British Accents

It's the end of year staff and student party on Saturday @ 4Art, ul. Wieczorka. See the secretaries for more details. Here are some photos from the teachers' party last weekend....

Say goodbye to Paul...

Can you guess who this is?

Kieran needs a haircut

Famous quotes about LIFE:

Powell Davies:
Life is just a chance to grow a soul.

Abraham Lincoln:
And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

Adrienne Rich:
Life on the planet is born of woman.

Alan Bennett:
Life is rather like a tin of sardines - we're all of us looking for the key.

Albert Einstein:
True religion is real living; living with all one's soul, with all one's goodness and righteousness.

Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.

Robin Callan:
If you fell from the top of a very high building you would die.

Hope to see you all at the party!!!!

This week's edition by: David


Well, this is a sad week for all, with two teachers leaving or having left. First I’d like to say a fond farewell to Gosia, who has returned to Canada, and also to Paul, who leaves us for England on Thursday. Paul is leaving so he can go watch live music at Glastonbury. Lucky man.

However, we do have a birthday coming up, of our oldest teacher, Kel. He’ll be 35 on Friday, so be sure to wish him a very happy birthday!


NEWS AND REVIEWS

There were no clubs last week, and nobody showed for Chris’ lecture on Woodstock.

This week we have a very special event – the end of year kids’ party. For all those who are interested in going, sign up with the secretaries for two hours of fun and games. I’ll be there, along with Tanya, and maybe others. It’s on Saturday 16th, at 2pm. See you there.

Also up and coming is the main Callan party, to be held at 4art on ul. Wieczorka on Saturday 23rd June. More information to follow, but the star attraction will be Papilla, the band featuring our very own Marcin. Please come, he’ll be very upset if nobody bothers to come hear his greatness.


IDIOMS RELATED TO ANIMALS (Part Two)


1. To get on ones goat – This means that you really annoy someone. I wouldn’t recommend doing this to a caveman type of person because they might hurt you.

2. A wild goose chase – A goose is a type of bird, commonly eaten in some countries on special holidays or festivals. A wild goose chase is when you chase something that leads to nothing, i.e a waste of time.

3. A red herring – A herring is a type of fish. It could mean that the fish is literally red, but it doesn’t. It means that something is false or said to make you think one thing when another is true.

4. Hog the road – A hog is another name for a pig. To hog as a verb, however, means to keep something for yourself and not share it. To hog the road means you don’t let other cars pass, while to hog the television remote is a dangerous thing.

5. Straight from the horse’s mouth – This means you hear something direct from the source, as opposed to from a third party. If your friend told you he had won the lottery, you would be hearing it straight from the horse’s mouth.

6. A lame duck – If something is a lame duck it means it is useless or ineffective. It’s not a good thing. For example, Poland striker Grzegorz Rasiak is a lame duck – he isn’t very good at scoring goals, which he is paid to do!

7. A sitting duck – A sitting duck is a very easy target. If you are enjoying a paintball war with your friends, and someone on the opposite team is just standing in the open, he is a sitting duck – very easy to shoot!

8. To stick to someone like a leech – This is not a good thing for the person being stuck to! Say you meet a girl, and you dated a couple of times. If she continues to call you all the time, and hassle you, she is sticking to you like a leech. A leech is a bloodsucking creature found in water. Other similar works are clingy and stalker.

9. To make a monkey out of somebody – If you make a monkey out of somebody you make them look like a fool or idiot. Dancing on a table while drunk could be an example of this, especially if you can’t dance.

10. As stubborn as a mule – This means you never change your mind or change your ways. A person who refuses to do a particular thing for a silly reason is as stubborn as a mule.

See you next week guys!

This week’s Speedo is brought to you by the letter ‘C’
– this is a typical introduction to the popular children’s TV programme Sesame Street. Unlike The Teletubbies none of the characters in Sesame Street were ever suspected of being gay, but if you watched it very closely you might think that Big Bird (picture opposite) was a regular drug-user.

The Alphabet

Q: What letter of the alphabet is an insect?
A: B. (bee)
Q: What letter is a part of the head?
A: I. (eye)
Q: What letter is a drink?
A: T. (tea)
Q: What letter is a body of water?
A: C. (sea)
Q: What letter is a pronoun like "you"?
A: The letter " I "
Q: What letter is a vegetable?
A: P. (pea)
Q: What letter is an exclamation?
A: O. (oh!)
Q: What letter is a European bird?
A: J. (Jay)
Q: What letter is looking for causes ?
A: Y. (why)
Q: What four letters frighten a thief?
A: O.I.C.U. (Oh I see you!)
Q: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment but not once in a thousand years?
A: The letter "M".
Q: Why is the letter "T" like an island ?
A: Because it is in the middle of waTer.
Q: In what way can the letter "A" help a deaf lady?
A: It can make "her" "hear".
Q: Which is the loudest vowel?
A: The letter "I". It is always in the midst of noise
Q: What way are the letter "A" and "noon" alike?
A: Both of them are in the middle of the "day".
Q: Why is "U" the happiest letter?
A: Because it is in the middle of "fun".
Q: What word of only three syllables contains 26 letters?
A: Alphabet = (26 letters)
Q: What relatives are dependent on "you"?
A: Aunt, uncle, cousin. They all need "U".
Q: What is the end of everything?
A: The letter "G".

Thought of the Day

“Imagine no possessions” - a line from the famous song, Imagine by John Lennon. Imagine a world where the concept of ownership (posiadanie) didn’t exist e.g. My pencil would be expressed as the pencil that I use. Imagine a Callan lesson in a world without ownership:

Teacher: Is this the pencil that you use?
Student: No, it isn’t the pencil that I use, but it’s the pencil you use.
Teacher: Are these the clothes that you wear?
Student: No, they’re the clothes you wear.

Oh, and before I forget.. Chris is giving a lecture on Woodstock this Friday. Woodstock was a huge music festival in America. That's about all I know, so if you want to know more, sign up for it in the secretaries' office :)