This week we've finally seen some Spring sunshine in Plymouth!

What have you been doing this week? If you have something fun to share, do tell us on Facebook here

OK, let's have a little look at some of the more bizarre things that have been happening in the news:
 

GOOD WEEK FOR:

• Lovers of good old-fashioned map reading, after a coach driver mistakenly took a coachload of school children 80 miles out of their way ? because he put the wrong place name into his Sat Nav!
  Find the story here
  
  
• The owners of a tortoise in the UK that vanished 10 months ago ? after a JCB digging up their back garden dug him up!
  Read the story here

BAD WEEK FOR:



VIDEO OF THE WEEK:

This week we have a fantastic video of a very brave man in a ?wingsuit? jumping from a great height to dive through a small gap in a mountainside. See it here


FACTS OF THE WEEK:

• The entire internet weighs the same as one large strawberry.
• Sitting on the lavatory for eight hours uses the same number of calories as one hour?s jogging.
• Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt.
• It costs the US Mint 11 cents to make each 5-cent coin!

QUOTATION OF THE WEEK:

"The purpose of life is to fight maturity." - Dick Werthimer

 
HOMEWORK:

OK - that's the news for this week. So, here are the answers to last week's homework about similes:

PART A

1. Paul is as mad as a HATTER; you would not believe the crazy things he does.
2. Olga, you're not eating enough; you're as thin as a RAKE.
3. John never says a thing; he's as quiet as a MOUSE.
4. You'll have to shout. Olga is as deaf as a POST.
5. I'm afraid I can't read this newspaper. Without my glasses I'm as blind as a BAT.

PART B

1. I feel great now. I SLEPT like a log.
2. No, it's not difficult, Olga. It's as easy as FALLING off a log.
3. After eating that bad food I was as sick as a DOG.
4. When I knew she had cheated me I felt as sick as a PARROT.
5. Her face suddenly went as white as a SHEET.
6. She's very clever; she knew the answer as quick as a FLASH.
7. I must give this plant some water. It's as dry as a BONE.
8. Olga is as strong as an OX.
9. David went to the pub and drank 6 beers; he was as drunk as a LORD.
10. No wonder he's fat. He drinks like a FISH and eats like a HORSE

And the riddle:

An outing, maybe in the car,
It can be near or very far.
On paving stones, you hit the street,
Sometimes over your own feet.

The answer is TRIP.


This week's homework is called "Agreeing and Disagreeing".

PART A

Here are 6 ways to disagree.

Complete the expressions using:

• QUESTION
• JOKING
• NO
• TAKEN
• CONTRARY
• DEAD

1. You must be ????? !
2. On the ???? !
3. Over my ???? body !
4. ????? way !
5. It's out of the ?????? !
6. Point ????? ! (you use this expression when someone says something and you realise they were right and you were wrong).

PART B

Here are 7 ways to agree.

Complete the expressions using:

• ENOUGH
• AGAIN
• TALKING
• TELL
• MOUTH
• ME
• NAIL

1. Fair ????? !
2. You're telling ???? !
3. ???? me about it !
4. Now you're ????? !
5. You took the words right out of my ????? !
6. You've just hit the ???? on the head !
7. You can say that ???? !

PART C

Complete these idioms:

1. ????? my dead body
2. you ???? be joking
3. it's ????? of the question
4. no ?????
5. hit the nail on the ????
6. fair ?????
7. you're telling ?????
8. you can say ???? again
9. ????? you're talking
10. ????? me about it

That's it for this week!
Best wishes as always
Paul & Jill

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


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