Body organ donation

Do you know how many lives can you save if you become a body organ doner?

College closed until Monday

Dear all,
I hope you are all fine and safe. First, I'd like to inform you that our college stays closed until Monday due to the floods and transport interruptions.
Some of you up dated me via facebook or email but I like to make sure that everyone's safe. If anyone has heard from Ex pls let me know. If anyone has affected by the floods and needs help cleaning please let me know.
I will be in Wéstend areas tomorrow and weekend to help those in need.
See u all on Monday then.
Regards
Michael

No school on Thursday

Hi everyone,
I hope that everyone is fine and your place is dry and safe.
Base on the weather reports, our school stays "closed" on Thursday too. At this stage, I cannot give you any advice for Friday, however, I will try to keep you up to dated via this blog or my facebook.
Try to avoid any unnecessary outing in these uncertian conditions and keep your mobile phones charged as we don't know if the power would be cut or not. Have an evacuation plan for emergency and keep your passports and documents handy in case. As we mentioned before, do not approach the flooding water at any circumstances and keep in touch with friends and family as much as you can.
Good luck
Michael

Lateral Thinking Skills

Lateral thinking is the ability to think creatively, or "outside the box" as it is sometimes referred to in business, to use your inspiration and imagination to solve problems by looking at them from unexpected perspectives.

Lateral thinking involves discarding the obvious, leaving behind traditional modes of thought, and throwing away preconceptions.

Lateral Thinking Quiz (1)
The following question will test your ability to think laterally. Please post your answer to me by Friday 17th.

A woman goes into a store to buy an item. She asked the shop assistant: "How much does it cost for one?" The assistant replies 2 dollars. "And how much for 10?" The assistant replies "$4" "How much for 100?"She gets the reply "$6 "What is the woman buying?

Website of the week (BBC Language Learning)

G'day,
Click on the link below and explore its different features.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish

Phrasal Verbs "up" + activity task

A phrasal verb is a verb which consists of more than one word. Most phrasal verbs consist of two words: the first word is a verb and the second word is a preposition or an adverb.

You can sometimes guess the meaning of a phrasal verb from the meaning of the words it contains, for example come in = come + in.

But more often, the meaning of the phrasal verb is different ‑ often very different ‑ from the meaning of the verb which forms its first part.

One common use for 'up' in phrasal verbs is to indicate an upward movement, an increase or an improvement

1. If you display something such as a poster, you 'put it up' on a wall or a notice-board.
· Have you seen the warning the boss has put up on the notice-board?
· Can you put up a poster in your window?

2. If somebody is miserable and you want them to be happier, you can tell them to 'cheer up'.
· You look really unhappy. Cheer up!
· Michael was sad the other day so I sent him a joke to cheer him up a bit.

3. If you are sitting and then you rise from your chair, you 'stand up'.
· When the judge arrives, everybody must stand up.
· Stand up straight when they’re measuring your height.

4. If you want to make something stronger, you can 'build it up'.
· I have built up a strong relationship between myself and my students.
· I have been ill and need to build up my strength.

5. I can't hear very well these days – I'm old. When you speak to me, you need to speaker, to 'speak up'.
· Can you speak up a bit please? There is a lot of background noise.
· It is a big room. You will have to speak up so that those in the back can hear.

6. The place where you lived when you were a child is where you 'grew up'.
· He was born in Scotland but grew up in England.
· Where did you grow up?

7. If something increases fast, it 'shoots up'.
· The price of petrol has shot up recently.
· My English skills shot up after I started studying with Michael. (It shows you have not wasted your time in my class :-)

Now, I'd like you to make 7 sentences using those new phrasal verbs and post it to me.

What is Peace and how it is achieved or maintained?

Define the word "peace" and explain how it could be achieved and maintained in a few paragraphs. Due date: Friday12th Oct