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A T W OR L D CE N T E R …

Do you know that…

October is packed with events! We welcome a new

member of our team Svetlana who though being

relatively young commands respect and illuminates

creativity! We are pooling our knowledge in order

to create mighty teacher‟s base to cater for any

needs of our students!

Those who are captivated by our FunClub will

come in for a pleasant surprise! Note that all the

events are conducted in English and prior

subscription is necessary at our blog at

blog.worldcenter.com.ua!

We proudly announce the winner of short-story

competition: Tetyana Andrusevich whose story

„Strange Landings‟ was voted the best! Cross my

heart, she deserves this nomination for her creative

interpretation! Our congrats, Tanya!

Drop us a line when you pass by our suggestion box

in the hall. It was devised to let our students to

express their suggestions, criticism or praise

concerning WorldCenter activities. If you have

smth to share with us, we will appreciate this!

A bunch of thanks to our students who made a

surprise for teachers at their professional holiday

with the display of their visions on their beloved

educators! We had a world of fun looking at your

marvelous works!

And extremely pleasant news has been saved for a

dessert. It is marriage of one of our staff Marina

Putylya that took place this month! Gor‟ko – our

dear newly-weds!

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October 2010

E V E R Y S T UDE N T M AT TER S

Freudian Slip

Today‟s issue is dedicated to various intricate

phrases and collocations that English language

is rich with. Hope it will carry a lot of value for

your further language acquisition and lay

foundation for your road to proficiency!

Content

Looking for the right words ……2

Remember to forget …………………2

Gone FunClubbing ……………………3

Creativity Parade ……………………4

Sweet Teens (Idioms) ……………….5

English Slang …………………………6

Fun Zone ……………………………………7

Looking for the right words

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English is a language full of expressions which are a must to know for every diligent student of WorldCenter. These are collocations which will testify

that you really mastered this language and think as Native Speakers do. So, let’s get an insight into some of them.

Number one is fall from grace – to stop being liked by people in authority: He fell from grace for the first time when he was convicted of drink-driving.

(впасть в немилость)

The second candidate is dance to smb’s tune – to do smth that someone wants you to do (used to show disapproval): At that time, Eastern bloc

countries danced to the Soviet’s tune. (Танцевать под чью-то дудку)

Cross my heart - used to say that you promise that you will do something,

or that what you are saying is true. (Честное слово)

By trial and error – if you do something by trial and error, you test many different methods of doing smth in order to find the best: I learned most

that I know about gardening through trial and error. (Методом прoб и ошибок)

Come rain or shine – whatever happens you promise to do it: I will come to

the meeting come rain or shine. (Что бы не случилось)

Inferiority complex – continuous feeling that you are much less important,

clever than other people. (Комплекс неполноценности)

Overstay your welcome – when you are staying longer than expected

(Засиживаться в гостях)

Something can be in the balance – when you cannot yet know whether the results will be bad or good: Meanwhile, the fate of the refugees continues to

hang in the balance. (В подвешеном состоянии)

And finally you can be the master of your own destiny – to be in charge of

your life. (Хозяин доли)

Remember to forget!?

How to remember these nasty words? This is perhaps a question that has been vexing an army of students for centuries? So, WorldCenter Team has decided to come up with a number of remedies to assist our students in this language struggle.

Way N.1

You can draw associations

with familiar words or

objects. For instance, the

word hijack can be

visualized in the following

way: You are waving hello

to a guy called Jack.

Way N.2 This method I personally favour.

It is called Colourcoding. It is as

if you are making a traffic light

out of your notes. Mark all the

words you know green, „so-so‟

words are coloured yellow and all

unknown words will become red.

Then, whenever remembering

these words pay special attention

to red ones and give a cursory

look to green! This system can

work miracles!

Way N.3 Make a story or a poem out of the

words. The time you spent on

creating and looking for the right

context for the words will ensure

that you will remember them. At

least some of them!

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A student missing – Gone FunClubbing!

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and You

Last Saturday (on the 9th

of October) when it was raining cats and

dogs outside, 10 of us gathered in the WorldCenter for challenging a

break-new experience, playing an eminent game – MAFIA.

The fee for play was only 30 hrns, so right after registration

students started playing in one of the cozy rooms of our Multi-lingual

school. In order to perfect our timing the host laid a sweet table with the

black British tea. The whole night was at our disposal and we started to

play.

The rules of the game were not sophisticated in fact so everyone

easily caught a drift overnight.

In short each set of Mafia is made up of alternate «nights» and

«days». Every gamer grabs a card which determines whether the person

is Citizen, Sheriff, Mafia or Don. During the first night Mafia decides

who will be killed in the foreseeable future. Sheriff is looking for Don

to reveal the truth and Don is hunting for Sheriff. The main goal of each

team is to stay alive at any cost and win the game.

When the day approaches all citizens wake up and make their

suggestions about probable criminals. Everyone is given 1 minute to

express his\her thoughts about previously happened events. Some people

make conclusions based on explicit evidences or just rely on their own

inner feelings. The mutual suspicions and accusations are taking place

at this moment.

Last Saturday Tamara who is a tangibly logic-minded person took

a lead of the game. She quickly started her own investigation and put to a

great strain on allegedly suspected people. But being perceptive one can

turn into a dismal failure and trigger rather decisive actions of Mafia

against real threat. While criminals gradually had been killing innocent

citizens the rest of the players kept an eye on possible Mafiosi

desperately trying to catch a guilty sight or other provocative signs.

Thus in a cloud of deception Mafia plays its natural role killing as many

citizens as possible and evading the prison. The live example was

Margarita whose game was recognized as the best one. She successfully

had been playing her game as a Don but at the end she was under the

suspicion. Being on the verge of exposure Margo went to the last

resort and played Va-Bank.

Unfortunately or fortunately … this is a dubious question - but she

was sent to the prison despite going to the great length to persuade

others in her innocence.

Apparently to succeed in this game and uncover the truth you need

logic and keenness of observation. So boost your mind and end up the

best player of the game dubbed MAFIA. Be sure you will not spend your

time in vain.

Right now jump at the wonderful opportunity of being a member of

Mafia Club.

Join us!!!

Tanya Isayeva (CAE student)

On September 26th

15

activists including me took

part in Team Challenge

“Spider‟s Web” conducted

by the WorldCenter Fun

Club. We all suddenly

became a save-the-world

team, whose aim was to get

the cure for disease that

afflicted the world.

I’d thought that we were

going to search the remedy,

but no… We knew where it

was from the early beginning.

It was behind the spider’s

web! To get it, we all had to

go through the web (one

person per hole) in 1 hour.

At first it seemed

impossible. The web was too

high, the holes were too

narrow and what’s more we

were not allowed to touch the

threads. If we did one person

had to come back and go

through his/her hole again.

However we were not

discouraged by that, it

spurred us to join our forces

and develop an efficient

strategy.

That’s unbelievable but in

an hour we became a

cohesive team ready for

challenges and able to bend

over backwards to achieve the

goals. It’s hard to describe

emotions, but they are

extremely positive. So it’s

better to try once than to hear

a hundred times.

Nastya Mironenko

(Language Instructor)

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Creativity Parade

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They say that there is no limit to creativity and I more than

agree. Students of WorldCenter became a living example of that.

Intermediate group was offered a task to finish definitions of the

following concepts: Love, life, art, dogs and music. „A piece of

cake‟ you may say. You wish! They had to use words from the

topic about FASHION. Enjoy the results!

Ann Fedorets and Mary Sidenko

Love is a feeling when two people are obsessed with each

other.

Life is a violent fight among people to have the best place

under the sun.

Dogs are entertaining animals which belong to lively people.

Art is an entertaining but quite serious thing, a proof that we

need to live better.

Music is an activity which is created not for party poopers

but for party animals.

Tamara, Dennis and Valery

Love is a loose feeling that forces people to stand out in a

crowd.

Life is not always striped. We don’t have black and white

stripes on our way. Life is very patterned.

Art is self-expression in different ways like photo or

sculpture, sometimes it is awful and clumsy, but you are sure to have

satisfaction.

Dogs are reliable animals in a miserable violent world.

Music is an outstanding achievement of our time that helps to

loosen up.

Ira Golub and Marina Bykova

Love is a feeling when you have a lot in common with your

partner and together you are able to overcome any difficulty.

Life is a stunning thing. Create it yourself.

Art is a fascinating thing that helps people to come across as

an individual creator.

Libra

Got a few hours? Ask a Libra if

he would like chocolate or

vanilla ice cream. He'll consider.

He likes chocolate, alright, but if

he had vanilla he could put hot

fudge on top and have the best

of both. But that would be twice

as bad for him (and Libras,

known for their sweet tooth,

have to watch that paunch).

Then again, just chocolate is

boring, although not as boring as

plain old vanilla...

Better yet, don't ask a Libra if he

wants chocolate or vanilla ice

cream. Tell him which kind to

have.

Libras just can't make up their

minds. It comes from their need

to see justice done and their

ability to see both sides of every

issue. They think everything

through so thoroughly it's a

wonder they ever get out of the

house in the moving. Should

they wear the blue shirt or the

red? Loafers or boots? You get

the picture.

Libras are the natural judges of

the Zodiac. They are fair to all

people at all costs. Injustice of

any sort (whether to themselves

or others) offends them greatly.

Libra is ruled by Venus, the

Goddess of Love. If you are

blessed with a Libran lover, look

to the heavens and thank her for

this gentle, affectionate creature.

Libras are sentimental and

romantic. They bring you red

roses when you're feeling blue

and serve you breakfast in bed.

Libras love to be in love. It's

what they live for. Once in a

while they start petty little

arguments. They only do it to

make sure you still love them.

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Idioms for Teens

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English Slang English Slang English Slang English Slang English Slang

Chill out! - Не кипятись!

I’ll cut to the chase - переходить к главному, к сути (дела)

Sucker - простак, простофиля (человек, которого легко обмануть)

Oh jeez! - здорово!

Have a heart! - Будь человеком!

What a sicko! – чокнутый

Finders keepers - informal whoever finds something has the right to keep it Chap - старина, приятель

To freak out - вести себя необычно; пускаться во все тяжкие

Well played – Well done!

English Slang English Slang English Slang English Slang English Slang

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Idiom: To tear away from something such as a movie or book

Description: To leave something that is very interesting for you

Sample Sentence: I love this book! I have to tear myself away from it and go

back to work.

Idiom: To cut it out

Description: To ask someone to stop something

Sample Sentence: I don’t like that noise – cut it out.

Idiom: To have a laugh

Description: To have a good time

Sample Sentence: We had a laugh at your party last night.

Idiom: To go into hiding

Description: To go to a hidden place for a period of time

Sample Sentence: John went into a hiding after he won

a million dollars because so many reporters wanted

to interview him.

Created by Svetlana

FUN ZONE

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I regularly visit ‘WorldCenter’ and once they organized an open-air class in the forest a couple of weeks ago. It

was a very sunny day. There were fifteen people and only 7 of them could understand Russian: four teachers and

me, two other students. Foreign students were diverse: 2 Japanese, 2 Greek, several English and one American.

We were speaking only English and our communication was extremely important for successful completion of the

task. We were dealing with team challenge all together as if we have known each other for a very long time. If we

were not sporty people, we wouldn’t have overcome all difficulties. I will definitely remember this event as

fascinating and challenging.

Sokrat Kesov (PET)

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