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Smile - its newsletter time! 176
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John Finley
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Nov 02, 2008 11:46 PST
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John Finley's Learn English newsletter
Monday 03 November 2008 © 2008 Issue No. 176
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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
Tomorrow my eldest son Ben celebrates his 5th birthday
and he's very, very excited. We've been having a
countdown over the past five weeks and the big day is
almost here!
We'll have a small family celebration on Tuesday with
presents and a small cake (and candles, of course) but
the big party will be on Saturday afternoon when our
house will be taken over by 11 children.
It will be Ben's, and our, first party with other
children invited too - hopefully it will be a lot
of fun for everyone.
Wish us luck!
Now on with the show.
;-)
john
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2. Test
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Complete the following sentences by adding
for or since.
1. I've lived in Vienna ..... almost 8 years.
2. Mary has been waiting for a reply ..... weeks.
3. I've been waiting ..... 6.30pm!
4. Peter has been working on this project ..... 2 days.
5. It has been raining ..... this morning.
6. I've been waiting for the train ..... 25 minutes.
7. I've been working on the project ..... January.
8. She has been on holiday ..... last Monday.
9. Mr Smith has been in that meeting ..... hours!
10. She's worked there ..... 1999.
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3. Idiom
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#-# to get the wrong end of the stick #-#
If you get the wrong end of the stick then you
totally misunderstand something. For example:
Susan tells David that she really likes him as a
friend. (This means that she doesn't want any
sort of relationship with him. They will only ever
be friends. It's one of the worst things a girl can
say to a guy!) But David thinks that this means
Susan really likes him in a boyfriend sense. He
totally misunderstands what she's saying.
He's got the wrong end of the stick.
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4. Useful Link
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ESLCafe Discussion Forums
If you have a question on anything to do with
English then this is the place to go. Just select
a category and see what's there.
<A HREF="http://www.eslcafe.com/discussion">
http://www.eslcafe.com/discussion
</A>
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5. Jokes
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An artist asked the gallery owner if there had been
any interest in his paintings which were on display.
"I have good news and bad news," the owner replied.
"The good news is that a gentleman asked about your
work, and wondered if it would increase in value after
your death. When I told him it would, he bought all
15 of your paintings."
"That's wonderful!" the artist said. "But what's the
bad news, then?"
"The man was your doctor."
#-#-# <http://www.angelfire.com/on/topfen> #-#-#
A hunter killed a deer and brought it home. He
decided to serve venison (the meat from a deer is
called venison) for supper.
He knew his children wouldn't eat it if they knew
what it was - they loved the film Bambi - so he
didn't tell them.
His young son, Joey, kept asking him, "What's for
supper, dad?"
"Wait and see," said his dad.
Finally they started eating supper and his daughter,
Mary, asked what they were eating.
"Ok," said her dad, "Here's a hint. It's what your
mother sometimes calls me."
His daughter screamed, "Joey! Quick, spit it out!
We're eating asshole!"
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Note 1: Some married people often call their partner
"dear". For example, "Are you alright, dear?"
The pronunciation is the same as for "deer".
Note 2: Some married people sometimes call their partner
"asshole". This is not nice, but it's important for the
joke!
#-#-# <http://www.angelfire.com/on/topfen> #-#-#
An elderly couple had memory problems and so
went to see the doctor. After examining them both
the doctor said, "Well, the memory loss is caused
by old age. One way to manage your memory
problems is to write down everything. That way
you won't forget things."
The couple thanked him and returned home.
That evening while they were watching TV the
woman asked her husband to bring her some
ice-cream from the kitchen.
The man stood up and walked towards the
kitchen. His wife said, "Hey, write it down like the
doctor said."
He replied, "What? Write down ice-cream? I won't
forget that." Then he went into the kitchen.
Ten minutes later he returned from the kitchen
with a plate of fried eggs and toast.
The woman took one look at the plate and said,
"I told you to write it down. Now you've made me
the wrong thing. I asked for a cheese sandwich!"
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6. Test answers
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Here are the completed sentences.
I hope you have all ten correct.
1. I've lived in Vienna for almost 8 years.
2. Mary has been waiting for a reply for weeks.
3. I've been waiting since 6.30pm!
4. Peter has been working on this project for 2 days.
5. It has been raining since this morning.
6. I've been waiting for the train for 25 minutes.
7. I've been working on the project since January.
8. She has been on holiday since last Monday.
9. Mr Smith has been in that meeting for hours!
10. She's worked there since 1999.
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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
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