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Weekly news from UK

I hope that you are well!! In a week when the news has of course been dominated by the events in Iraq I am pleased to send you some light-hearted news which I have found in the British media this week.

GOOD WEEK FOR:

  • Dog owners, with the news that a Japanese toy maker claims to have developed a gadget that translates dog barks into human language. Each woof, yip or whine is categorised into six emotional categories -- happiness, sadness, frustration, anger, assertion and desire. The gadget sells for US$120.
  • London Heathrow, the world's busiest international airport, which has unveiled a new electronic "sniffer dog". The "Sentinel II" portal "sniffs" passengers, analysing air that is blown across their bodies for particles of explosives. Alongside the sentinel, the airport is also testing a new three dimensional X-ray machine.
  • Walkers, with the news that walking boots fitted with tiny combustion engines are to be produced in Russia. Inventor Viktor Gordejev says the boots cut the energy of walking by about 70%. The boots will cost about US$1000.
  • American Brad Hauter, who is planning to travel from San Francisco to New York (9000km) by lawn-mower.

BAD WEEK FOR:

  • Bulls in Wisconsin, USA, which have been injured after trying to mate with a statue of a cow. A farmer placed an iron cow in the middle of his field to scare off birds but in the past month almost 50 bulls have been treated for groin injuries.
  • A Chinese man, who was injured after he jumped from a 50 metre cliff to test his home-made parachute. Qin Ning, 33, landed in a pool of water after his parachute failed to open. He told the Beijing Star Daily newspaper that some minor adjustments were needed before it could be put on the market.
  • Computer-virus writers; new research shows that the typical virus writer is male, obsessed with computers, aged 14 to 34, has a chronic lack of girlfriends and is socially inadequate.
  • Italian mother-in-laws, with the news that an Italian high-court has granted a woman divorce on the grounds of "excessive and inappropriate interference of the husband's parents in the private life of the couple."
  • The owner of a bomb-detection dog business in the USA, who has been indicted for fraud. The company’s dogs failed to detect explosives on 5 occasions. Once, the dogs and their handlers failed to detect 20kg of TNT, 20kg of dynamite and 7kg of the powerful explosive C-4 which were hidden in 3 different cars.

STORY OF THE WEEK:
Three Kenyans have died trying to retrieve a mobile phone that slipped down an open toilet. The owner of the telephone offered 1,000 shillings ($13) to anyone who would recover it. The first to try -- a 30-year-old radio technician -- failed to resurface after disappearing down a ladder into the latrine. His friend went after him but slipped and fell. The third casualty, trying to rescue the others, was pulled from the pit by neighbours after he inhaled the fumes and lost consciousness. The man was rushed to hospital but died on the way.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK:
Anti-war demonstrations in Sydney, Australia. Click here

STATISTICS OF THE WEEK:

  • The average monthly salary of an Iraqi professional is US$3, compared with US$200 in 1985.
  • In Iraq, petrol is 20 times cheaper than water.
  • 50% of all food in the USA is consumed in restaurants.

QUOTATION OF THE WEEK:
"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results". Oscar Wilde

And now the answers to last week's "Time" homework:

PART A:

  1. During the Stone Age, humans developed new tools and instruments.
  2. We had a very hot spell of weather in April and no rain at all.
  3. When the war ended a new era of peace and prosperity began.
  4. We lived in New York for a time when I was a child.
  5. For a period of 6 months, I had no contact with Ivan whatsoever.
  6. Ivan, you look tired. Why don’t you go and have a lie-down for a while?

PART B:

  1. I got to the airport just in time to say goodbye to Ivan.
  2. Ivan, I warned you time and time again to make copies of everything in case the computer crashed.
  3. All the students arrived on time, so we were able to start the lesson at exactly 09.00h.
  4. The new computer is arriving next week. Can you use the old one for the time being?
  5. The teacher saw the students one at a time to tell each one their exam results privately.
  6. I get very lonely at times.
  7. The traffic was terrible. By the time I got to the station, the train had gone.

PART C:

 

True

False
"Ten years have elapsed" is more formal than "ten years have passed".

ь

 
"It lasts 10 hours to fly from London to Singapore" is correct English. We say "It takes 10 hours to fly from London to Singapore"  

ь

The very elapse is used with a wide variety of tenses. ELAPSE is normally only used with the past tense or with perfect tenses (i.e. tenses with HAVE)  

ь

"The batteries in my Walkman last about 10 hours" is correct English.

ь

 
We can say "This video tape will run for 3 hours".

ь

 
"The meeting went on for 3 hours" means "I was actually expecting it to last for 5 hours".  WENT ON usually means that it lasted longer than expected or desired.  

ь

"Take your time" means "Hurry up!"  It means there is no need to hurry  

ь

The verb pass is used with a wide variety of tenses to talk about time.

ь

 
"Time elapsed quickly" is correct English. ELAPSE is not normally used with adverbs  

ь

"Time passed slowly" is correct English.

ь

 

And the riddle?

What are the next two letters in the following series and why? W A T N T L I T F S

The answer: A and W
The reason - The pattern is the first letter in the sentence - What Are The Next Two Letters In The Following Series And Why?

This week’s homework is about "Distances and Dimensions":

PART A: Are the following statements true or false?

 

True

False
A wide road is a more commonly used phrase than a broad road.    
We can say a tall building and a tall person.    
We can say a high person.    
Broad is often used with abstract words such as range, subject.    
Long comes before a measurement, e.g. The room is long 4.5 metres.    
Shallow means "not very long".    

PART B: Use forms of the words long, short, wide, high, broad, low, far, and deep to fill the gaps.

Example: The length of the new swimming pool is 25 metres

  1. The authorities have decided to _____ the road to allow more traffic to use it.
  2. Do you know a _____-cut to the Plymouth town centre, Ivan? I am in a terrible hurry?
  3. She _____ her trousers because she thought they were too short.
  4. The darkness _____ our feeling of loneliness out there on the sea.
  5. Paul always loves to go to _____-away places for his holidays.
  6. Could you _____ the sleeves for me? They are much too long.
  7. The decision of the government _____ the crisis and war was inevitable.
  8. Travel is good for you, Ivan; it _____ your mind.
  9. Getting a visa is a _____ process; it can take up to two months.
  10. Could you _____ the mirror please Gennadiy; it’s too high for me.

And finally a very difficult riddle for you to solve. I will be extremely impressed if you can solve it!

What row of numbers comes next?

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221

A clue! Say the numbers aloud!

Have a great week!

All the best

Gennadiy
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