FACTS OF THE WEEK
A giraffe can clean its own ears with its 53cm tongue. A group of frogs is called an army. A hard working adult sweats up to 15 litres per day. A hedgehog’s heart beats an average of 300 times a minute!
GOOD WEEK FOR:
A British man wearing a unicorn costume, who set the Guinness World Record for the fastest marathon dressed as a mythical creature. Jeremie Maillard from Yorkshire ran the London Marathon with a time of 3 hours, 26 minutes and 38 seconds.
7 October 2022
The 7th October is the “International Day of Peaceful Communication”. On this day, people across the
globe are encouraged to focus on communicating in a way that promotes peaceful dialogue and
outcomes.
As usual, we have been looking through the British media this week and here are some of the
stranger stories we found:
News and homework:
7 October 2022
VIDEO OF THE WEEK
An British artist known as Mr. Doodle caused a viral sensation when he unveiled the result of a two-year project to cover every inch of his 12- room mansion in doodles- here.QUOTATION OF THE WEEK
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not” ~ Epicurus
This week's homework is called "Easy and Difficult":
PART A - EASY
All the idioms in this exercise express the idea that something is easy to do.
Complete the dialogues below using:
a) It's child's play
b) Dead easy
c) All plain sailing
d) Take it in your stride
e) It's a piece of cake
f) There was nothing to it
Jill: I'm going to the UK this summer and I've never driven on the left before.
Paul: Oh, it's a ?????. Just keep your wits about you.
Jill: Congratulations on passing your driving test. Were you nervous?
Paul: I was a little nervous at first but then it was all ????? after the first 5 minutes.
Jill: How's your dad getting on now that he has retired? Has he adjusted to being at home?
Paul: Oh, he's getting on fine. He's taking it all ?????.
Jill: I haven't used the latest version of Windows XP yet.
Paul: Oh, don't worry about that. There's a good HELP facility. It's ???? easy.
Jill: How was the IELTS exam, then?
Paul: The written exam was horrible, but after that the spoken exam was ?????. There ?????.
PART B: Difficult
All the idioms in this exercise express the idea that something is difficult to do. Complete the idioms with
the following words?
CHEW, BAPTISM, DEPTH, DEEP, WORK, UPHILL, BOYS, SAID, NEEDLE, BLOOD, HEAVY, HARD, BED, NUT
It’s an ????? struggle.
Easier ???? than done.
????? going.
Learned the ???? way.
Sort out the men from the ?????.
Bitten off more than you can ????.
Got your ???? cut out.
Thrown in at the ???? end.
Like looking for a ???? in a haystack.
Out of my ?????.
Not exactly a ???? of roses.
Trying to get ???? out of a stone.
A tough ???? to crack.
A ???? of fire.
Now use one of these idioms in the following situations:
Jill: You will never find John's number. There are hundreds of "J Smith"s in the phone book.
Paul: Yes, I know. It's like looking for ?????.
Jill: Can you believe it? My first day at work and I had to give a presentation on my ideas to re-organise
the department.
Paul: That's what I call a ????.
Jill: I've sorted out the Marketing costs for next year but now I need to look at the budget for Staff costs.
Paul: Uhm, that's going to be a tougher ?????.
Jill: How's your life at University? Are you enjoying it?
Paul: Not really. I'm finding it difficult to keep up with the work. To be honest it's a bit of an uphill ?????.
I'm finding all the studying heavy ????.
Jill: I can't stop to talk. I've got to get all this work finished and in the post before 5.00pm.
Paul: You've certainly got ????? there. Rather you than me!
Jill: I'm starting to regret that I ever got involved with this new computer.
Paul: Why? Do you think that you have bitten ?????.
And finally, a riddle for you to solve.
Walter spent three days in the hospital. He was neither sick nor injured, but when it was time to leave
he had to be carried out. Why?
So, that is it for this week. Have a lovely weekend and we look forward to writing to you again next Friday.
Eating later in the evening may increase hunger
and risk of obesity. New research suggests that
eating late in the evening may increase hunger,
decrease calories burned and cause molecular
changes in fat tissue -- which together may
increase the risk of obesity.
BAD WEEK FOR:
A 9-year-old boy who becomes the youngest person to ever have a wisdom tooth removed. Ryan Scarpelli's tooth was removed when he was 9 years and 327 days old, making him the youngest person to have a wisdom tooth extracted.
A cat, who had his photo taken during class
photographs. Ziggy the cat often follows his
owners to school and sneaks into classes, and even
jumped onto the chair when the class
photographer visited the school. The school
headmaster has described Ziggy as having “an
excellent attendance record”.
© MAYFLOWER COLLEGE english@maycoll.co.uk
BAPTISM OF FIRE
Paul Stevens - Director (based in San Diego, USA)
Jill Tyler - General Manager (based in Plymouth, UK)
MEANING:
A difficult or painful new undertaking or experience
USE: To play his first game for England in the final of the World
Cup was a real baptism of fire.
Jill: I'm going to the UK this summer and I've never driven on the left before.
Paul: Oh, it's a PIECE OF CAKE. Just keep your wits about you.
Jill: Congratulations on passing your driving test. Were you nervous?
Paul: I was a little nervous at first but then it was all PLAIN SAILING after the first 5
minutes.
Jill: How's your dad getting on now that he has retired? Has he adjusted to being at
home?
Paul: Oh, he's getting on fine. He's taking it all IN HIS STRIDE.
Jill: I haven't used the latest version of Windows 11 yet.
Paul: Oh, don't worry about that. There's a good HELP facility. It's DEAD EASY.
Jill: How was the IELTS exam, then?
Paul: The written exam was horrible, but after that the spoken exam was CHILD'S PLAY.
There WAS NOTHING TO IT.
Because he was a new born baby
Jill: You will never find John's number. There are hundreds of "J Smith"s in the
phone book.
Paul: Yes, I know. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Jill: Can you believe it? My first day at work and I had to give a presentation on
my ideas to re-organise the department.
Paul: That's what I call a baptism of fire.
Jill: I've sorted out the Marketing costs for next year but now I need to look at the
budget for Staff costs.
Paul: Uhm, that's going to be a tougher nut to crack.
Jill: How's your life at University? Are you enjoying it?
Paul: Not really. I'm finding it difficult to keep up with the work. To be honest it's
a bit of an uphill struggle. I'm finding all the studying heavy going.
Jill: I can't stop to talk. I've got to get all this work finished and in the post before
5.00pm.
Paul: You've certainly got your work cut out there. Rather you than me!
Jill: I'm starting to regret that I ever got involved with this new computer.
Paul: Why? Do you think that you have bitten off more than you can chew?
It’s an UPHILL struggle.
Easier SAID than done.
HEAVY going.
Learned the HARD way.
Sort out the men from the BOYS.
Bitten off more than you can CHEW.
Got your WORK cut out.
Thrown in at the DEEP end.
Like looking for a NEEDLE in a haystack.
Out of my DEPTH.
Not exactly a BED of roses.
Trying to get BLOOD out of a stone.
A tough NUT to crack.
A BAPTISM of fire.
FACTS OF THE WEEK
A giraffe can clean its own ears with its 53cm tongue. A group of frogs is called an army. A hard working adult sweats up to 15 litres per day. A hedgehog’s heart beats an average of 300 times a minute!
GOOD WEEK FOR:
A British man wearing a unicorn costume, who set the Guinness World Record for the fastest marathon dressed as a mythical creature. Jeremie Maillard from Yorkshire ran the London Marathon with a time of 3 hours, 26 minutes and 38 seconds.
7 October 2022
The 7th October is the “International Day of
Peaceful Communication”. On this day, people
across the globe are encouraged to focus on
communicating in a way that promotes
peaceful dialogue and outcomes.
As usual, we have been looking through the
British media this week and here are some of
the stranger stories we found:
VIDEO OF THE WEEK
An British artist known as Mr. Doodle caused a viral sensation when he unveiled the result of a two-year project to cover every inch of his 12-room mansion in doodles- here.QUOTATION OF THE WEEK
“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not” ~ EpicurusNews and homework
7 October 2022
© MAYFLOWER COLLEGE english@maycoll.co.uk
A cat, who had his photo taken during
class photographs. Ziggy the cat often
follows his owners to school and sneaks
into classes, and even jumped onto the
chair when the class photographer visited
the school. The school headmaster has
described Ziggy as having “an excellent
attendance record”.
BAD WEEK FOR:
A 9-year-old boy who becomes the youngest person to ever have a wisdom tooth removed. Ryan Scarpelli's tooth was removed when he was 9 years and 327 days old, making him the youngest person to have a wisdom tooth extracted.
Eating later in the evening may increase
hunger and risk of obesity. New research
suggests that eating late in the evening
may increase hunger, decrease calories
burned and cause molecular changes in
fat tissue -- which together may increase
the risk of obesity.
Paul Stevens - Director (based in San Diego,
USA)
Jill Tyler - General Manager (based in
Plymouth, UK)
This week's homework is called "Easy and
Difficult":
PART A - EASY
All the idioms in this exercise express the idea
that something is easy to do. Complete the
dialogues below using:
a) It's child's play
b) Dead easy
c) All plain sailing
d) Take it in your stride
e) It's a piece of cake
f) There was nothing to it
Jill: I'm going to the UK this summer and I've
never driven on the left before.
Paul: Oh, it's a ?????. Just keep your wits about
you.
Jill: Congratulations on passing your driving
test. Were you nervous?
Paul: I was a little nervous at first but then it
was all ????? after the first 5 minutes.
Jill: How's your dad getting on now that he has
retired? Has he adjusted to being at home?
Paul: Oh, he's getting on fine. He's taking it all
?????.
Jill: I haven't used the latest version of Windows
XP yet.
Paul: Oh, don't worry about that. There's a good
HELP facility. It's ???? easy.
Jill: How was the IELTS exam, then?
Paul: The written exam was horrible, but after
that the spoken exam was ?????. There ?????.
PART B: Difficult
All the idioms in this exercise express the idea
that something is difficult to do. Complete the
idioms with the following words?
CHEW, BAPTISM, DEPTH, DEEP, WORK,
UPHILL, BOYS, SAID, NEEDLE, BLOOD, HEAVY,
HARD, BED, NUT
It’s an ????? struggle.
Easier ???? than done.
????? going.
Learned the ???? way.
Sort out the men from the ?????.
Bitten off more than you can ????.
Got your ???? cut out.
Thrown in at the ???? end.
Like looking for a ???? in a haystack.
Out of my ?????.
Not exactly a ???? of roses.
Trying to get ???? out of a stone.
A tough ???? to crack.
A ???? of fire.
Now use one of these idioms in the following
situations:
Jill: You will never find John's number. There are
hundreds of "J Smith"s in the phone book.
Paul: Yes, I know. It's like looking for ?????.
Jill: Can you believe it? My first day at work and I
had to give a presentation on my ideas to re-
organise the department.
Paul: That's what I call a ????.
Jill: I've sorted out the Marketing costs for next
year but now I need to look at the budget for
Staff costs.
Paul: Uhm, that's going to be a tougher ?????.
Jill: How's your life at University? Are you
enjoying it?
Paul: Not really. I'm finding it difficult to keep
up with the work. To be honest it's a bit of an
uphill ?????. I'm finding all the studying heavy
????.
Jill: I can't stop to talk. I've got to get all this
work finished and in the post before 5.00pm.
Paul: You've certainly got ????? there. Rather
you than me!
Jill: I'm starting to regret that I ever got involved
with this new computer.
Paul: Why? Do you think that you have bitten
?????.
And finally, a riddle for you to solve.
Walter spent three days in the hospital. He was
neither sick nor injured, but when it was time
to leave he had to be carried out. Why?
So, that is it for this week. Have a lovely
weekend and we look forward to writing to you
again next Friday.
BAPTISM OF FIRE
MEANING:
A difficult or painful new
undertaking or experience
USE: To play his first
game for England in the
final of the World Cup
was a real baptism of fire.
Jill: I'm going to the UK this summer and I've
never driven on the left before.
Paul: Oh, it's a PIECE OF CAKE. Just keep your
wits about you.
Jill: Congratulations on passing your driving
test. Were you nervous?
Paul: I was a little nervous at first but then it
was all PLAIN SAILING after the first 5
minutes.
Jill: How's your dad getting on now that he
has retired? Has he adjusted to being at
home?
Paul: Oh, he's getting on fine. He's taking it all
IN HIS STRIDE.
Jill: I haven't used the latest version of
Windows 11 yet.
Paul: Oh, don't worry about that. There's a
good HELP facility. It's DEAD EASY.
Jill: How was the IELTS exam, then?
Paul: The written exam was horrible, but after
that the spoken exam was CHILD'S PLAY.
There WAS NOTHING TO IT.
Because he was a new born baby
Jill: You will never find John's number. There
are hundreds of "J Smith"s in the phone book.
Paul: Yes, I know. It's like looking for a needle in
a haystack.
Jill: Can you believe it? My first day at work and
I had to give a presentation on my ideas to re-
organise the department.
Paul: That's what I call a baptism of fire.
Jill: I've sorted out the Marketing costs for next
year but now I need to look at the budget for
Staff costs.
Paul: Uhm, that's going to be a tougher nut to
crack.
Jill: How's your life at University? Are you
enjoying it?
Paul: Not really. I'm finding it difficult to keep
up with the work. To be honest it's a bit of an
uphill struggle. I'm finding all the studying
heavy going.
Jill: I can't stop to talk. I've got to get all this
work finished and in the post before 5.00pm.
Paul: You've certainly got your work cut out
there. Rather you than me!
Jill: I'm starting to regret that I ever got
involved with this new computer.
Paul: Why? Do you think that you have bitten
off more than you can chew?
It’s an UPHILL struggle.
Easier SAID than done.
HEAVY going.
Learned the HARD way.
Sort out the men from the BOYS.
Bitten off more than you can CHEW.
Got your WORK cut out.
Thrown in at the DEEP end.
Like looking for a NEEDLE in a haystack.
Out of my DEPTH.
Not exactly a BED of roses.
Trying to get BLOOD out of a stone.
A tough NUT to crack.
A BAPTISM of fire.
