FACTS OF THE WEEK
Volvo gave away the 1962 patent for their revolutionary three-point seat belt for free, in order to save lives. LEGO is an abbreviation of the Danish phrase “leg godt” which means “play well.” The annual number of worldwide shark bites is 10 times less than the number of people bitten by other people in New York. Since founding the Imagination Library in 1995, Dolly Parton has donated 100 million books to children.
GOOD WEEK FOR:
A group of farmers, who found a great way to keep cool by making a DIY swimming pool using hay bales. Jack Smith and his friends spent four days building their own pool so it was ready in time for the heatwave.
22 July 2022
This week Britain has been experiencing unusually hot weather, reaching a peak of 40 degrees in
parts of the UK.
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:
22 July 2022
VIDEO OF THE WEEK
This 78 year old woman is a powerlifting
champion. Hear her incredible story - here.
QUOTATION OF THE WEEK
“You are not here merely to make a living. You are
here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself
if you forget the errand” ~ Woodrow Wilson
This week's homework is called "Temperature Idioms":
PART A:
Complete the following idiomatic expressions using:
RECEPTION, CUCUMBER, WATER, FEET, LOST, OUT, LIGHT, LEFT, BLOOD,
COOL
1. got cold ?????
2. ???? me cold
3. ???? my cool
4. frosty ?????
5. in cold ????
6. as cool as a ????
7. in the cold ???? of day
8. poured cold ???? on it
9. ???? in the cold
10. keep ????
PART B:
Now complete these sentences and dialogues using the expressions above.
1. During the Apartheid years South African sportsmen were left ???? because most countries refused
to play them.
2. Paul: Now that you've had time to think about it what are you going to do?
Melanie: Well, I suppose ???? I ought to go back home and try and find a job there.
3. Paul: I'll murder him. How dare he talk to me like that!
Melanie: ???? ! Losing your temper won't help.
4. Paul: You don't look very happy. What's wrong?
Melanie: I just presented my plan to the rest of the staff but they all ?????. They didn't like it at all.
5. Paul: Did you hear the news? A policeman has been murdered in the city centre.
Melanie: Yes, apparently he was killed ???? in front of a group of shoppers.
6. Paul: I see that film you went to see at the cinema got a very good review in the newspaper.
Melanie: You're joking! I'm amazed. I'm afraid it ????>
7. Paul: Sarah is amazing. She always seems so calm and in control.
Melanie: I know what you mean. She's always ?????.
8. Paul: So, you met John's parents at last?
Melanie: Yes, though I'm not sure they really liked me. They gave me quite a ?????.
9. Paul: Why did you have a fight with Robert?
Melanie: Oh, he started saying stupid things about the war in Afghanistan. I got really angry with him. I
suppose I ?????.
10. Melanie: You left the girl standing at the altar! Why didn't you come?
Paul: I thought a lot about it and I decided I wasn't ready to get married. I ????.
PART C:
Choose the correct word in the following sentences:
1. He's as COOL / WARM as a cucumber. Nothing upsets him.
2. His speech got a very LUKEWARM / TEPID reception.
3. My views sometimes get me into HOT / COLD water but I don't care.
4. They poured HOT / COLD water on my ideas. Naturally I was very disappointed.
5. I got COLD / WARM feet at the last minute. I just wasn't ready to do it.
6. Stop getting so WARM / HOT under the collar. We've got plenty of time.
7. Contracts are a HOT / WARM potato around here at the moment.
8. In the WARM / COLD light of day I can see it was a mistake. I'm sorry.
Have a great week and we look forward to writing to you next Friday.
A cameraman, who was almost run over by a
pack of sprinters after he wandered onto the
track during an event at the World Athletics
Championships in USA.
BAD WEEK FOR:
A van parked at the side of a New York City street, which was swallowed up by a sinkhole. Officials said the vehicle was unoccupied and luckily, there were no injuries reported.
KAH-ke-poh, the world’s only flightless parrot, as
numbers increase to the highest since records
began. New Zealand’s Kākāpō are the only parrots
to have a harem breeding system and is the world’s
longest-living bird, with a reported lifespan of up to
100 years.
© MAYFLOWER COLLEGE english@maycoll.co.uk
MEANING:
Very disappointed
USE:
When we lost in the final I was as sick as a parrot
SICK AS A PARROT
Paul Stevens - Director (based in San Diego, USA)
Jill Tyler - General Manager (based in Plymouth, UK)
1. got cold FEET
2. LEFT me cold
3. LOST my cool
4. frosty RECEPTION
5. in cold BLOOD
6. as cool as a CUCUMBER
7. in the cold LIGHT of day
8. poured cold WATER on it
9. OUT in the cold
10. keep COOL
1. He's as COOL as a cucumber. Nothing upsets him.
2. His speech got a very LUKEWARM reception.
3. My views sometimes get me into HOT water but I don't care.
4. They poured COLD water on my ideas. Naturally I was very disappointed.
5. I got COLD feet at the last minute. I just wasn't ready to do it.
6. Stop getting so HOT under the collar. We've got plenty of time.
7. Contracts are a HOT potato around here at the moment.
8. In the COLD light of day I can see it was a mistake. I'm sorry.
1. During the Apartheid years South African sportsmen were left OUT IN THE COLD because most
countries refused to play them.
2. Paul: Now that you've had time to think about it what are you going to do?
Melanie: Well, I suppose IN THE COLD LIGHT OF DAY I ought to go back home and try and find a
job there.
3. Paul: I'll murder him. How dare he talk to me like that!
Melanie: KEEP COOL ! Losing your temper won't help.
4. Paul: You don't look very happy. What's wrong?
Melanie: I just presented my plan to the rest of the staff but they all POURED COLD WATER ON IT.
They didn't like it at all.
5. Paul: Did you hear the news? A policeman has been murdered in the city centre.
Melanie: Yes, apparently he was killed IN COLD BLOOD in front of a group of shoppers.
6. Paul: I see that film you went to see at the cinema got a very good review in the newspaper.
Melanie: You're joking! I'm amazed. I'm afraid it LEFT ME COLD
7. Paul: Sarah is amazing. She always seems so calm and in control.
Melanie: I know what you mean. She's always AS COOL AS A CUCUMBER
8. Paul: So, you met John's parents at last?
Melanie: Yes, though I'm not sure they really liked me. They gave me quite a FROSTY RECEPTION
9. Paul: Why did you have a fight with Robert?
Melanie: Oh, he started saying stupid things about the war in Afghanistan. I got really angry with
him. I suppose I LOST MY COOL
10. Melanie: You left the girl standing at the altar! Why didn't you come?
Paul: I thought a lot about it and I decided I wasn't ready to get married. I GOT COLD FEET
FACTS OF THE WEEK
Volvo gave away the 1962 patent for their revolutionary three-point seat belt for free, in order to save lives. LEGO is an abbreviation of the Danish phrase “leg godt” which means “play well.” The annual number of worldwide shark bites is 10 times less than the number of people bitten by other people in New York. Since founding the Imagination Library in 1995, Dolly Parton has donated 100 million books to children.
GOOD WEEK FOR:
A group of farmers, who found a great way to keep cool by making a DIY swimming pool using hay bales. Jack Smith and his friends spent four days building their own pool so it was ready in time for the heatwave.
22 July 2022
This week Britain has been experiencing
unusually hot weather, reaching a peak of 40
degrees in parts of the UK.
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
This 78 year old woman is a powerlifting
champion. Hear her incredible story - here.
QUOTATION OF THE WEEK
“You are not here merely to make a living.
You are here to enrich the world, and you
impoverish yourself if you forget the errand”
~ Woodrow Wilson
News and homework
22 July 2022
© MAYFLOWER COLLEGE english@maycoll.co.uk
KAH-ke-poh, the world’s only flightless
parrot, as numbers increase to the highest
since records began. New Zealand’s
Kākāpō are the only parrots to have a
harem breeding system and is the world’s
longest-living bird, with a reported
lifespan of up to 100 years.
BAD WEEK FOR:
A van parked at the side of a New York City street, which was swallowed up by a sinkhole. Officials said the vehicle was unoccupied and luckily, there were no injuries reported.
A cameraman, who was almost run over by
a pack of sprinters after he wandered onto
the track during an event at the World
Athletics Championships in USA.
Paul Stevens - Director (based in San Diego,
USA)
Jill Tyler - General Manager (based in
Plymouth, UK)
This week's homework is called "Temperature
Idioms":
PART A:
Complete the following idiomatic expressions
using:
RECEPTION, CUCUMBER, WATER, FEET, LOST,
OUT, LIGHT, LEFT, BLOOD, COOL
1. got cold ?????
2. ???? me cold
3. ???? my cool
4. frosty ?????
5. in cold ????
6. as cool as a ????
7. in the cold ???? of day
8. poured cold ???? on it
9. ???? in the cold
10. keep ????
PART B:
Now complete these sentences and dialogues
using the expressions above.
1. During the Apartheid years South African
sportsmen were left ???? because most
countries refused to play them.
2. Paul: Now that you've had time to think
about it what are you going to do?
Melanie: Well, I suppose ???? I ought to go back
home and try and find a job there.
3. Paul: I'll murder him. How dare he talk to me
like that!
Melanie: ???? ! Losing your temper won't help.
4. Paul: You don't look very happy. What's
wrong?
Melanie: I just presented my plan to the rest of
the staff but they all ?????. They didn't like it at
all.
5. Paul: Did you hear the news? A policeman
has been murdered in the city centre.
Melanie: Yes, apparently he was killed ???? in
front of a group of shoppers.
6. Paul: I see that film you went to see at the
cinema got a very good review in the
newspaper.
Melanie: You're joking! I'm amazed. I'm afraid it
????>
7. Paul: Sarah is amazing. She always seems so
calm and in control.
Melanie: I know what you mean. She's always
?????.
8. Paul: So, you met John's parents at last?
Melanie: Yes, though I'm not sure they really
liked me. They gave me quite a ?????.
9. Paul: Why did you have a fight with Robert?
Melanie: Oh, he started saying stupid things
about the war in Afghanistan. I got really angry
with him. I suppose I ?????.
10. Melanie: You left the girl standing at the
altar! Why didn't you come?
Paul: I thought a lot about it and I decided I
wasn't ready to get married. I ????.
PART C:
Choose the correct word in the following
sentences:
1. He's as COOL / WARM as a cucumber.
Nothing upsets him.
2. His speech got a very LUKEWARM / TEPID
reception.
3. My views sometimes get me into HOT /
COLD water but I don't care.
4. They poured HOT / COLD water on my ideas.
Naturally I was very disappointed.
5. I got COLD / WARM feet at the last minute. I
just wasn't ready to do it.
6. Stop getting so WARM / HOT under the
collar. We've got plenty of time.
7. Contracts are a HOT / WARM potato around
here at the moment.
8. In the WARM / COLD light of day I can see it
was a mistake. I'm sorry.
Have a great week and we look forward to
writing to you next Friday.
SICK AS A PARROT
MEANING:
Very disappointed
USE:
When we lost in the final I
was as sick as a parrot
1. got cold FEET
2. LEFT me cold
3. LOST my cool
4. frosty RECEPTION
5. in cold BLOOD
6. as cool as a CUCUMBER
7. in the cold LIGHT of day
8. poured cold WATER on it
9. OUT in the cold
10. keep COOL
1. He's as COOL as a cucumber. Nothing
upsets him.
2. His speech got a very LUKEWARM
reception.
3. My views sometimes get me into HOT
water but I don't care.
4. They poured COLD water on my ideas.
Naturally I was very disappointed.
5. I got COLD feet at the last minute. I just
wasn't ready to do it.
6. Stop getting so HOT under the collar.
We've got plenty of time.
7. Contracts are a HOT potato around here
at the moment.
8. In the COLD light of day I can see it was a
mistake. I'm sorry.
1. During the Apartheid years South African
sportsmen were left OUT IN THE COLD
because most countries refused to play
them.
2. Paul: Now that you've had time to think
about it what are you going to do?
Melanie: Well, I suppose IN THE COLD LIGHT
OF DAY I ought to go back home and try and
find a job there.
3. Paul: I'll murder him. How dare he talk to
me like that!
Melanie: KEEP COOL ! Losing your temper
won't help.
4. Paul: You don't look very happy. What's
wrong?
Melanie: I just presented my plan to the rest
of the staff but they all POURED COLD
WATER ON IT. They didn't like it at all.
5. Paul: Did you hear the news? A policeman
has been murdered in the city centre.
Melanie: Yes, apparently he was killed IN
COLD BLOOD in front of a group of shoppers.
6. Paul: I see that film you went to see at the
cinema got a very good review in the
newspaper.
Melanie: You're joking! I'm amazed. I'm afraid
it LEFT ME COLD
7. Paul: Sarah is amazing. She always seems
so calm and in control.
Melanie: I know what you mean. She's always
AS COOL AS A CUCUMBER
8. Paul: So, you met John's parents at last?
Melanie: Yes, though I'm not sure they really
liked me. They gave me quite a FROSTY
RECEPTION
9. Paul: Why did you have a fight with
Robert?
Melanie: Oh, he started saying stupid things
about the war in Afghanistan. I got really
angry with him. I suppose I LOST MY COOL
10. Melanie: You left the girl standing at the
altar! Why didn't you come?
Paul: I thought a lot about it and I decided I
wasn't ready to get married. I GOT COLD
FEET
