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Smile - its newsletter time! 175
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John Finley
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Oct 19, 2008 11:55 PDT
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John Finley's Learn English newsletter
Monday 20 October 2008 © 2008 Issue No. 175
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Contents:
1. Welcome
2. Test
3. Idiom
4. Useful Link
5. Jokes
6. Test Answers
7. Subscribe/Unsubscribe information
8. That's all folks
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1. Welcome
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Hi
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2. Test
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Complete the following sentences by adding
some or any.
1. Bob and Mary don't have ..... children
2. Do you know ..... good restaurants near here?
3. Kurt has ..... tools.
4. Can I have ..... coffee, please?
5. Do you have ..... better ideas?
6. Could I have .....coffee, please?
7. Trude took ..... super photos.
8. I haven't eaten ..... chocolate today. Sadly!
9. Would you like ..... milk in your coffee?
10.Does your company have ..... job vacancies?
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3. Idiom
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#-# to be a big fish in a small pond #-#
#-# to be a small fish in a big pond #-#
It's often said that's it's better to be a big fish in
a small pond than to be a small fish in a big pond.
Example:
Some actors may be successful and famous in
England (and so are big fish in a small pond)
but if they move to America they may suddenly
find themselves in a new situation where nobody
knows them (and so they are now small fish in a
big pond).
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4. Useful Link
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My English learner website
If you like the jokes or the idioms or the tests (hopefully
you like all three!) in the newsletter then why not visit
my website. There are lots more of each there, at:
<A HREF="<http://www.angelfire.com/on/topfen>">
<http://www.angelfire.com/on/topfen>
</A>
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5. Jokes
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A man is driving along the motorway with his wife
sat in the passenger seat and his mother-in-law
(that's his wife's mother) sat in the back seat.
The women just won't leave the poor guy alone.
His mother-in-law says, "You're driving too fast!"
His wife says, "Stay to the left!"
After several more orders from both of them the
man shouts angrily at his wife, "Who's driving this
car - you or your mother?"
#-#-# <http://www.angelfire.com/on/topfen> #-#-#
A group of patients in a mental hospital were having
a course of therapy to help them with their conditions.
After weeks of therapy, the doctor decided to find out
who had made the most progress.
He put all the patients in a room, pointed to the wall
and said, "The first one to open that door will get fifty
dollars."
The patients rushed to the wall and started pulling and
shoving each other. Then the doctor saw one patient
sitting in one corner.
Thinking that this patient had realized that there was
no door, he walked to him and asked him, "So why
don't you want to get the fifty dollars?"
The patient calmly replied, "Those fools are never
going to open that door. They need the key first!"
#-#-# <http://www.angelfire.com/on/topfen> #-#-#
While on a car trip, an elderly couple stopped at
a roadside restaurant for lunch. The old woman
left her glasses on the table, but didn't miss them
until they had travelled 5 miles further down the
road.
Her husband turned the car around and drove
back towards the restaurant, complaining all the
way about how forgetful she was.
When they finally arrived at the restaurant, the
old woman got out of the car to retrieve her
glasses.
As she walked across the car park her husband
shouted after her, "While you're in there, you
may as well get my hat, too."
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6. Test answers
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Here are the completed sentences.
I hope you have all ten correct.
1. Bob and Mary don't have any children
2. Do you know any good restaurants near here?
3. Kurt has some tools.
4. Can I have some coffee, please?
5. Do you have any better ideas?
6. Could I have some coffee, please?
7. Trude took some super photos.
8. I haven't eaten any chocolate today. Sadly!
9. Would you like some milk in your coffee?
10.Does your company have any job vacancies?
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7. Subscribe/Unsubscribe details
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8. That's all folks!
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That's all for a couple of weeks.
Don't forget, if you enjoy reading the newsletter
and find it useful, please tell others about it.
;-)
john
<a href="mailto:topfe-@yahoo.com">
topfe-@yahoo.com
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