FACTS OF THE WEEK
Alice in Wonderland was once banned in parts of China. “Bears, lions, and other beasts cannot use human language,” said the Governor of the Hunan Province in 1931. “To attribute to them such a power is an insult to the human race.” Many people are either right- or left-eared and eyed in the same way we're right- or left- handed. Sleep literally cleans your brain. During slumber, more cerebrospinal fluid flushes through the brain to wash away harmful proteins and toxins that build up during the day. Maine is the U.S. state closest to Africa.
GOOD WEEK FOR:
Tigers in Nepal, which have come back from the brink of extinction with a historic 190% increase. Nepal has tripled their number of tigers, recording a total population of 355 living wild.
12 August 2022
This weekend is the last week of our Junior summer programme so we are saying a sad goodbye to
our students from Poland, Czech Republic and Italy. It’s been a fantastic summer and we’re so
pleased to be open again about the Covid-19 pandemic. This summer we have welcomed students
from all over the world including students from Austria, Czech Republic, Colombia, France, Hungary,
Hong Kong, Italy, Libya, Spain, Saudi Arabia and the Yemen.
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:
12 August 2022
VIDEO OF THE WEEK
A tortoise has gone viral this week for his insistence on attacking black shoes and trainers - here.QUOTATION OF THE WEEK
“We need to remember that failure is not the opposite of success… Failure is part of success.” ~ Arianna Huffington
This week's homework is called "Change".
PART A:
Complete the sentences below using:
SUBJECT, TUNE, PLAN, HEART, RECOGNITION, MIND, PLACES, WAYS, HANDS,
DIRECTION
1) Are you sure you won't come to the cinema with us, Jill? Is there anything I can say to make you
change your ????? ?
2) There's been a change of ????. We are not going to London by car. I've decided it's better to go by
train.
3) I see that restaurant has changed ????? again. It's now a Chinese takeaway.
4) Would you mind changing the ???? ? I'd prefer not to hear about your stomach problems while we
are eating.
5) Paul is very well paid but he's under a lot of stress. I wouldn't change ???? with him.
6) I keep trying to persuade my mother to get a credit card but she prefers cash. She's too old to
change her ????.
7) Robert used to say that he was against cars in the city, but he soon changed his ???? when he
passed his driving test.
8) Originally my mother said she wouldn't allow her sister to come to our wedding, but she's had a
change of ?????. At last they are speaking to each other again.
9) I've been in the same job for 20 years. I feel as if I need a complete change of ?????.
10) Last month I went back to my home town for the first time in 20 years. It wasn't the same place. The
town centre had changed out of all ?????.
PART B:
Use the following expressions in the sentences below:
TURN OVER A NEW LEAF
GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH
A BREATH OF FRESH AIR
ON THE HORIZON
MAKE A CLEAN BREAK
TAKE SHAPE
1) Jill: So, what are you going to do? Stay here and look for another job?
Paul: No, I'm going to move to Australia. It's time to ????. Flat, job, girlfriend, the lot!
2) Jill: How's the Mayflower College going, Paul? Lots of students?
Paul: Yes, thanks. We're ??????.
3) Jill: I really like that new girl in the office. She's so much fun, isn't she?
Paul: Yes, she's like ???? in this place.
4) Jill: Are you still renovating your house? It's taking a long time, isn't it?
Paul: Yes, longer than we thought. Still, it's starting to ???? now.
5) Jill: Is Peter still as fat as when we were at University?
Paul: No! He ????? and now he's as thin as a rake!
6) Jill: I thought you were going to move flat this month. Have you changed your mind?
Paul: No, there's a new job ???? so I've decided to wait a while.
And finally, your riddle this week, Jill, is:-
What am I?
What grows when it eats, but dies when it drinks?
Have a great weekend and week and we look forward to writing to you again next Friday.
Best wishes
Queues, as an impatient pony skipped a long
line of people to get to the front of an ice cream
van on Dartmoor. Amused visitors watched the
beautiful wild pony cut to the front of the long
queue in a bid to get a drink of water.
BAD WEEK FOR:
A British student, who was left stunned when a toad hopped out of her luggage following a 6,000 mile journey home from Thailand. The student had travelled to the tropical country to volunteer at a school and got the fright of her life when she discovered the stowaway passenger amongst her clothes.
Zoo keepers at Paignton Zoo (near Plymouth) who
received an unexpected surprise this week - a
newborn Diana monkey which is the first of the
endangered species to be born at Paignton Zoo in
over 10 years.
© MAYFLOWER COLLEGE english@maycoll.co.uk
MEANING:
To refresh yourself.
USE:
“After sitting at my desk for five hours, I went for a walk to
blow away the cobwebs”.
TO BLOW AWAY THE COBWEBS
Paul Stevens - Director (based in San Diego, USA)
Jill Tyler - General Manager (based in Plymouth, UK)
1) Are you sure you won't come to the cinema with us, Jill? Is there anything I
can say to make you change your MIND ?
2) There's been a change of PLAN. We are not going to London by car. I've
decided it's better to go by train.
3) I see that restaurant has changed HANDS again. It's now a Chinese takeaway.
4) Would you mind changing the SUBJECT ? I'd prefer not to hear about your
stomach problems while we are eating.
5) Paul is very well paid but he's under a lot of stress. I wouldn't change PLACES
with him.
6) I keep trying to persuade my mother to get a credit card but she prefers cash.
She's too old to change her WAYS.
7) Robert used to say that he was against cars in the city, but he soon changed
his TUNE when he passed his driving test.
8) Originally my mother said she wouldn't allow her sister to come to our
wedding, but she's had a change of HEART. At last they are speaking to each
other again.
9) I've been in the same job for 20 years. I feel as if I need a complete change of
DIRECTION.
10) Last month I went back to my home town for the first time in 20 years. It
wasn't the same place. The town centre had changed out of all RECOGNITION.
The answer in a FIRE
1) Jill: So, what are you going to do? Stay here and look for another job?
Paul: No, I'm going to move to Australia. It's time to MAKE A CLEAN BREAK. Flat, job, girlfriend, the
lot!
2) Jill: How's the Mayflower College going, Paul? Lots of students?
Paul: Yes, thanks. We're GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH.
3) Jill: I really like that new girl in the office. She's so much fun, isn't she?
Paul: Yes, she's like A BREATH OF FRESH AIR in this place.
4) Jill: Are you still renovating your house? It's taking a long time, isn't it?
Paul: Yes, longer than we thought. Still, it's starting to TAKE SHAPE now.
5) Jill: Is Peter still as fat as when we were at University?
Paul: No! He TURNED OVER A NEW LEAF and now he's as thin as a rake!
6) Jill: I thought you were going to move flat this month. Have you changed your mind?
Paul: No, there's a new job ON THE HORIZON so I've decided to wait a while.
FACTS OF THE WEEK
Alice in Wonderland was once banned in parts of China. “Bears, lions, and other beasts cannot use human language,” said the Governor of the Hunan Province in 1931. “To attribute to them such a power is an insult to the human race.” Many people are either right- or left-eared and eyed in the same way we're right- or left-handed. Sleep literally cleans your brain. During slumber, more cerebrospinal fluid flushes through the brain to wash away harmful proteins and toxins that build up during the day. Maine is the U.S. state closest to Africa.
GOOD WEEK FOR:
Tigers in Nepal, which have come back from the brink of extinction with a historic 190% increase. Nepal has tripled their number of tigers, recording a total population of 355 living wild.
12 August 2022
This weekend is the last week of our Junior
summer programme so we are saying a sad
goodbye to our students from Poland, Czech
Republic and Italy. It’s been a fantastic
summer and we’re so pleased to be open
again about the Covid-19 pandemic. This
summer we have welcomed students from all
over the world including students from Austria,
Czech Republic, Colombia, France, Hungary,
Hong Kong, Italy, Libya, Spain, Saudi Arabia
and the Yemen.
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
A tortoise has gone viral this week for his insistence on attacking black shoes and trainers - here.QUOTATION OF THE WEEK
“We need to remember that failure is not the opposite of success… Failure is part of success.” ~ Arianna HuffingtonNews and homework
12 August 2022
© MAYFLOWER COLLEGE english@maycoll.co.uk
Zoo keepers at Paignton Zoo (near
Plymouth) who received an unexpected
surprise this week - a newborn Diana
monkey which is the first of the
endangered species to be born at
Paignton Zoo in over 10 years.
BAD WEEK FOR:
A British student, who was left stunned when a toad hopped out of her luggage following a 6,000 mile journey home from Thailand. The student had travelled to the tropical country to volunteer at a school and got the fright of her life when she discovered the stowaway passenger amongst her clothes.
Queues, as an impatient pony skipped a
long line of people to get to the front of an
ice cream van on Dartmoor. Amused
visitors watched the beautiful wild pony
cut to the front of the long queue in a bid
to get a drink of water.
Paul Stevens - Director (based in San Diego,
USA)
Jill Tyler - General Manager (based in
Plymouth, UK)
This week's homework is called "Change".
PART A:
Complete the sentences below using:
SUBJECT, TUNE, PLAN, HEART, RECOGNITION,
MIND, PLACES, WAYS, HANDS, DIRECTION
1) Are you sure you won't come to the cinema
with us, Jill? Is there anything I can say to make
you change your ????? ?
2) There's been a change of ????. We are not
going to London by car. I've decided it's better
to go by train.
3) I see that restaurant has changed ?????
again. It's now a Chinese takeaway.
4) Would you mind changing the ???? ? I'd
prefer not to hear about your stomach
problems while we are eating.
5) Paul is very well paid but he's under a lot of
stress. I wouldn't change ???? with him.
6) I keep trying to persuade my mother to get a
credit card but she prefers cash. She's too old to
change her ????.
7) Robert used to say that he was against cars
in the city, but he soon changed his ???? when
he passed his driving test.
8) Originally my mother said she wouldn't allow
her sister to come to our wedding, but she's
had a change of ?????. At last they are speaking
to each other again.
9) I've been in the same job for 20 years. I feel as
if I need a complete change of ?????.
10) Last month I went back to my home town
for the first time in 20 years. It wasn't the same
place. The town centre had changed out of all
?????.
PART B:
Use the following expressions in the sentences
below:
TURN OVER A NEW LEAF
GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH
A BREATH OF FRESH AIR
ON THE HORIZON
MAKE A CLEAN BREAK
TAKE SHAPE
1) Jill: So, what are you going to do? Stay here
and look for another job?
Paul: No, I'm going to move to Australia. It's
time to ????. Flat, job, girlfriend, the lot!
2) Jill: How's the Mayflower College going, Paul?
Lots of students?
Paul: Yes, thanks. We're ??????.
3) Jill: I really like that new girl in the office. She's
so much fun, isn't she?
Paul: Yes, she's like ???? in this place.
4) Jill: Are you still renovating your house? It's
taking a long time, isn't it?
Paul: Yes, longer than we thought. Still, it's
starting to ???? now.
5) Jill: Is Peter still as fat as when we were at
University?
Paul: No! He ????? and now he's as thin as a
rake!
6) Jill: I thought you were going to move flat
this month. Have you changed your mind?
Paul: No, there's a new job ???? so I've decided
to wait a while.
And finally, your riddle this week, Jill, is:-
What am I?
What grows when it eats, but dies when it
drinks?
Have a great weekend and week and we look
forward to writing to you again next Friday.
Best wishes
TO BLOW AWAY THE COBWEBS
MEANING:
To refresh yourself.
USE:
“After
sitting at my desk for
five hours, I went for a
walk to blow away the
cobwebs”.
1) Are you sure you won't come to the cinema
with us, Jill? Is there anything I can say to
make you change your MIND ?
2) There's been a change of PLAN. We are not
going to London by car. I've decided it's
better to go by train.
3) I see that restaurant has changed HANDS
again. It's now a Chinese takeaway.
4) Would you mind changing the SUBJECT ?
I'd prefer not to hear about your stomach
problems while we are eating.
5) Paul is very well paid but he's under a lot of
stress. I wouldn't change PLACES with him.
6) I keep trying to persuade my mother to get
a credit card but she prefers cash. She's too
old to change her WAYS.
7) Robert used to say that he was against cars
in the city, but he soon changed his TUNE
when he passed his driving test.
8) Originally my mother said she wouldn't
allow her sister to come to our wedding, but
she's had a change of HEART. At last they are
speaking to each other again.
9) I've been in the same job for 20 years. I feel
as if I need a complete change of DIRECTION.
10) Last month I went back to my home town
for the first time in 20 years. It wasn't the
same place. The town centre had changed
out of all RECOGNITION.
The answer in a FIRE
1) Jill: So, what are you going to do? Stay here
and look for another job?
Paul: No, I'm going to move to Australia. It's
time to MAKE A CLEAN BREAK. Flat, job,
girlfriend, the lot!
2) Jill: How's the Mayflower College going,
Paul? Lots of students?
Paul: Yes, thanks. We're GOING FROM
STRENGTH TO STRENGTH.
3) Jill: I really like that new girl in the office.
She's so much fun, isn't she?
Paul: Yes, she's like A BREATH OF FRESH AIR
in this place.
4) Jill: Are you still renovating your house? It's
taking a long time, isn't it?
Paul: Yes, longer than we thought. Still, it's
starting to TAKE SHAPE now.
5) Jill: Is Peter still as fat as when we were at
University?
Paul: No! He TURNED OVER A NEW LEAF
and now he's as thin as a rake!
6) Jill: I thought you were going to move flat
this month. Have you changed your mind?
Paul: No, there's a new job ON THE HORIZON
so I've decided to wait a while.
