June CROSSROADS Language Studio’s Newsletter 2007

Here’s a dog’s “tale” foryou…., meet Ratty.
Ratty is a 5 year oldJack Russell who lives 15
miles (about 24 kilometers)
outside of York in NorthEngland. Somehow he got
the idea to hop on thenumber 10 bus that stops
near his home and travel
all the way to York… on
his own! He has worked Top: Ratty. Bottom: Rattyout how to get on and off at leaves the bus in York.
the same stops every time he goes, and henever makes a mistake!
Why does he do it?
Ratty has a favorite pub he likes to go
to in York. No, not for the beer. It seems
he is attracted to one of the young
bartenders working there. No, notbecause she is a beautiful young woman(though this undoubtedly is so). What
does attract him are the sausages thatshe feeds him every time he arrives,
which is about 2 or 3 times a week. He
has found that taking the bus is a very
convenient way to get to his favorite
treat.

The bus drivers and passengers now
accept him as one of the regulars on theroute and say he is perfectly well
behaved all the way. He waits patiently
and doesn’t rush or push to get off. Hestays all day and gets a lift home withthe kind barmaid. Pretty slick, don’t youthink?
Not to be outdone by an Englishman’sdog, a dog in China can go one better!
Lili, according to his owner, likes to go to
the local sausage shop tobuy his own sausages.
Whenever he gets hungry,
he barks to let his ownerknow. “I’ll drop him one
yuan and he takes themoney in his mouth and I’ll take one of yourspecials, please”.
runs to the neighbourhood
shops, which all know him well”, says hismaster, Wu Qianhe. Lili refuses to let goof the money until he sees the sausage!
And he knows the difference between apiece of white paper and real money. “Youcan never cheat him”, says Mr. Wu.
Well, it goes to show, dogs will go to
great lengths for a good sausage!
(These words are in colour in the story)

hop 飛び乗る
worked out 習得した
bartenders バーテンダー
convenient 便利なrush 突進する
route 路線

attracted ひき付けられる
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the NoticeP3.forinformation on these events. Also get the details from Junko in the office. See you there!
Junko Says: Recently, we hear something about global warming every day, on TV,
the Internet and even in the free newspaper distributed by our local NGO, which isespecially concerned with global warming issues. TV messages of people saying “it’stoo late to start tomorrow”, the image of a person pulling out an electric plug, orturning off the shower after a moment’s thought have made an impression on me.
So, now I too have started turning off lights, water and the gas, often!
Alice Says: Have you been to any parties recently? Do you enjoy going to parties and meeting
new people, or are you a little shy? Believe it or not, I used to be painfully shy! I used to feelexcruciatingly awkward if I had to speak to people I didn’t know. I almost always flushed red withembarrassment too! However, nowadays I often meet people at parties. It’s a great opportunity tomake new friends! All it takes is a little courage to ask a few questions. We have three parties at
Crossroads in July – why not come and see how many new friends you can make!
Iain Says: “The Great Appliance Revolt” is when many of your household machines break at the same time.

My mother came up with the term after she and my father came back from vacation and the car air conditioner,
the refrigerator, the dishwasher, the washing machine, and the television all broke. They couldn’t pay for thedamage because they had spent all of their money on vacation. Well I ran into the same bad luck a few weeks ago.
My car’s breaks and my computer monitor broke, and my Nintendo DS was stolen just five days after I bought it!
This isn’t as bad as my mother’s experience, but it made me realize that, “When it rains, it pours!”

Adrienne Says: My small back-up cat, Jack, seems to have become themain cat of the house. This is because his brother, Leo, only comeshome once every two or three months for brief visits. Jack’s characterhas changed greatly. He is more friendly and affectionate with hisfamily, and when his brother returns home, he looks very unhappy.
Greg Says: Did you see ELWOOD, the ugliest dog in the world? It reminded me of myneighbors cat many years ago. It was a mangy looking beast with scars and a missing ear. Its
front leg was bent and its meow was deafening. BUT everyday it would hobble over to you andrub its ugly head against your leg to say hello, hoping you wouldn’t run away in fright. As soon
as you rubbed his head or his back, it would look up at you with the biggest thank you in its eyes,
making you want to cry. This ugly cat taught us all that love runs deeper than looks.
Dean Says: Well, Summer is here at last after many months ofwaiting patiently. I’ve been to the beach twice in the last few weeks
in Kochi and, was it worth the drive? Yes! It was absolutely fantastic
to get back into the sea. So, what are you planning to do thissummer? Whatever it is, enjoy yourself!!

DON’T MISS……….

SaTURDAY, JULY 28th:
AT 8:00PMHERE AT CROSSROADS
Invite everyone - friends,
family, everyone - to comealong to the Party! –A little background musicfrom Adrienne

THE “CHANCE” CONCERT!
1ST JULY, STARTING AT 13:00 – HERE!

Courses you can take at CROSSROADS
NET LESSONS:
Are you too busy to come to CROSSROADS to study? Try ourlessons on the internet! --- It’s CROSSROADS in your homeor office! You get CROSSROADS’ great teachers, teaching
programs, even classmates, all on-line! Call for details.

NET SITE OF THE MONTH:
For some short, “quirky” stories, go to:
http://www.ananova.com/lp.html?keywords=quirkies

NET NOTEBOOK: Don’t forget to take a look at theInternet activity notebook in our open-house. You’ll findgames, news and English learning sites.

GENERAL COURSES:
2 x’s 60mins / week
1 x’s 90mins / week
Private 1 x / week
Semi-Private 1 x /week

MOTHER & CHILD: group or private
KIDS: group or private

FRENCH with Natacha
SPANISH with Patricio
RUSSIAN with Natasha
GERMAN with Marita & Matthias
CHINESE with Noriko
KOREAN with Kum Fa

COSMOPOLITAN COURSES:“Singing in English” with Alice
Yoga with Dean
Guitar with William“Cooking in English” with Alice & Dean
“Magic English” with Iain
Piano with Adrienne
Acting with Alice
NETLESSONS:
group or private

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Tel: (089) 921-7595
Fax: (089) 921-7319
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