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Smile - its newsletter time! 192
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John Finley
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Aug 31, 2009 03:18 PDT
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John Finley's Learn English newsletter
Monday 31 August 2009 © 2009 Issue No. 192
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Contents:
1. Welcome
2. Test
3. Idiom
4. Jokes
5. Test Answers
6. Subscribe/Unsubscribe information
7. That's all folks
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1. Welcome
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Hi
My kids are getting older!
Next week our two youngest sons will start going to
nursery and they're looking forward to it very much.
* You can also use the terms nursery school or
kindergarten; or creche if it's a workplace nursery.
In the UK it's usually called a nursery. In the US
it's usually called a kindergarten.*
Then we'll have all three sons at the same nursery,
but in different groups.
Luckily for us the fees for having a child in nursery
will be abolished in Vienna from tomorrow. We had expected
to have to pay for all three and so will now save a lot
of money. Thank you Vienna!
Now, on with the show
;-)
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 He is interesting in the exhibition.
b He is interested in the exhibition.
c He is interesting on the exhibition.
d He is interested on the exhibition.
2.
a She's going on holiday to Italy next month.
b She's going in holiday to Italy next month.
c She's going for holiday to Italy next month.
3.
a On Saturday I was shopping.
b On Saturday I went shopping.
c On Saturday I did shop.
4.
a I looked at television last night.
b I saw television last night.
c I watched television last night.
5.
a A babysitter looks for children.
b A babysitter looks at children.
c A babysitter looks over children.
d A babysitter looks on children.
e A babysitter looks after children.
f A babysitter looks in children.
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3. Idiom
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#-# there's no place like home #-#
This saying is used when talking about home, and
about how good/nice it is.
Maybe you're on holiday in a foreign country and
are talking about how nice it is, and then say,
"But there's no place like home."
(In this example 'home' is your home country.)
This saying was famously used in the film The
Wizard of Oz, where the character Dorothy has to
say 'there's no place like home' three times in order
to return home.
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4. Jokes
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A drunk (that'a person who is drunk) was
staggering home from the pub with a bottle of
whisky in his back pocket when he slipped and
fell heavily.
As he got to his feet, he felt something wet
running down his leg.
"Please Lord," he prayed, "Let it be blood!"
#-#-# http://www.angelfire.com/on/topfen #-#-#
At breakfast one morning Angie said to her
husband, "Alex, last night I dreamed that you
came home and gave me a diamond necklace.
What do you think the dream means?"
Alex looked at her and said, "Darling, you'll
find out this evening exactly what your dream
means." Then he went to work.
All day long Angie was very excited. She even
prepared Alex's favourite meal.
At 6pm Alex arrived home carrying a small
package, which he gave to Angie. Delighted,
she opened it, only to discover a book
entitled, "The Meaning of Dreams."
#-#-# http://www.angelfire.com/on/topfen #-#-#
A priest is stopped by a policeman for speeding
on the motorway. The policeman smells alcohol
on the priest's breath and then sees an empty wine
bottle on the floor of the car.
He says, "Sir, have you been drinking?"
"Only water," says the priest.
The policeman asks, "Then why do I smell wine?"
The priest looks at the bottle and says, "Good Lord!
He's done it again!"
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5. Test answers
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1.
b He is interested in the exhibition.
2.
a She's going on holiday to Italy next month.
3.
b On Saturday I went shopping.
4.
c I watched television last night.
5.
e A babysitter looks after children.
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7. That's all folks!
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That's all for a couple of weeks.
;-)
john
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