The Speedo 20/03/07 - 27/03/07

Hi Everyone! Welcome to the first day of Spring! Thanks everyone for coming out to our St. Patrick's Day Pub Club at Celtic. We had over 50 people there, dancing and drinking green beer! Ok, well there wasn't any green beer... but we did have fun! Thanks to Eric and Darren for planning such a fun night. We also had a good time at March's Karaoke month in Guinness Pub. If you weren't there, you missed Terri singing Eric Clapton and Jamie singing Tina Turner!

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Upcoming Clubs and Lectures:

Gary's Lecture on.... London!

Friday, March 23rd at 7:30pm

Some topics Gary will talk about:

• London coffee houses
• Financial London
• Mysteries
• Brutal London
• Work in London
• Tourist London
• Cockney slang

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And Next week~~~~

THE FIRST EVER - SPEED CALLAN PUB CRAWL!

(to crawl means to move forward slowly, usually on your hands and knees, like a baby before they walk)

Saturday, March 31st, with Lee, Jamie, Dean, and everyone!

We will go to 9 pubs in one night! Free SPEED tee-shirts to everyone who comes.

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Vocabulary of the Week: SPRING

Puddles- a small pool of water from the rain

Kite- a paper or cloth tool that flies in the air, held to the ground by a string. Best used on a windy day

April Fool's Day- a day for pranks and tricks, the first of April

Daylight Savings Time- change clocks, set them ahead one hour. we say "spring forward".

Idioms of Spring!

Idiom 1: not a spring chicken

A spring chicken means young. Not a spring chicken means you are getting old!

Example:

Terri: C'mon Dad, let's play one more game of pool.

Dad: I have to go home and get some sleep. I'm no spring chicken anymore!

Idiom 2: be full of the joys of Spring

To be full of the joys of Spring is to be very happy.

Example: "Dean bounced into the school, full of the joys of spring."

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A LOOK AT CHUCK!

Did you know... Chuck Norris gave Mona Lisa that smile?

The Speedo 13/03/07 - 20/03/07

Dear Students,

Welcome to this week's edition of the Speedo. At the end of the week we have our big SAINT PATRICK's DAY PARTY!

FRIDAY 16th MARCH - 10p.m - CELTIC PUB

THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL PRIZE FOR THE PERSON WHO WEARS THE MOST GREEN AND IF ANYBODY BRINGS A DOG, DRESSED UP LIKE THIS ONE, I WILL BUY THEM A BOTTLE OF VODKA!!!

Word of the Week - 'Fluff' and 'Belly Button'

Fluff is a mystery of life and we can get pieces of fluff on our clothes, on our furniture etc. 'Fluff' is a name for any little bits of material or matter that collect where we don't want them to collect.

'Fluff' can also mean 'something of little value' and it is used in England in quite a sexist way. A man can call his girlfriend 'my bit of fluff' but this is generally used when she is much younger than he is and he doesn't treat her as a serious girlfriend, just someone to have a bit of fun with! Not very nice!

'Fluffy' is also an adjective meaning soft and we would use it to describe things like little, fluffy baby rabbits or soft clothes, towels or pillows etc

Your belly button is on the front of your stomach (belly is another word for stomach) and when you were inside you mother, before you were born, you were connected to her by the 'umbilical cord'. When the umbilical cord is cut of at birth, you are left with a 'belly button'.

Also, there are 2 different types of people in the world. 'Innies' and 'Outies'. I am an 'inny' like in the picture below, so my belly button is more like a hole. Some people have belly buttons that stick out of their bodies... Uggghhhh!!

BELLY BUTTON FLUFF

If we combine belly button and fluff we have 'belly button fluff'. This is mysterious fluff which grows or collects or appears in our belly buttons, even when we wash them every day. Scientists have done experiements and decided that it mainly comes from clothes and body hair so women have less belly button fluff than men! You lucky girls!

Where does it come from?

The word 'goodbye' is used everyday in England by millions of people. We use it when we are leaving people. The word is actually a 'contraction of the phrase 'God be with you' In the old days English people often said 'ye' instead of 'you'. So that's where it comes from!

A LOOK AT CHUCK

Today I have found a picture of the young Chuck Norris, before he grew his amazing beard. I have shaved my face today in honour of Chuck as he once was!

If you spell Chuck Norris wrong on Google, it doesn't say "did you mean Chuck Norris", it simply says "run whilst you still have a chance"

The Speedo, 6/3/07 - 12/3/07

Welcome back! It is March now, the 3rd month of the year. In English, we say that: "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb". This is a reference to the weather. Remember, a lion is a strong, fierce animal of the wild. A lamb is a baby sheep. So weather like a lion (at the beginning of the month) is snow, a rainstorm, cold, winter. So weather like a lamb (at the end of the month) is mild, calm, sunny, nice, spring.
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Upcoming Lecture: Lynsey's CV/Resume Workshop

Don't miss this opportunity to write your CV in English! Lynsey will go over both American and British versions. This is a FREE lecture, make sure to take advantage!!!! Please sign up with the secretaries!!!


Date: Wednesday, March 7th
Time: 7:30pm
Place: @ SPEED Callan

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BIG NEWS! WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7TH IS DEAN'S BIRTHDAY! MAKE SURE TO STOP HIM IN THE HALLWAY TO WISH HIM A "HAPPY BIRTHDAY"!!!!
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Idioms of the Week: Funny body parts!!!!


Remember, FUN is usually a noun, something that provides amusement.

A picnic would be FUN this weekend

FUNNY is an adjective or an adverb, providing fun

He is a FUNNY person, she has a FUNNY laugh

We use the word FUNNIES as a noun, to mean comic strips like Peanuts or Garfield.

Idiom 1: I'm all ears!

Saying "I'm all ears" means I am listening very carefully.






Idiom 2: It costs an arm and a leg!

Saying something "costs an arm and a leg" means it is very expensive.

Idiom 3: He is a bird brain!

Saying someone is "a bird brain" is saying that he is a fool, a dummy.




Idiom 4: She is a bad egg.

Saying someone is "a bad egg" means they are dishonest or mean.




A LOOK AT CHUCK!
Did you know....When Chuck Norris enters a room, he doesn't turn the lights on, he turns the dark off....

The Speedo 27/2/07 - 5/02/07

The Speedo Returns

GAZZA's ROCK CLUB

If you want to continue your rock education then get yourself to Gary's Rock Club. Meet at the school and later to 'Dusk til Dawn' (Od Switu do cos tam!!)

FRIDAY 2nd MARCH - 7.30pm - School

A LOOK AT CHUCK

LOOK AT THE PICTURE - CHUCK IS KICKING THE HEAD OFF A KANGAROO. I WOULDN'T LIKE TO BE THAT KANGAROO! IT MUST HURT A LOT AND HE WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO BE TAKEN TO KANGAROO HOSPITAL!

"Chuck Norris keeps his ID on the bottom of his right foot. NOBODY has ever asked Chuck Norris for his ID."

WORD OF THE WEEK - SCREAM

‘To scream’ means to make a very loud noise, usually when something scares us or when we are very excited!

People scream when they watch horror films (see bottom right) or when they see a mouse or even when they see Doda or Mandarina!

Edward Munch painted a very famous picture called ‘The Scream’ (see right)

Also, if something is ‘a scream’ it means it is a lot of fun. i.e „Come to Lee’s lecture… it’ll be a scream!”

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

‘I SCREAM, YOU SCREAM, WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE-CREAM’ This is a nice little quote for people who like Ice-cream! It comes from a popular film called ‘Down by Law’ (1986) but is now used by Ice-cream lovers across the world! It means we all love Ice-cream!