Отправляет email-рассылки с помощью сервиса Sendsay

Образец английского юмора - еженедельные новости из Англии.

Рассылка закрыта

При закрытии подписчики были переданы в рассылку "1 английская фраза в неделю. Только для гурманов." на которую и рекомендуем вам подписаться.

Вы можете найти рассылки сходной тематики в Каталоге рассылок.

←   Июнь 2003   →
 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
Автор
ucmok_peku

Статистика

11.288 подписчиков
-11 за неделю
←   Все выпуски   →

Интересные новости из Англии + урок английского языка


Информационный Канал Subscribe.Ru
Weekly news from UK

GOOD WEEK FOR:

  • Gardeners, with the news that Danish scientists have developed a robot which kills weeds. The four-wheeled, battery-powered robot scans the ground for weeds and notes their position, allowing farmers to target their spraying. The next generation of the robot will go a step further and deposit a few drops of herbicide itself on the weeds.
  • London's black taxis which have been saved by their tight turning circle. Many taxi drivers would prefer to drive other vehicles, arguing that black taxis are too expensive to run. The mayor of London however has decided to keep a 96-year-old rule which means taxis must still be able to turn in a 23-foot (seven metre) circle (in order that they can manoeuvre quickly in London's narrow streets).
  • A New Zealand home handyman, who is building a do-it-yourself cruise missile with legal, off-the-shelf equipment and claims he can do it for under US$5,000. "It's like a small aircraft powered by a jet engine," he said, which could easily reach a chosen destination up to 100 kilometres away, carrying a 10-kilogram payload.
  • Shoppers, with the news that a Soviet Sputnik satellite is being offered for sale on eBay for a starting auction price of US$25,000.
  • The remote Welsh village of Cwm Brefi, which has became the last village in Britain to connect to the electricity network.
  • Six actors from a town in Ukraine, who claim to have established a stilt-walking record. The six, perched on the one metre-high stilts, managed to keep their balance for 72 kilometres.
  • Brazilian politician Jose Genoino, who can thank his sense of vanity for escaping a kidnapping this week. Genoino was about to leave his Sao Paulo apartment to take part in a TV talk show when he realised he had forgotten his comb. While waiting, Genoino's driver and press assistant were kidnapped and robbed
  • American troops, with news that a brothel in Nevada is offering free sex to troops returning from the U.S.-Iraq war.
  • Social awareness, with the news that a non-profit group in the US is building a shanty-town theme park in Georgia, USA. The replica slum is expected to attract 70,000 visitors a year who will discover what it is like to live in a scorpion-infested shack.

BAD WEEK FOR:

  • Lovers in Malaysia, after 30 unmarried non-Muslim couples were fined 30 ringgit for holding hands in the city of Ipoh in a attempt to keep the city "morally clean".
  • Criminals in Saudi Arabia; So far this year, Saudi Arabia has executed at least seven people. At least 45 people were put to death in 2002, 75 people in 2001 and 121 people in 2000. The Saudi authorities executes rapists, murderers, drug and alcohol smugglers (usually by beheading with a sword) and amputates the limbs of robbers.
  • A village in Thailand, which has hired a "ghost-buster" to exorcise a gang of ghosts believed responsible for the deaths of more than 10 people in the past month.
  • Residents of Iran's holy city of Qom, who will not be able to follow the rest of the country in enjoying a game of billiards. Religious leaders in the city have decided that billiards could lead to gambling, a practice strictly forbidden in Islam.
  • An amateur scientist in Germany who has been eaten alive by squirrels. Ralf Huber was testing an animal repellent which was intended to make the squirrels flee. Unfortunately however the chemical "drove the squirrels into a murderous frenzy".

WHAT DO THE BRITISH THINK?

63% of Britons believe that Tony Blair misled them about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. 43% think that Britain and America were not justified in attacking Iraq and 33% think Iraq did not possess banned weapons.

STATISTICS OF THE WEEK:

In his or her lifetime, the average meat-eater consumes the equivalent of 760 chickens, 20 pigs, 29 sheep, 5 cows and half a trawler-load of fish.

So, that is the news for another week. Now here are the answers to last week’s SIMILES homework which I sent you:

PART A:

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

PART B:

  1. The children behaved very well yesterday. Yes, they were as good as gold.
  2. Paul never has too much to drink. Yes, he’s as sober as a judge.
  3. Didn’t she blush when she smiled at him! Yes, he went as red as a beetroot.
  4. Bill never says a word, does he? No, he’s as quiet as a mouse.
  5. I couldn’t believe how little she weighs. Yes, she’s as light as a feather.

PART C:

  1. The exam was as easy as falling off a log. It was very easy.
  2. I slept like a log. I slept very heavily.
  3. Ivan was as sick as a dog all night. Ivan vomited all night.
  4. The goalkeeper was a sick as a parrot after the match. The goalkeeper was very miserable after the match.
  5. When she heard the news Maria went as white as a sheet. She went very pale (i.e. she was shocked)
  6. The lady’s hands were as white as snow. Her hands were very fair (i.e. they were not used to working)

And the riddle:

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!

The answer:
It's the only number that has all the digits arranged in alphabetical order
Eight Five Four Nine One Seven Six Three Two Zero

This week’s homework is called "Binomials". Binomials are fixed expressions where two words are joined by a conjunction, for example black and white or up and down.

PART A: Connect words from Table A with words from Table B using "and" to make binomial expressions.

Table A:

give prim rant rough wine
part odds rack leaps pick

Table B:

parcel rave take ruin ready
proper choose bounds dine ends

PART B: Now use the expressions from PART A above to fill the gaps.

  1. The hotel was a bit _____ and _____, but it was cheap and convenient.
  2. The new boss is very _____ and _____. The old one was more informal and easy-going.
  3. The secret of a successful marriage is _____ and _____; being ready to compromise.
  4. Ivan was furious and started to _____ and _____ at us.
  5. Ivan’s English progressed in _____ and _____ during the course at Mayflower College.
  6. Hard work is _____ and _____ of learning a language; there’s no other way.
  7. My friends in London always _____ and _____ me at the best restaurants.
  8. The old house has gone to _____ and _____ now. I can’t afford to restore it.
  9. It’s a very flexible course; you can _____ and _____ which classes you want to attend.
  10. There’s a lot of _____ and _____ to discuss before we finish the meeting, but there is nothing major or very important.

And finally I have two riddles for you to solve:

RIDDLE 1:

You are on an island in the middle of a lake. The lake is in a remote part of the country and there has never been a bridge connecting the island to the mainland.
Every day a tractor gives rides around the island. Puzzled as to how the tractor had arrived onto the island, you ask around and find out that the tractor was not transported to the island by boat or by air. Nor was it built on the island.

Explain how the tractor got there?

RIDDLE 2:

A house with two occupants, sometimes one, rarely three.
Break the walls, eat the boarders, then throw away me.
What am I?

Have a lovely week!!

 Best wishes

Gennadiy

Бизнес курсы для деловых людей в Великобритании: www.eStudy.ru

Немецкий язык в Австрии для школьников и студентов! Языковой центр 'Канцлер'

Учеба+работа в Ирландии! Языковой центр

Подготовка к поступлению в английские университеты! подробнее на www.eStudy.ru

Обучение и образование за рубежом
http://subscribe.ru/
E-mail: ask@subscribe.ru 		Отписаться
Убрать рекламу
В избранное