Happy New Year from Mayflower College!

It’s a brand new year and we are already very busy planning the next few months for our current and future students. By all means tell us what you have planned for 2013 on our Facebook page.

OK, let’s take a look at some of the more bizarre things that have been happening in the news over the last week:
 
GOOD WEEK FOR:

• The German Fire Brigade, who successfully rescued a naked man who was stuck inside a chimney.
  Read all about it here:
  
  
• Visitors to London’s enormous new building The Shard who need the toilet – as the ‘loos’ offer incredible aerial views of the city. Read all about it and have a look at the pictures here:

BAD WEEK FOR:

• Australians, after a wall of sand headed towards Western Australia, whipped up by a cyclone.
  See the incredible picture here:
  
  
• Passengers on a plane from Australia to Papa New Guinea, after a huge snake appeared on the flight and terrorised travellers.
  Read the story here:

 
QUOTATION OF THE WEEK:

“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.” – Jim Ryun


FACTS OF THE WEEK:

• One out of every 20 people has an extra rib
• Approximately 40% of the U.S. paper currency in circulation was counterfeit by the end of the Civil War
• The longest distance a deepwater lobster has been recorded to travel is 225 miles
• Pucks hit by hockey sticks have reached speeds of up to 150 miles per hour

HOMEWORK:


This week there is no English language homework but instead we have a lesson in Politics!

MAYFLOWER COLLEGE'S GUIDE TO POLITICS FOR BEGINNERS


SOCIALISM - You have two cows - you give one to your neighbour

COMMUNISM - You have two cows - the government takes them both and gives you the milk.

FASCISM - You have two cows - the government takes them both and sells you the milk.

NAZISM - You have two cows - the government takes them both and shoots you.

CAPITALISM - You have two cows - you sell one and buy a bull.

TRADE UNIONISM - You have two cows - they take them from you, shoot one, milk the other and throw away the milk.


MORAL - Don't have anything to do with cows - they only bring you trouble.


Finally, a riddle for you to solve:

Take a drag, they're bad for you,
Some have one hump, others too.
Crossing sand is easily done,
If you happen to have one.

Have a lovely week and until next week.
Paul & Jill

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



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