art gallery 7. law court (s)
3. opera house 8. golf course
4. radio station 9. taxi rank
5. registry office 10. skating rink

PART B:

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

PART C:

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

And the 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?
The letter "e", which is the most common letter in the English language, does not ever appear in the paragraph.

This week's homework is about Clothes.

PART A:

Put the correct form of wear or dress in the spaces below.

  1. Students normally_____ very informally.
  2. She often _____ in black.
  3. They usually _____ jeans and sweaters.
  4. They were_____ in jeans and sweaters.
  5. What were they _____?
  6. How were they_____?
  7. He can wash, shave and _____ in ten minutes.
  8. She was _____ an evening_____.
  9. The men were in evening_____.
  10. It’s informal. There’s no need to_____ up.

PART B:

Put one of the following prepositions in each space in the sentence.

on      in         off         up

  1. Your jacket’s undone. Button it_____.
  2. It was very warm. We took_____ our coats.
  3. Put_____ your pullover. It’s cold.
  4. That’s the man, _____ the dark suit.
  5. Hang your coat _____.
  6. Hang your coat _____ the hook.
  7. He took _____ his shoes and put _____ some slippers.
  8. Anna’s the girl _____ the red dress.
  9. She’s only three. She can’t do her coat _____ by herself.
  10. He rolled _____ his sleeves and started work.

PART C:

Fill in the gaps in this text with on, of, up, out, in, down.

I went shopping for clothes yesterday and tried _____ lots of different things. I’ve grown _____ _____ my old winter coat so first I put _____ a coat that I liked but it was too long. It needed taking _____. It was also a bit loose and needed taking _____ as well. So, then I tried a different style but that was too short and too tight. It needed letting _____ and letting _____. So I changed _____ _____ that and decided to go for a party dress instead. I love dressing _____ for parties.

PART D:

Divide these words into two groups – those that have positive and those that have negative associations:

chic elegant fashionable messy old-fashioned
scruffy smart trendy well dressed  

 

positive

negative
   

 

 

Have a great weekend and I will write again next Sunday with more news and homework.


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