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Smile - its newsletter time! 183
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John Finley
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Mar 02, 2009 04:12 PST
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John Finley's Learn English newsletter
Monday 02 March 2009 © 2009 Issue No. 183
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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
Sorry, no photos of the igloo will ever be put
online!
After three sessions of igloo building it was over
2 metres high on one side and about 1 metre high
on the other.
It was very hard work and so I needed a break and stopped.
However, the next day it rained a lot and the igloo
decided it also needed a break, and so it broke!
That was the end of the igloo.
Maybe next year I'll try again
;-)
john
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2. Test
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Select the sentence which you think is correct.
Then check your answers at the end of the
newsletter. Good luck!
1.
a I got married last week.
b I did get married last week.
c I married last week.
2.
a She goes to the cinema on Wednesday.
b She is going to the cinema on Wednesday.
c She will go to the cinema on Wednesday.
3.
a I live in Vienna since 1998.
b I am living in Vienna since 1998.
c I have lived in Vienna for 5 years.
4.
a Her office is at the first floor.
b Her office is in the first floor.
c Her office is on the first floor.
5.
a We went to the theatre on New Year's Day.
b We went to the theatre at New Year's Day.
c We went to the theatre in New Year's Day.
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3. Idiom
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#-# to be over the moon #-#
If your football team wins 2-0 then you will probably
be happy.
But if your football team is losing 2-0 with ten
minutes to play, and then they score 3 goals to win
3-2 in the last minute you will probably be over the moon!
If you are over the moon then you are very, very happy.
It's almost like you are on a high - incredibly happy.
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4. Useful Link
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The BBC Learning English website has many useful sections.
Links to two of them are below.
<A HREF="<http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/news/>">
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/news/>
</A>
<A HREF="<http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/work/>">
<http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/work/>
</A>
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5. Jokes
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For a man...
at the age of 4 success is not peeing in your pants
at the age of 12 success is having friends
at the age of 17 success is having a driver's licence
at the age of 20 success is having sex
at the age of 35 success is having money
at the age of 42 success is investing your money wisely
at the age of 50 success is having money
at the age of 60 success is having sex
at the age of 70 success is having a driver's licence
at the age of 75 success is having friends
at the age of 80 success is not peeing in your pants
#-#-# <http://www.angelfire.com/on/topfen> #-#-#
A teacher asked her class of 6-year olds, "Do any
of you know where God lives?"
Susan raised her hand.
"Where does God live, Susan?" asked the teacher.
Susan replied, "He lives in our bathroom, Miss."
The teacher looked a little confused and asked,
"Why do you say that God lives in your bathroom?"
Susan smiled and said, "Because every morning
my Dad goes to the bathroom, knocks on the door
and shouts 'God, are you still in there!' "
#-#-# <http://www.angelfire.com/on/topfen> #-#-#
Once upon a time a shepherd was looking after his
sheep in a field when a brand new top of the range
BMW came speeding along the road and then
suddenly stopped by the gate to the field.
The driver, a young man dressed in a Versace suit and
wearing Ray Ban sunglasses, got out of the car and
asked the shepherd, "If I guess correctly how many sheep
you have, will you give me one of them?"
The shepherd looked at the young man, then looked at
the huge flock of sheep and said, "Okay."
The young man went into his car, got out a notebook
computer, connected it to a mobile phone, accessed
the NASA website, scanned the ground using a
handheld GPS unit, created a database, and then
printed out a 150 page report on his mini-printer.
He then turned to the shepherd and said,
"You have exactly 1586 sheep here."
The shepherd answered, "That's correct. You can
have any of my sheep."
The young man chose one and put it in the back of
his car. The shepherd then asked, "If I can guess
what job you do, will you give me my sheep back?"
The young man answered, "Yes, why not."
The shepherd said, "You are a consultant."
The young man was amazed. "You're right! That's
incredible! How did you know?"
The shepherd replied, "It was very simple, really.
First, you came here without being asked.
Second, you charged me a sheep to tell me something
that I already knew.
Third, you do not understand anything about what
I do."
The young man asked, "Why do you say that I
don't know anything about what you do?"
The shepherd smiled and replied, "Because the sheep
you've taken is actually my dog!"
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6. Test answers
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1.
a I got married last week.
2.
b She is going to the cinema on Wednesday.
3.
c I have lived in Vienna for 5 years.
4.
c Her office is on the first floor.
5.
a We went to the theatre on New Year's Day.
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8. That's all folks!
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That's all for a couple of weeks.
;-)
john
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