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Weekly news from UK

GOOD WEEK FOR:

  • Heavy drinkers, after the world’s strongest beer went on sale in Britain. At 21% proof, "Dogfish Head World Wide Stout" is 5 times stronger than normal beers. Imported from the USA, it costs Ј6.99 for half a pint.
  • A convicted murderer, who is hoping to begin a new life after spending 99 years in prison. Frenchman Jean Dupont was jailed for killing his mother’s lover in 1904, when he was just 14 years old. Now aged 113, he says: "I’m ready to make up for lost time. I hope to find a wife and have children."
  • Gay couples in Belgium, with the news that there have been 139 "same-sex" marriages since June.
  • Karl Heinz Hille of Berlin, Germany, who has won the World Beard and Moustache Championships.

BAD WEEK FOR:

  • Beauty, which does not come cheap, at least if you are Jennifer Lopez. J-Lo will only wear fake eyelashes made from real red fox fur. Her hair is styled by a hairdresser who charges Ј9,000 a day, and when her eyebrows need plucking J-Lo sends a private jet to New York to collect her favourite beautician (at a cost of Ј30,000 each time).
  • Garry "Stretch" Turner, who has failed in his attempt for putting clothes pegs on his face. The British man was hoping to attach 153 pegs but ran out of space with 9 pegs to go.
  • A Muslim cleric, who has mistakenly forced an extra day of fasting for the Ramadan holy month on people in a Turkish town by reading the call to prayer five minutes early.
  • Cyprus and Malta, which do not feature on the map of Europe on Euro bank notes. The two Mediterranean islands are due to join the European Union next year.

STATISTICS OF THE WEEK:

  • 50% of British motorists admit to being emotionally attached to their cars. 25% consider it a member of the family. 5% describe it as the love of their life.
  • 59% of Europeans think Israel is the biggest threat to world peace, ahead of North Korea, Iran and Afghanistan.
  • More than 75% of British children aged 11-16 years take no exercise each week. More than 50% agree that young people are fat, lazy and addicted to computer games.
  • The world’s dog population, currently estimated to be 600 million, is expected to double in the next 10 years.
  • The amount of information stored on computers has doubled in the past 4 years.

And now here are the answers to last week’s homework:

Part One:

  1. The Prime Minister is to be felicitated on her successful handling of the crisis.

    2. Indian English: The Prime Minister is to be congratulated on her successful handling of the crisis.
  2. Let’s jam, chicks!

    3. Black English: Let’s improvise girls!
  3. Would you like a wee dram?

    4. Scots English: Would you like a small drink?
  4. What are the olds doing this arvo?
    Australian English: What are the grown ups doing this afternoon?

Part Two:

  1. Barbie - barbecue
  2. Beaut - beautiful
  3. Biggie - a big one
  4. Journo - journalist
  5. Milko - milkman
  6. Mozzie - mosquito
  7. Oz - Australia
  8. Smoko - smoking break
  9. Truckie - truck-driver
  10. Uni - university

Part Three:

Landscape

People

Adjective

Ben
glen
loch
brae
kirk

lassie
janitor
bairn

wee
bonny
dreich

Part Four:

  1. Did the police nab him?
f. No, he absconded
  • Did they marry in the kirk?
 j. No, in a registry office
  • Did you have a good barbie?
 e. It was beaut
  • Do you ken Shenagh?
 a. Aye, she;s a bonny wee lass
  • Do you mind the burn?
 i. the one that ran through Andy’s garden
  • How’re you feeling?
 h. Dead beat
  • What does he want to be?
 d. A truckie
  • What’s he doing in Oz?
 c. A bit of bizzo
  • What’s he like?
 g. A bit of an Eve-teaser
  • What’s he look like?
b. He’s got dreadlocks

And the riddle from last week?

A car travels at a speed of 100 Kilometres Per Hour over a certain distance, and then returns over the same distance at a speed of 50 KPH. What is the average speed for the total trip?

The answer is 66.667 km/hour. No, it isn't 75 kph! Let’s say that the distance travelled is 100 kilometres each way. Then, the trip out = 100km/100km/hr = 1 hour, and the trip back = 100km/50km/hr = 2 hours. Therefore: the 200 km trip = 200 km / 3 hours = 66.667 kph.

This week’s homework is about Headline English

Part One: What will the stories under these newspaper headlines probably be about?

Example: MAJOR CLASH AT FORD
A significant conflict at a Ford motor factory.

  1. KEY ADVISOR QUITS
  2. FACTORY BLAST RIDDLE
  3. STAR IN GEMS ORDEAL
  4. PM AXES AID
  5. MPs BACK TAX PROBE

Part Two: Find a word from each headline which matches one of the words in the box in the meaning.
Example: TAX PROBE REVEALS FRAUD

probe = investigation

  1. NEW INTEREST RATES BOOST SAVINGS
  2. FILM STAR TO WED VICAR
  3. MORE STRIFE AT FACTORY
  4. BY-PASS PLANS GET GO-AHEAD
  5. STORMS HIT REGION
  6. BLAZE AT LOCAL SCHOOL
  7. MOTHER’S PLEA FOR HELP
  8. HUSBAND’S FINAL VOW
  9. PRISONER’S SECRET PLOY
  10. NEW BID TO CONQUER EVEREST
affect approval clever activity conflict encourage
fire investigation marry promise request
attempt  

Part Three: Explain the meanings of the underlined words in the headlines 1-8, then answer 9.

Example: MAJOR CLASH AT FORD clash: dispute or conflict

  1. PEACE MOVES AT RISK
  2. TV POLL EXPOSED
  3. MERGER TALKS FAIL
  4. COURTROOM DRAMA ENDS
  5. IBM HEAD TO GO
  6. SON OUSTS DAD
  7. PRINCE PLEDGES SUPPORT
  8. JOBS THREAT AT FACTORY
  9. Why are these words used in headlines?

Part Four: Explain the pun (i.e. play on words) in these headlines.

Example: CYMBALS CLASH  There is a pun here in that clash is a verb often used to describe the sound that the musical instrument, cymbals, make. However, clash in newspaper headlines usually means conflict and the story will probably be about some orchestral problem involving cymbalists.

  1. TREE BOSS AXED
  2. MAFIA GOLF LINKS
  3. SCHOOL’S CHOCOLATE BAR
  4. ROAD RAGE DRIVE
  5. TRAFFIC WARDENS CURBED.

And finally your riddle this week is:

"The maker doesn't want it, the buyer doesn't use it, and the user doesn't see it". What is it?

Best wishes

Gennadiy

Внимание! Предлагается литература ведущих издательств Британии и США.
- популярные книги для чтения – Penguin Readers,
- словари,
- грамматика.
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