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GOOD WEEK FOR:

  • Freddy Adu, a 13-year-old football prodigy, who has signed a contract with Nike worth an estimated US$1 million. A native of Ghana, Adu came to the United States when he was eight and became a U.S. citizen in February, when his mother won an immigration lottery. The 13-year old already plays for the US Under-17 national football team.
  • Lancelot, a four-year-old, 900-kg bull, which has been declared the world’s best bull. His sperm was shown to produce the best milk-producing cattle in tests on 130 dairy cows he has sired. Breeders are lining up to buy his sperm, valued at about 180,000 euros a litre. However, Lancelot faces slaughter when he reaches six or seven. "Once they reach that age, the potency dips," a spokesman said.
  • A German university, which is claiming a world record for having cultivated the tallest flower ever. The Titan Arum (Amophophallus titanum) weighs 78 kg and reaches 2.74m.
  • Single people looking for love, who are being offered a new way of finding a partner -- by advertising themselves on a billboard. The first hoarding depicting 16 hopefuls went up in Birmingham, England this week, alongside the slogan "Who Dares Dates" and a telephone number for passers-by to call.
  • Handsome men, with the news that they produce the best quality semen. When researchers at the University of Valencia in Spain tested the quality of male sperm and then later asked women to rank the attractiveness of the donors it produced some interesting results. "They found that men with the most attractive faces also make the best quality sperm," New Scientist magazine said.

BAD WEEK FOR:

  • German Shepherd dogs; new research show that they are the most unlucky dogs, suffering the most number of accidents from swallowing toys to getting their heads stuck in cat flaps. However the greatest tale of woe belonged to a Bull Terrier, which ate a bottle cap, cling film, a toy car and some wire. The greedy dog was put on a drip while an operation was carried out to remove the items -- and it promptly ate the drip as well.
  • A Muslim woman in Florida, USA, who has refused to remove her veil for a driver's license photograph. "There are numerous references in the Koran demanding us to veil," Sultaana Freeman told an Orlando court. The case continues.
  • British employers, after new research shows that a third of workers think it is acceptable to take a bogus day off sick. Over 60% of respondents in the research said they had "pulled a sickie" after hard drinking.
  • An Indian woman, who gave birth to a baby in a well she had jumped into when she could not take the labour pain. Fortunately the well only had 30cm of water and the mother and the baby boy were pulled out safely by residents.
  • A French housewife, who is still suffering from nausea, after she found a mouse in a can of beans bought from a local supermarket.
  • British cyclists, with the news that all new bicycles will now have to be fitted with a bell.
  • Ronnie Crossland, a British artist, who has been named the most boring photographer in the world after taking 1,000 pictures of cement mixers. Crossland used to be a train-spotter but gave it up because he found it too boring.

QUOTATION OF THE WEEK:

"You don’t know what enough is until you’ve had too much" – Billy Holiday

SLANG EXPRESSION OF THE WEEK:

"Paul is a real bad egg -- he's always starting fights and causing trouble."

In this phrase, 'egg' means 'person' or 'individual'. This is probably because the human head looks a lot like an egg. A bad egg, then, is a simply a bad person. There is a similar phrase to describe a good person - a 'good egg'.

So, that is the news. Now here are the answers to last week’s homework:

PART A: Expressions with look

Paul has always looked up to his elder brother respect
The police are looking into the case investigate
Ivan, could you help me look for my keys, please try to find
I look back on my school years with great pleasure recall
Look her city up in the atlas find information in a book
Susan is very good at looking after her sister take care of
I’m looking forward to my holiday expect with pleasure
Look on this present as a reward for your hard work consider
If you don’t look out Paul will take all your money! take care

PART B:

As I was saying Ivan, we’ll need to get up early tomorrow. takes the conversation back to an earlier point.

As you say, it won’t happen before July. repeats and confirms something someone has already said.

Talking of engineers Ivan, how is your cousin who worked in Africa? starting a new topic but linking it to the present one.

If you ask me, it’s completely unnecessary. if you want my opinion (even if no-one has asked for it)

That reminds me, I haven’t rung Ivan yet. something in the conversation makes you remember something important.

Come to think of it, Ivan still hasn’t got in touch. I wonder what’s happening. something in the conversation makes you realise there may be a problem / query about something.

If all else fails, you can ring me on this number. if you have tried everything but are not successful.

If the worst comes to the worst, we’ll have to cancel the meeting. if the situation gets very bad and there is no alternative.

What with one thing and another, I haven’t had time to do my homework. because of a lot of different circumstances.

When it comes to rugby players, Paul Stevens is the best in the world in my opinion. if it is a question of / if we are talking about

This week’s homework is about SIMILES:

PART A: Complete the following similes with the words from the table:

blind bold bull deaf drunk bone
fish horse iron mad ox  
  1. as _____ as a lord
  2. as _____ as a bat
  3. as _____ as a hatter
  4. as _____ as a post
  5. to eat like a _____
  6. as hard as _____
  7. as dry as a _____
  8. as strong as an _____
  9. to drink like a _____
  10. as _____ as brass
  11. to behave like a _____ in a china shop

PART B: Agree with the following statements. Use a simile.

For example: Mary is very tanned after her holiday. Yes, she’s as brown as a berry.

  1. The children behaved very well yesterday.
  2. Paul never has too much to drink.
  3. Didn’t he blush when she smiled at him!
  4. Bill never says a word, does he?
  5. I couldn’t believe how little she weighs.

PART C: What do these sentences mean?

  1. The exam was as easy as falling off a log.
  2. I slept like a log.
  3. Ivan was as sick as a dog all night.
  4. The goalkeeper was a sick as a parrot after the match.
  5. When she heard the news Maria went as white as a sheet.
  6. The lady’s hands were as white as snow.

And finally a riddle for you to try to solve:

The following number is the only one of its kind. 8,549,176,320
Can you work out what is so special about it? A clue – it only works in English!

Have a lovely week - Monday is a national holiday in Briton so another short week for us next week!

 Best wishes

Gennadiy

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