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Happy 2003!! I hope this new year brings you good health, happiness, success and fluent English!!

I promise to do my best to continue sending you some news and homework every week!!

So, what has been happening since I last wrote to you?

BAD WEEK FOR:

  1. Italian women, after an Italian judge has ruled that men have the right to slap the bottoms of female co-workers. According to the ruling by Italy's highest court, patting a woman's bottom does not constitute sexual harassment if it is a one-time gesture carried out on the spur of the moment 'and in the spirit of fun'.
  2. A Chicago woman, who has died after being suffocated by her huge breasts. Angelica Vitadonna, 47, died when she fell out of bed and her mammaries knocked her out. 'It was a freak accident,' said a policeman. 'Her enormous breasts fell down over her face in such a way that she couldn't breathe.
  3. The English language; in preparation for the 2008 Olympics, the Chinese government is cracking down on signs written in bad English. These include the KFC slogan 'eat your fingers off' and a dentist's sign which boasts: 'Teeth extracted by the latest Methodists'.
  4. Workers at a commercial laundry in Sweden who found a human foot, with painted toenails, in the dirty linen from a local hospital.
  5. Indian farm labourer Mahadeb Hansda, who was so furious after being bitten by a cobra that he decided to exact his revenge on the deadly snake - by biting it back. Hansda tracked down the snake in a rice paddy and bit into it so fiercely that it died of its injuries. 'I was in a rage', said Hansda.
  6. Miserly pensioner Gil Sarentis, of Florida, USA who accidentally flushed $35 down the toilet. He was determined to get the money back but while rummaging around in his septic tank, he was overcome by methane fumes and drowned in 7,000 litres of sewage.
  7. The world's most accident-prone bank robber, who had just finished collecting his loot in Miami when he put his gun in his pocket too quickly and shot himself in the leg. Staggering towards his getaway car, he tripped on the pavement and knocked out two of his gold teeth. After struggling to his feet he crossed the road, only to be run down by a van. Police are looking for a man with a bullet in his leg, two missing teeth and serious head wounds.
  8. Thai people, who are so worried about their economic future that they spent $37 million on fortune-tellers in 2002, a 50% increase over 2001.
  9. A woman who boarded a bus in Darwin, Australia; she got the surprise of her life when she took a seat and discovered a crocodile sitting next to her. 'I've got no idea where he came from,' said bus driver Baz Young. 'It's just one of those things that happens in the Northern Territories.'

GOOD WEEK FOR:

  1. Israel's cats and dogs, with the news that gas masks for pets are now on sale in Israel. The masks cost between $12 to $18 depending on the size. Owners are also be able to buy doses of atropine, an antidote for chemical weapons, antibiotics for anthrax and tranquillisers to calm anxious pets.
  2. 55-year-old Andrew Whittaker, from West Virgina, USA, who has won a $112 million lottery prize.
  3. Residents of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, as the country's first shopping mall opened. One of the most exciting parts of the mall for the locals is the escalator. "I've brought my children to see what the market and the moving stairs are like," said Siem Sytha, a former Khmer Rouge soldier who had travelled some 200 km to see the mall.
  4. The historic city of Durham in the North of England, which is to become the first in Britain to impose a tax on plastic carrier bags. The trial scheme is expected to reduce the use of carrier bags dramatically. When the tax was imposed in Ireland, usage dropped by 90% in four months.
  5. 70 daredevils, who jumped 452 metres from the world's tallest building, the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Click here for a picture!
  6. A New York widow, who has found an interesting way to deter car-jackers: she buckles her late husband's corpse into the passenger seat beside her. 'Leonard always liked the open road,' said Gloria Trenchley, 'so keeping him in the car just seemed like the most natural thing in the world. I was told that, as long as I avoid long road trips in the middle of summer, Lenny should last the way he is for many years.'
  7. India, as the Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee says it is time for the country to achieve its dream of sending a man to the moon. A senior Indian space research official said India planned a manned moon mission between 2005 and 2015.
  8. Two British researchers, who have developed a simple equation (P + 5E + 3H) to quantify happiness. In the equation, P stands for Personal Characteristics (outlook on life, adaptability and resilience); E for Existence (health, friendships and financial stability) and H represents Higher Order (self-esteem, expectations and ambitions).

PICTURE OF THE WEEK:
A snowball fight takes place in heavy snow in front of the London Eye. Snow and freezing conditions continued to cause travel disruption across the UK this week. Click here!

QUOTATIONS OF THE WEEK:

  • The definition of diplomacy: 'When dealing with a ferocious dog, you say 'Good dog, good dog' - until you have found a big enough rock.'
    Neil Kinnock - Vice-President, European Commission
  • 'I'm not going to bother getting married again. No, to save time, I'm just going to find someone who hates me and then buy them a house.'

STATISTICS OF THE WEEK:

  • A civil servant transferring from Tallinn (Estonia) to Brussels (Belgium) in the same rank would increase his salary 22-fold.
  • Britons spent ё1bn online in November - 95% more than the same month last year.

So, that is the news for another week. How did you find the homework about CRIME?

PART A:

killing someone murder
stealing from a shop shop-lifting
selling drugs drug-trafficking
making fake money forgery
taking a child and asking its parents for money kidnapping
driving after taking alcohol drunken-driving
stealing from people's pockets pick-pocketing
offering money for illegal services bribery
threatening to reveal secrets blackmail
taking illegal control of a plane hijacking
taking something illegally into another country smuggling

PART B:

crime criminal verb
forgery forger forge
murder murderer murder
burglary burglar burgle
blackmail blackmailer blackmail
kidnapping kidnapper kidnap
rape rapist rape

PART C:

Paul committed a crime when he robbed a Post Office. He stole ё5000. A witness managed to take a photograph of him. The police arrested him and charged him with robbery. The case came to court two months later. At his trial Paul pleaded not guilty. However, the photograph was used in evidence against him and, as a result, the jury passed a verdict of guilty. The judge sentenced him to ten years in prison. He served eight years but then he was released having got time off for good behaviour.

And the riddle:

"I walk around all day and lie around on the floor at night with my tongue hanging out".

What am I?        The answer is a shoe.

This week's homework is about "Money":

PART A: Use the words from the table to complete the dialogue.

charges current deposit earn instalments loan
mortgage overdrawn pay statement withdraw  

Ivan: What do you use the bank for?

Paul: Well, I have a _____ account where I pay in any money I _____. Then I can _____ money from the account when I need to ______ bills.

Ivan: How do you know how much money you've got?

Paul: The bank sends me a _____ every month telling me how much.

Ivan: What if you spend more than you've got?

Paul: Then you're _____ and the bank usually _____ you interest.

Ivan: What else do banks do?

Paul: Well, you can get a bank _____ if you need to borrow a large sum of money.

Ivan: To buy a house, for example?

Paul: That's right. That's usually called a _____. It means the bank actually owns the house until you've paid the money back.

Ivan: How do you pay the money back?

Paul: You pay a _____ first and then you pay monthly _____.

PART B: Complete the sentences below:

  1. Sometimes students get a special _____ on things they buy.
  2. When you travel by bus you have to pay your _____.
  3. When you use a lawyer you have to pay a _____.
  4. When someone dies, their heir has to pay _____.
  5. On any money that you earn you have to pay _____.
  6. If you have paid too much tax you should get a _____.
  7. VAT stands for _____.
  8. Large companies pay _____.
  9. If you import something you may be liable for _____.
  10. When you are old the government pays you a _____.
  11. If you are out of work you may be able to claim _____

I wish you health and happiness in 2003.

 Gennadiy
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