This week we've welcomed a group from Brittany in France, and have been hard at work planning summer activities for our upcoming students!

As usual, if you have any time we would love to hear from you on Facebook


OK, let's have a little look at some of the more unusual things that have been happening in the news:
 

GOOD WEEK FOR:

• A commuter in Colombia, who was saved from being killed by an oncoming train by an eagle-eyed, fast-moving police officer.
  See the footage here
  
  
• Gadget-obsessed toddlers, as a new toilet training option has become available for kids learning to use the potty ? a potty with an iPad holder built into it!
  See it here

BAD WEEK FOR:

• Genuine physical social interaction, as a new study concludes that checking your smartphone is "contagious" in social situations.
  Read about it here
  
  
• A newsreader in America, who was sacked on his first day after his first words on camera were swear words.
  Read about it and see the video here

VIDEO OF THE WEEK:

This week we have an hilarious video where a grown man demonstrates how various animals eat their food. See it here


FACTS OF THE WEEK:

• There is at least ten times as much crime on television as there is in real life.
• Starbucks offers 87,000 potential drinks combinations.
• Britons eat 97% of the world?s baked beans.
• The US has twice as many lawyers as prisoners.

QUOTATION OF THE WEEK:

"I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade... And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party." - Ron White


HOMEWORK

OK, that's then news for this week. Now here are the answers to the homework we sent you last week:

PART A - ways to disagree:

1. You must be JOKING !
2. On the CONTRARY !
3. Over my DEAD body !
4. NO way !
5. It's out of the QUESTION !
6. Point TAKEN ! (you use this expression when someone says something and you realise they were right and you were wrong).

PART B - ways to agree:

1. Fair ENOUGH !
2. You're telling ME !
3. TELL me about it !
4. Now you're TALKING !
5. You took the words right out of my MOUTH !
6. You've just hit the NAIL on the head !
7. You can say that AGAIN !

PART C - Revision

over my dead body
you must be joking
it's out of the question
no way
hit the nail on the head
fair enough
you're telling me
you can say that again
now you're talking
tell me about it


This week's homework is called "Being Positive":

PART A:

Add these words top complete the idiomatic expressions.

• LIFE
• WORLD
• WIN
• LIGHT
• BRIGHT
• FISH
• BETTER
• ANOTHER

1. Look on the ????? side.
2. There's plenty more ????? in the sea.
3. It's not the end of the ?????.
4. Tomorrow's ????? day.
5. You can't ????? them all.
6. Things can only get ?????.
7. There's ????? at the end of the tunnel.
8. That's ????? !


PART B:

Complete the following dialogues using:

• Third time lucky!
• No news is good news!
• Fingers crossed!
• You never know!
• It'll be all right on the night!

Paul: Amanda has failed her driving test again. That's twice now.
Olga: Oh well. ?????.

Paul: We still haven't heard anything from the hospital.
Olga: Oh well. I suppose ?????.

Paul: I bet we don't get a pay rise again this year.
Olga: ?????

Paul: I'm so nervous about speaking at the meeting tomorrow. I wish I had done more preparation.
Olga: Don't worry, Paul.

Paul: I hope they get home safely. That old car doesn't look as if it is very reliable.
Olga: Well, ?????.


PART C:

Re-arrange these words to form common expressions:

1. YOU SOME LOSE WIN YOU SOME.
2. YOU'VE LOSE NOTHING GOT TO.
3. WHERE A WAY WILL A THERE'S THERE'S.
4. HIS IS BITE BARK WORSE THAN HIS.

Now put the above expressions in the following dialogues.

Paul: I'm thing of applying for the manager's position with British Airways.
Olga: Yes, good idea. ?????

Paul: I haven't met Mr Kramer yet. People tell me he's got a hot temper.
Olga: Oh, he's not so bad. ?????

Paul: I bought a shirt last month for $40 and now it's in the sale for only $10.
Olga: Oh well. ?????.

Paul: I don't know how many jobs I've applied for since I left university.
Olga: I'm sure you'll find something soon. ?????.

Have a great weekend and we will write again next Friday.

Paul & Jill

Paul Stevens - Director (based in San Diego, USA)
Jill Tyler - General Manager (based in Plymouth, UK)


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