The Speedo 14/11/06 - 21/11/06

PUB CLUB IS JUST ROUND THE CORNER!

Pub Club is FUN

It's that time of the month again to join teachers and other students at Darren's monthly 'PUB CLUB'. As usual, we'll be at KOGUT from 21:30 on FRIDAY 17th NOVEMBER. Come, bring your friends, bring your family... bring your dog or cat!! Pub Club is fun for everybody!!!

LECTURE WITH GARY - TUESDAY 14/11/06 - 7.30pm - ROOM 5

It's lecture time again for you lucky people and this month Gary will be showing you the delights of Southern England: Portsmouth, London, Brighton and much much more. He might also wear his leather trousers if you ask him very nicely in lessons!!

IDIOM OF THE WEEK - " To kill two birds with one stone"

The idiom 'to kill two birds with one stone' means that we do 2 jobs at the same time so that we can save time. For example:

"I went to Albert to buy some washing liquid and I grabbed a McDonalds on the way back because I had to go to work. I thought I would try and kill 2 birds with one stone!"

(These birds were killed by oil, not 1 stone!)

A LOOK AT "GOOD OLD" CHUCK!

This week I have a very special picture... of Chuck Norris wearing LYCRA! I hope that you all still come to lessons this week but I would understand if you remained at home just to look at this picture. If anyone has a copy of this video (see right) I would be willing to give you anything I possess for it!

"Chuck Norris can kill 2 stones with one bird"

Word(s) of the Week - 'FOX' and 'BADGER'

Following on from our word of the week 'mole' we have another couple of nice wild animals, commonly found in England and across Europe. The fox is on the left and the badger is on the right.

We can use both these words as verbs, as well as nouns!

To 'out-fox' somebody means to confuse them or get the better of them in some deal or argument. For example: 'General Montgomery outfoxed Rommel in the African desert in WWII' or 'Ronaldhino foxed John Terry when Barcelona played against Chelsea'

To 'badger' someone means to keep asking them for something or to try and get something from someone by constantly trying to persuade them. For example: 'My girlfriend badgered me about some new ski boots for weeks until I finally bought her a pair." or 'The children were badgering their mother all day to take them to the zoo'