FACTS OF THE WEEK
Sudan has more pyramids than any country in the world. Sudan has around 255 pyramids while Egypt has 138. The last letter added to the English alphabet was 'J'. The letter dates back to 1524. 'Ultracrepidarian’ is a word to describe someone who gives an opinion on something they know nothing about. If our veins, arteries, and capillaries were laid out flat, they would stretch for more than 60,000 miles.
GOOD WEEK FOR:
Laughter being the best medicine, as the UK’s public health service agrees to prescribe free stand-up comedy classes to men at risk of suicide. Research shows that humour is one of the most innate ways human beings process trauma.
20 May 2022
This week, Plymouth’s new multi-million pound museum ‘The Box’ celebrated International Museum
Day, raising awareness of how museums can bring about positive change in communities. During
the Covid-19 pandemic ‘The Box on the Box’ live-streamed digital sessions to tackle isolation,
providing activities for young and old including people in hospital.
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:
20May 2022
QUOTATION OF THE WEEK
“Stop insisting on clearing your head. Clear your heart
instead” ~ Charles Bukowski
This week's homework is called "Nouns Made from adjectives".
PART 1:
Complete the following sentences by making a noun from the adjective in
brackets.
For example:
South Africa has great mineral ????? (WEALTHY)
The answer is:-
South Africa has great mineral wealth.
1. ????? is one of the world's great problems (POOR)
2. Melanie, always tell the ????? (TRUE)
3. I must drink something. I'm dying of ????? (THIRSTY)
4. I must eat something. I'm dying of ????? (HUNGRY)
5. He's very bright. He passed the exam with ????? (EASY)
6. In his ????? John travelled a lot. Now he is too old (YOUNG)
7. Jill, I don't know how to express my ????? for your help (GRATEFUL)
8. It's very late. There's not much ????? of his coming now (LIKELY)
9. To be a soldier you need to be strong and in good ????? (HEALTHY)
10. There was no doubt about his ?????. He was sent to prison for 5 years (GUILTY)
11. He escaped to ????? by climbing over the prison wall (FREE)
12. The ???? of the president was announced on the radio (DEAD)
13. He was a very thoughtful, philosophical person. A man of great ????? (WISE)
14. She felt great ????? at being treated so badly. (ANGRY)
15. He left his small town to find ???? in the big city (FAMOUS)
16. It was a long, slow film. I nearly died of ????? (BORING)
17. The ice quickly melted in the ???? of the sun (HOT)
18. His ???? was hurt when a younger man was given the job ahead of him (PROUD)
19. I think it shows ???? of character to admit when you are wrong (STRONG)
And finally a riddle for you:
Farmers in the country,
Must do this before things grow.
Ladies in their armchairs,
With a needle make a row.
Have a lovely week.
Couples with pets, as almost 25% of people
surveyed admit that they prefer their pet to
their partner; 66% claim their pet is their closest
companion and 20% claimed their pet
understood them better than partner ever
could!
BAD WEEK FOR:
Sea turtles. Scientists fitted 22 turtles with GPS trackers to see how they found their way home after mating and breeding. The turtles seem to have a bad sense of direction. One turtle went 812 miles to find an island that was just 109 miles away.
Proving the British really are a little eccentric, as a
free pop-up corgi photo studio opens in London to
mark the Queen’s Jubilee. The Queen has owned
corgis since she was 18 and refers to them as part
of the ‘family’. Royalists and dog fans can now
pose for pictures with real corgis in a pop-up photo
studio.
© MAYFLOWER COLLEGE english@maycoll.co.uk
MEANING:
You are unable to understand something (or someone)
because it is puzzling or unclear.
USE:
I can’t make head nor tail of this new software.
can’t make head nor tail of something
Paul Stevens - Director (based in San Diego, USA)
Jill Tyler - General Manager (based in Plymouth, UK)
1. POVERTY is one of the world's great problems (POOR)
2. Melanie, always tell the TRUTH (TRUE)
3. I must drink something. I'm dying of THIRST (THIRSTY)
4. I must eat something. I'm dying of HUNGER (HUNGRY)
5. He's very bright. He passed the exam with EASE (EASY)
6. In his YOUTH John travelled a lot. Now he is too old (YOUNG)
7. Jill, I don't know how to express my GRATITUDE for your help (GRATEFUL)
8. It's very late. There's not much LIKELIHOOD of his coming now (LIKELY)
9. To be a soldier you need to be strong and in good HEALTH (HEALTHY)
10. There was no doubt about his GUILT. He was sent to prison for 5 years (GUILTY)
11. He escaped to FREEDOM by climbing over the prison wall (FREE)
12. The DEATH of the president was announced on the radio (DEAD)
13. He was a very thoughtful, philosophical person. A man of great WISDOM (WISE)
14. She felt great ANGER at being treated so badly. (ANGRY)
15. He left his small town to find FAME in the big city (FAMOUS)
16. It was a long, slow film. I nearly died of BOREDOM (BORING)
17. The ice quickly melted in the HEAT of the sun (HOT)
18. His PRIDE was hurt when a younger man was given the job ahead of him (PROUD)
19. I think it shows STRENGTH of character to admit when you are wrong (STRONG)
The answer is SOW
FACTS OF THE WEEK
Sudan has more pyramids than any country in the world. Sudan has around 255 pyramids while Egypt has 138. The last letter added to the English alphabet was 'J'. The letter dates back to 1524. 'Ultracrepidarian’ is a word to describe someone who gives an opinion on something they know nothing about. If our veins, arteries, and capillaries were laid out flat, they would stretch for more than 60,000 miles.
GOOD WEEK FOR:
Laughter being the best medicine, as the UK’s public health service agrees to prescribe free stand-up comedy classes to men at risk of suicide. Research shows that humour is one of the most innate ways human beings process trauma.
20 May 2022
This week, Plymouth’s new multi-million
pound museum ‘The Box’ celebrated
International Museum Day, raising awareness
of how museums can bring about positive
change in communities. During the Covid-19
pandemic ‘The Box on the Box’ live-streamed
digital sessions to tackle isolation, providing
activities for young and old including people in
hospital.
As usual, we have been looking through the
British media this week and here are some of
the stranger stories we found:
QUOTATION OF THE WEEK
“Stop insisting on clearing your head. Clear
your heart instead” ~ Charles Bukowski
News and homework
20 May 2022
© MAYFLOWER COLLEGE english@maycoll.co.uk
Proving the British really are a little
eccentric, as a free pop-up corgi photo
studio opens in London to mark the
Queen’s Jubilee. The Queen has owned
corgis since she was 18 and refers to them
as part of the ‘family’. Royalists and dog
fans can now pose for pictures with real
corgis in a pop-up photo studio.
BAD WEEK FOR:
Sea turtles. Scientists fitted 22 turtles with GPS trackers to see how they found their way home after mating and breeding. The turtles seem to have a bad sense of direction. One turtle went 812 miles to find an island that was just 109 miles away.
Couples with pets, as almost 25% of people
surveyed admit that they prefer their pet to
their partner; 66% claim their pet is their
closest companion and 20% claimed their
pet understood them better than partner
ever could!
Paul Stevens - Director (based in San Diego,
USA)
Jill Tyler - General Manager (based in
Plymouth, UK)
This week's homework is called "Nouns Made
from adjectives".
PART 1:
Complete the following sentences by making a
noun from the adjective in brackets.
For example:
South Africa has great mineral ?????
(WEALTHY)
The answer is:-
South Africa has great mineral wealth.
1. ????? is one of the world's great problems
(POOR)
2. Melanie, always tell the ????? (TRUE)
3. I must drink something. I'm dying of ?????
(THIRSTY)
4. I must eat something. I'm dying of ?????
(HUNGRY)
5. He's very bright. He passed the exam with
????? (EASY)
6. In his ????? John travelled a lot. Now he is too
old (YOUNG)
7. Jill, I don't know how to express my ????? for
your help (GRATEFUL)
8. It's very late. There's not much ????? of his
coming now (LIKELY)
9. To be a soldier you need to be strong and in
good ????? (HEALTHY)
10. There was no doubt about his ?????. He was
sent to prison for 5 years (GUILTY)
11. He escaped to ????? by climbing over the
prison wall (FREE)
12. The ???? of the president was announced on
the radio (DEAD)
13. He was a very thoughtful, philosophical
person. A man of great ????? (WISE)
14. She felt great ????? at being treated so
badly. (ANGRY)
15. He left his small town to find ???? in the big
city (FAMOUS)
16. It was a long, slow film. I nearly died of ?????
(BORING)
17. The ice quickly melted in the ???? of the sun
(HOT)
18. His ???? was hurt when a younger man was
given the job ahead of him (PROUD)
19. I think it shows ???? of character to admit
when you are wrong (STRONG)
And finally a riddle for you:
Farmers in the country,
Must do this before things grow.
Ladies in their armchairs,
With a needle make a row.
Have a lovely week.
can’t make head nor tail of
something
MEANING: You are
unable to understand
something (or
someone) because it is
puzzling or unclear.
USE: I can’t make
head nor tail of this
new software.
1. POVERTY is one of the world's great
problems (POOR)
2. Melanie, always tell the TRUTH (TRUE)
3. I must drink something. I'm dying of
THIRST (THIRSTY)
4. I must eat something. I'm dying of
HUNGER (HUNGRY)
5. He's very bright. He passed the exam with
EASE (EASY)
6. In his YOUTH John travelled a lot. Now he is
too old (YOUNG)
7. Jill, I don't know how to express my
GRATITUDE for your help (GRATEFUL)
8. It's very late. There's not much LIKELIHOOD
of his coming now (LIKELY)
9. To be a soldier you need to be strong and in
good HEALTH (HEALTHY)
10. There was no doubt about his GUILT. He
was sent to prison for 5 years (GUILTY)
11. He escaped to FREEDOM by climbing over
the prison wall (FREE)
12. The DEATH of the president was
announced on the radio (DEAD)
13. He was a very thoughtful, philosophical
person. A man of great WISDOM (WISE)
14. She felt great ANGER at being treated so
badly. (ANGRY)
15. He left his small town to find FAME in the
big city (FAMOUS)
16. It was a long, slow film. I nearly died of
BOREDOM (BORING)
17. The ice quickly melted in the HEAT of the
sun (HOT)
18. His PRIDE was hurt when a younger man
was given the job ahead of him (PROUD)
19. I think it shows STRENGTH of character to
admit when you are wrong (STRONG)
The answer is SOW
