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Weekly news from UK

It's Friday and so that time of the week when I try to entertain you a little with some of the week's light-hearted news from around the world.

So, what has been happening this week?

GOOD WEEK FOR:

  • The 1960’s Mini Cooper, which has been named as "the car everyone should drive before they die". (Click here for a picture!). In second place was the McLaren F1 (top speed of 380kph), in third place the Porsche 911 C2 and in fourth place the Model T Ford.
  • Shoppers, who will soon be able to buy perfumed clothes thanks to new technology that allows scents to be woven into fabric. The technology, called Sensory Perception Technologies (SPT), will allow companies to weave particles of moisturisers, deodorants, fragrances and even anti-tobacco agents into fabrics.
  • Beachcombers along the Pacific coast of Canada and the United States; in December a ship lost its cargo of 45,756 Nike sports shoes which are now being washed up on local beaches. Nike says the shoes will be perfectly usable, once dried. The problem is that the chances of finding a pair (left and right, same size and same model) are relatively small.
  • A Cambodian immigrant in New York who has won US$128m in the city’s lottery. Phin Suy, a gardener in Central Park, says he has no plans to give up his job.
  • New Zealand police, who believe that have arrested the country’s most dangerous driver. The man was caught speeding down the road naked on a motorised bar stool with flames coming from a newspaper jammed between his buttocks.

BAD WEEK FOR:

  • A Filipino man, who cut off his penis and threw it through a window to his estranged wife in an attempt to prove his fidelity. It is reported that he shouted to his wife: "This is so you will not suspect I am courting another girl."
  • A prisoner, who escaped by digging the longest tunnel in Russian jailbreak history. He has now been caught and returned to his Siberian prison to serve a longer sentence. Yevgeny Pechenkin had dug a 113-metre tunnel adding beams, electricity and a ventilation system.
  • A Japanese bullet-train driver, who fell asleep for about eight minutes at the controls of one of the country's high-speed bullet trains on Wednesday. West Japan Railways said the train had been travelling at up to 270 kph while the driver was sleeping.
  • Single mothers in Italy, after a Court has decided that schools can prevent single mothers from teaching religion. The reason is that the women became pregnant out of wedlock.
  • British bottoms, with the news that only 10% of 16 to 65-year olds care or think about their bums. Over 90% of women did not see their bottom as their best feature, thinking of themselves as pear-shaped with weight around the hips, bum and thighs. The research concluded that pop star Kylie Minogue and England football captain David Beckham had the "most loved celebrity bums".
  • Jamaica, after a UN report said that as many as 10% of passengers leaving Jamaica are smuggling drugs. British Customs officials estimate that there are at least 20 drug smugglers (mostly women) on each flight to Britain from Jamaica.
  • A man convicted of stealing U.S. mail, after a Judge in San Francisco decided that should spend 100 hours in front of a United States Postal Service office wearing a sandwich board bearing the words: "I have stolen mail. This is my punishment."
  • Romanian prostitutes; business is so bad that after sex they are now offering to do the cleaning and cooking for their clients.

STATISTIC OF THE WEEK:

24% of Americans have food and water stockpiled in their homes in case of a terrorist attack.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK:

A view of London shot by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. London's open spaces such as Richmond and Hyde Parks are clearly visible as are the illuminated stretches of the M25 motorway and Heathrow and Gatwick Airports. Click here!

WHAT DO THE BRITISH THINK?

  • 59% would support a war against Iraq with UN backing.
  • 30% are opposed to war, even with a second UN resolution.
  • 47% of Britons believe that America "is a bully that wants to dominate the world".
  • 23% believe the U.S. is "a force for good".

OK, enough of the news. How did you get on with last week's "The 6 Senses" homework?

PART A:

1. Alice has won a holiday in the Bahamas. She feels very excited.

2. Anna is going on a diet. She's slim but she says she feels fat.

3. Do you think he's going to be sick? He looks rather green.

4. Have you heard about their trip to Nepal? It sounds very exciting.

5. Here comes the bride! She looks wonderful.

6. I haven't met Ivan's new teacher yet but she sounds very pleasant.

7. I love stroking the cat. It feels so soft.

8. I love this rose. It smells so fragrant.

9. No one has lived in this house for ages. It smells musty.

10. They've put too much chocolate in this cake. It tastes too sweet.

11. This soup needs more salt and pepper. It tastes a bit tasteless.

PART B:

  1. dйjа vu walking into a place and feeling you've been there before
  2. intuition sensing why a close friend is upset
  3. premonition dreaming about an accident before it occurs.
  4. sixth sense experiencing any of the phenomena in this exercise.
  5. telepathy thinking about a friend a second before she telephones you

PART C:

  1. The old lady sat stroking her cat
  2. The old man patted the little boy on the head.
  3. I witnessed a terrible accident on my way to work.
  4. Every few minutes the girl glanced at her watch.
  5. You'll have to knock on the door as the bell doesn't work.
  6. Please handle the ornaments carefully when dusting them.
  7. When you finish your phone call, be sure to press the red button.
  8. She peered at the map as she needed new glasses.
  9. They gazed lovingly into each other's eyes.
  10. The child snatched the last cake and ran out of the room.
  11. The police observed the suspect's home.

And the riddle?

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 "What your body does!"

PART A: Match the word in the first column with the definition in the third column.

bite   smile broadly
blink   the noise a hungry stomach makes
blush   cut through something with your teeth
wink   deep breath taken when relieved or unhappy
breathe   heavy breathing noise made when asleep
grin   use your lungs to take in air and to exhale
rumble   open and close both eyes rapidly
shiver   perspire
sigh   tremble with cold
snore   go red
sweat   close one eye

PART B: These mixed up words all describe things that parts of the body can do. What are the things? Put the letters in the right order and explain what the words mean.

For example: K N W I
The answer is WINK - to close one eye

  1. K E H A S
  2. K I L C
  3. P U R B
  4. W H E C
  5. E N S Z E E
  6. U G O C H
  7. W A N Y
  8. E T R E B A H
  9. C I C H O G H U
  10. L R E E B T M

PART C: Which is the odd one out. Explain why.

  1. cough / frown / sigh / yawn
  2. shake / shiver / sigh / tremble
  3. chew / lick / rumble / suck
  4. blink / blush / wink / frown
  5. burp / hiccough / snore / cough
  6. cough / grin / shiver / sneeze

That's it for another week. Have a lovely week and I will write to you again on Friday.

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