FACTS OF THE WEEK
Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from the blowing desert sand. There are only two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious." When the moon is directly overhead, you will weigh slightly less. Coca-Cola was originally green
GOOD WEEK FOR:
Feeling unwell, as a new programme launched in Canada gives doctors the option to provide patients with a free annual pass to the country's national parks. This is part of an effort to promote alternatives to medication by prescribing the health and wellbeing benefits of being outside in nature!
11 February 2022
This week in Plymouth, archaeologists discovered the remains of a 30,000 year
old woolly mammoth along with other Ice Age remnants. The findings will be
displayed in Plymouth’s new museum, The Box.
As usual, here are some of the more interesting stories we have found for you
in the British media this week.
News and homework:
11 Feb. 2022
QUOTATION OF THE WEEK
“Happiness is having a large, caring, close-knit family
- in another city.” ~ George Burns
This week's homework is about Body Idioms.
PART A
Complete the idioms with the following expressions:
AN OLD HAND
MY HANDS
CAME TO A HEAD
BEHIND MY BACK
ON ITS LAST LEGS
HAND IT TO HIM
COULDN'T FACE
FACE THE FACT
A GOOD HEAD
GONE TO YOUR HEAD
A BRAVE FACE
OUR HEADS
1. I love my old car but I'm having more and more problems with it. I think it's ??????
2. My girlfriend and I have always argued quite a lot but the situation ????? last week when she
accused me of lying.
3. I'm sorry but we have to ?????? that we are no longer getting on.
4. I can't trust you any more - you’ve been talking about me ???????
5. What's the matter with you, Paul ? You've changed since your promotion. I think power has ??????
6. Bob's an excellent chairman. He's ????? at controlling difficult people.
7. Ask Paul to help you. He's got ????? for figures.
8. There's nothing I can do to help. I'm afraid ??????? are tied.
9. I'm afraid I'm not coming to the concert. You know I am not ken on classical music and I ????? 3
hours of it!
10. I know Jane's in a lot of pain, but she puts ??????? on it.
11. Richard's businesses just go from strength to strength. You know, you've got to ??????.
12. We'll have to go the bank and ask for more money. We just can't go on burying ????? in the sand
any longer.
PART B
Put the missing verbs into these expressions:
1.
I'd ????? my right arm for it.
2.
I ????? my foot in it.
3.
I'm only ???? your leg.
4.
I can't ???? my finger on it.
5.
The situation ????? to a head.
6.
Power has ????? to his head.
7.
It ????? an arm and a leg.
8.
He just ????? his head in the sand.
9.
Come on, Roger, ?????? it off your chest !
And finally, a difficult riddle for you to try and solve:
It started back in Roman days,
The massive walls, the leafy ways.
New houses, bridges, towers that soar,
All use the rock that you can pour.
We hope you have a lovely weekend and week and we will write to you again next Friday.
Best wishes
Paul Stevens - Director (based in San Diego, USA)
Jill Tyler - General Manager (based in Plymouth, UK)
Britain's oldest pub, ‘Ye Olde Fighting Cocks’,
which is due to close after 1,229 years. The
owners of the pub in St. Albans, England,
announced that it was closing permanently
due to financial difficulties.
BAD WEEK FOR:
A British man who racked up a £192,000 phone bill whilst on holiday in Turkey. John Nisill says he 'nearly fainted' when he was told the amount of roaming charges!
A cat who is living the dream after his owner spent
$2,400 transforming a fish tank into a ‘mini
SeaWorld’ — so the cat can spend every day
pawing and gaping at fish through an underwater
viewing chamber.
© MAYFLOWER COLLEGE english@maycoll.co.uk
MEANING: To discover damaging information about someone.
use: Journalists are always trying to dig up dirt on the President.
TO DIG UP DIRT
1. I love my old car but I'm having more and more problems with it. I think it's ON ITS LAST LEGS
2. My girlfriend and I have always argued quite a lot but the situation CAME TO A HEAD last week
when she accused me of lying.
3. I'm sorry but we have to FACE THE FACT that we are no longer getting on.
4. I can't trust you any more - you’ve been talking about me BEHIND MY BACK
5. What's the matter with you, Paul? You've changed since your promotion. I think power has GONE
TO YOUR HEAD
6. Bob's an excellent chairman. He's AN OLD HAND at controlling difficult people.
7. Ask Paul to help you. He's got A GOOD HEAD for figures.
8. There's nothing I can do to help. I'm afraid MY HANDS are tied.
9. I'm afraid I'm not coming to the concert. You know I am not ken on classical music and I
COULDN'T FACE 3 hours of it!
10. I know Jane's in a lot of pain, but she puts A BRAVE FACE on it.
11. Richard's businesses just go from strength to strength. You know, you've got to HAND IT TO HIM
12. We'll have to go the bank and ask for more money. We just can't go on burying OUR HEADS in
the sand any longer.
The answer is CONCRETE
1.
I'd GIVE my right arm for it.
2.
I PUT my foot in it.
3.
I'm only PULLING your leg.
4.
I can't PUT my finger on it.
5.
The situation CAME to a head.
6.
Power has GONE to his head.
7.
It COSTS an arm and a leg.
8.
He just BURIED his head in the sand.
9.
Come on, Roger, GET it off your chest !
FACTS OF THE WEEK
Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from the blowing desert sand. There are only two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious." When the moon is directly overhead, you will weigh slightly less. Coca-Cola was originally green
GOOD WEEK FOR:
Feeling unwell, as a new programme launched in Canada gives doctors the option to provide patients with a free annual pass to the country's national parks. This is part of an effort to promote alternatives to medication by prescribing the health and wellbeing benefits of being outside in nature!
11 February 2022
This week in
Plymouth,
archaeologists
discovered the
remains of a 30,000
year old woolly
mammoth along
with other Ice Age
remnants. The
findings will be
displayed in Plymouth’s new museum, The
Box.
As usual, here are some of the more interesting
stories we have found for you in the British
media this week.
QUOTATION OF THE WEEK
“Happiness is having a large, caring, close-
knit family - in another city.” ~ George Burns
News and homework
11 Feb. 2022
© MAYFLOWER COLLEGE english@maycoll.co.uk
A cat who is living the dream after his
owner spent $2,400 transforming a fish
tank into a ‘mini SeaWorld’ — so the cat
can spend every day pawing and gaping
at fish through an underwater viewing
chamber.
BAD WEEK FOR:
A British man who racked up a £192,000 phone bill whilst on holiday in Turkey. John Nisill says he 'nearly fainted' when he was told the amount of roaming charges!
Britain's oldest pub, ‘Ye Olde Fighting Cocks’,
which is due to close after 1,229 years. The
owners of the pub in St. Albans, England,
announced that it was closing permanently
due to financial difficulties.
Paul Stevens - Director (based in San Diego,
USA)
Jill Tyler - General Manager (based in
Plymouth, UK)
This week's homework is about Body Idioms.
PART A
Complete the idioms with the following
expressions:
AN OLD HAND
MY HANDS
CAME TO A HEAD
BEHIND MY BACK
ON ITS LAST LEGS
HAND IT TO HIM
COULDN'T FACE
FACE THE FACT
A GOOD HEAD
GONE TO YOUR HEAD
A BRAVE FACE
OUR HEADS
1. I love my old car but I'm having more and
more problems with it. I think it's ??????
2. My girlfriend and I have always argued quite
a lot but the situation ????? last week when she
accused me of lying.
3. I'm sorry but we have to ?????? that we are
no longer getting on.
4. I can't trust you any more - you’ve been
talking about me ???????
5. What's the matter with you, Paul ? You've
changed since your promotion. I think power
has ??????
6. Bob's an excellent chairman. He's ????? at
controlling difficult people.
7. Ask Paul to help you. He's got ????? for
figures.
8. There's nothing I can do to help. I'm afraid
??????? are tied.
9. I'm afraid I'm not coming to the concert. You
know I am not ken on classical music and I
????? 3 hours of it!
10. I know Jane's in a lot of pain, but she puts
??????? on it.
11. Richard's businesses just go from strength to
strength. You know, you've got to ??????.
12. We'll have to go the bank and ask for more
money. We just can't go on burying ????? in
the sand any longer.
PART B
Put the missing verbs into these expressions:
1.
I'd ????? my right arm for it.
2.
I ????? my foot in it.
3.
I'm only ???? your leg.
4.
I can't ???? my finger on it.
5.
The situation ????? to a head.
6.
Power has ????? to his head.
7.
It ????? an arm and a leg.
8.
He just ????? his head in the sand.
9.
Come on, Roger, ?????? it off your chest !
And finally, a difficult riddle for you to try and
solve:
It started back in Roman days,
The massive walls, the leafy ways.
New houses, bridges, towers that soar,
All use the rock that you can pour.
We hope you have a lovely weekend and week
and we will write to you again next Friday.
Best wishes
TO DIG UP DIRT
MEANING: To discover damaging
information about someone.
use: Journalists are
always trying to dig
up dirt on the
President.
1. I love my old car but I'm having more and
more problems with it. I think it's ON ITS LAST
LEGS
2. My girlfriend and I have always argued
quite a lot but the situation CAME TO A HEAD
last week when she accused me of lying.
3. I'm sorry but we have to FACE THE FACT
that we are no longer getting on.
4. I can't trust you any more - you’ve been
talking about me BEHIND MY BACK
5. What's the matter with you, Paul? You've
changed since your promotion. I think power
has GONE TO YOUR HEAD
6. Bob's an excellent chairman. He's AN OLD
HAND at controlling difficult people.
7. Ask Paul to help you. He's got A GOOD
HEAD for figures.
8. There's nothing I can do to help. I'm afraid
MY HANDS are tied.
9. I'm afraid I'm not coming to the concert.
You know I am not ken on classical music and
I COULDN'T FACE 3 hours of it!
10. I know Jane's in a lot of pain, but she puts
A BRAVE FACE on it.
11. Richard's businesses just go from strength
to strength. You know, you've got to HAND IT
TO HIM
12. We'll have to go the bank and ask for more
money. We just can't go on burying OUR
HEADS in the sand any longer.
The answer is CONCRETE
1.
I'd GIVE my right arm for it.
2.
I PUT my foot in it.
3.
I'm only PULLING your leg.
4.
I can't PUT my finger on it.
5.
The situation CAME to a head.
6.
Power has GONE to his head.
7.
It COSTS an arm and a leg.
8.
He just BURIED his head in the sand.
9.
Come on, Roger, GET it off your chest !