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GOOD WEEK FOR:

  • Venice, with the news that after nearly four decades of planning and debate, work has finally begun on a scheme to try to protect the city from flooding. The plan (called "Moses") sees the construction of 78 flood barriers, 20 metres wide and up to 28 metres high, that will be fixed to the bed of the sea.
  • Residents of Guangzhou, China, with the news that 1,000 health workers are patrolling the streets for people spitting in an effort to control the spread of SARS.
  • Spanish lovers, with the news that a politician in Granada is promising to subsidise hotel rooms for young couples. The Green party candidate said that if he wins he would give people up to 25 years old "sex vouchers", letting them stay at local hotels for half price.
  • Mosquitoes, which helped to catch a thief in Bangladesh. A man entered a home in Dhaka and hid under a bed waiting to rob the house. But as he tried to protect himself from the mosquitoes, the thief’s movements alerted a woman who was asleep on the bed. He was handed over to the police.
  • Footballers and athletes, with the news that a British company has developed sports shoes made with springy studs which may help reduce foot injuries.
  • Nudists, with the news that naked recreation and travel is now a booming $400 million industry. Various organisations organise barbecues, limbo contests, golf matches, beach holidays, cruises, etc. The "etiquette" of nudists is to carry a towel to sit on and always look people in the EYES.
  • Lovers of Latin (the language), with the news that a new dictionary is being launched on how to say contemporary words. However, the dictionary may never become a "liber maxime divenditus" -- a best seller – because of its high cost of 100 euros. The dictionary includes such translations as: "officium foederatum vestigatorium" (FBI), "tempus maximae frequentiae" (rush hour), puer explorator" (boy scout) and "tabella viarum ad pacem (road map for peace).

BAD WEEK FOR:

  • Space exploration, with the news that scientists are planning to go down rather than up. A scientist from California believes it is may be possible (and very educational) to send a probe all the way to Earth's core.
  • The proposal calls for a crack to be opened in the earth, maybe with a nuclear bomb. The crack will need to be several hundred meters in length and depth, and about 30 centimetres wide,
  • An Italian mother, who filled her 14-year-old son with so many unnecessary medicines that he ballooned to 140 kg, could not walk and eventually had to be taken to hospital. The housewife kept her only child away from school for more than a year, filling him with pills and potions to protect him from all of the illnesses she imagined could harm him. After a few months in hospital, doctors were surprised at the still-dangerously-high chemical levels in the boy's blood. They then discovered the mother, while pretending to deliver home-cooked food to her son, had actually been sneaking in more medicine and was slowly killing him. Doctors said the woman was suffering from Munchausen Syndrome by proxy, where sufferers fabricate symptoms for other people and then try to cure them.
  • An Italian tourist, who has been arrested after he was caught filming women wearing skirts as they travelled up and down escalators in Malaysian shopping malls. The Italian, a business consultant, is being charged with "outraging the modesty of the women".
  • An angry badger, which has injured 5 people in England. The badger became trapped in a garage and when people tried to free the badger it attacked them. The wife of one man who needed skin grafts described the scene as "like something out of a horror movie."
  • A woman in Florida, USA, who has been arrested for trying to kill her husband by wearing perfume, burning incense candles, and using air fresheners. Her husband is apparently "chemical sensitive".
  • An Egyptian truck driver who has been arrested after Police found him carrying US$ 400,000. The driver said he had found the money in a bag on a street in Baghdad. "There were no police to give the cash to, and I wasn't going to give it to the Americans, so I decided to come back to my country with the money," he was quoted as saying.
  • A 17-year-old English boy, who has been ordered to pay Ј100 to a policeman for "mental anguish" after the boy called the policeman "fat".
  • A former Northwest Airlines flight attendant, who has pleaded guilty to slipping a drug into a 19-month-old girl's juice to quieten her during an international flight.

OK, that is the news for another week. How did you find last week’s homework? Well, here are the answers:

PART A:

Rough A cement or concrete surface
Smooth A baby’s skin
Polished A mirror
Coarse Large grains of sand
Sleek The exterior of a brand-new sports car
Gnarled An old, dead tree trunk
Delicate Very, very thin paper or a dried leaf
Slippery A floor that is highly polished and wet in places
Furry A teddy bear
Jagged Broken glass
Prickly A cactus

PART B:

  1. The new-born baby’s hair was soft and downy.
  2. This paper is very smooth to the touch.
  3. The fields were very wet underfoot after the heavy rain.
  4. This blouse feels very silky, but in fact it’s not real silk.
  5. The surface of the table was highly polished.

PART C:

  1. Shady is the adjective related to the noun shade. T
  2. If a light is dazzling it is not very bright. F – dazzling means so bright you cannot look at it.
  3. Vivid colours and dull colours mean the same. F – they are opposite in meaning.
  4. A dim light is the opposite of a bright light. T
  5. People often wear sunglasses to protect their eyes against the glare of the sun. T

PART D:

  1. What adjective could you use to describe a tree that has no solid interior? Hollow.
  2. What adjective could be used to describe the opposite of thick hair for a person? Thin or fine..
  3. What adjective could be used to describe very thick vegetation? Dense.
  4. What is the opposite of thick vegetation? Sparse.
  5. Give another word for heavy, which can be used for things. Weighty.
  6. Complete this phrase: as light as a feather.
  7. Give two words that mean ‘heavy and awkward to move or carry’. Bulky and Cumbersome.
  8. Complete this phrase: as heavy as lead.
  9. What adjective comes from the verb shine? Shiny.

And the riddle?

A mule and a donkey were carrying full sacks on their backs. The mule started complaining that his load was too heavy. The donkey said to him "Why are you complaining? If you gave me one of your sacks I'd have double what you have and if I give you one of my sacks we'd have an even amount."

How many sacks were each of them carrying?

The answer is the mule was carrying 5 sacks and the donkey was carrying 7 sacks

This week’s homework is called "Idioms and Expressions":

PART A: Match the idiom in the first column with a suitable sentence in the third column.

Stop making a meal out of it, Ivan   We were tricked out of the money
We’ve got to make a move   Paul’s just in it for his own personal profit
I think I’ll hit the sack   Just look at the clock
Paul is always on the make   It’s been such a depressing day
Ivan really pulled a fast one   It was a small mistake – it’s not important
Don’t poke your nose in   Ivan annoys so many people
I’m over the moon   It’s been a long day and I’m exhausted
I’m really down in the dumps today   I’m absolutely delighted with the news
I’m in the red   I thought I had more in my bank account
Ivan is a pain in the neck   Ivan found the keys in the fridge this morning
Ivan is as daft as a brush sometimes   You shouldn’t interfere in other people’s business

PART B: Use the words in the table to complete the idioms below.

weather weight biscuit bark stick days pie
ocean clanger plate handle chip shot  

I’m afraid she’s got the wrong end of the _____. Let me explain what actually happened. I hope you’ll believe me, not her.

  1. I dropped a _____ when I said to Osman that I did not like Turkish coffee. I did not realise that he was Turkish.
  2. We don’t really know what the answer is; this is just a _____ in the dark.
  3. I feel a bit under the _____ today. I think I’ll stay in bed.
  4. Paul’s _____ing up the wrong tree; it was last week it happened, not this week. He must be thinking of something else.
  5. Come in, Ivan. Here, have this chair. Take the _____ off your feet.
  6. My old car’s seen better _____. It’s time to buy a new one, I think.
  7. When it comes misunderstanding everything, Peter really takes the _____. I’ve never met anyone quite like him.
  8. I can’t take on even more responsibility. I’ve got enough on my _____ as it is!
  9. Politicians are always making promises, but they’re usually just _____ in the sky.
  10. Andy just flew off the _____ when I mentioned it. He has such a short temper!
  11. Ј100 is just a drop in the _____ compared with how much profit the bank makes every year.
  12. Philip is a real _____ off the old block. His father was just the same, totally lazy!

And finally your riddle this week is:

My first is twice in apple but not once in tart.
My second is in liver but not in heart.
My third is in giant and also in ghost.
Whole I'm best when I am roast.

What am I?

Have a great week!

All the best

Gennadiy

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