July 24, 2008

Oral Picture

Picture 1
This picture depicts a scene during a performance. There is a huge banner behind written “The Fantastic Six” and it is decorated with colorful balloons. One of the male singers, with spectacles, seems to have an upset stomach. Another female singer looks very worried and anxious about her friend. She is trying to support the boy while a woman, which could be their teacher, tends to his needs. Some of the audience look anxious and wonder what had happen to him. The other four singers continue singing in calm and relax way. By doing this, the audience will not be distracted or divert their attention to the commotion. It is by the children’s quick thinking that helped to continue the show.

Picture 2
This picture depicts a scene in a hospital ward. The elderly man lying on the bed seems to have injured his leg as he has a cast on his leg. I think that it is bad for elderly people to fall down as they are weaker and their bones are not very strong any more. There is a caring and patient nurse tending to the elderly man’s need. The man looks very satisfied with the nurse’s service, as there is a wide smile on his face.
Cause and Effect
In the ward, there are two playful kids running around, playing catching. They seem to have a whale of a time playing happily. The woman sitting on the chair seems to be seething with anger as she sees the kids running around. If I were the woman, I will certainly tell the children off. The kids should know the right place to play catching. They should not play in the hospital as the patients need tranquil atmosphere to rest. It is very important for people to look after their health.

Picture 3
This picture depicts a scene during a music lesson. Most of the students are attentive, listening to what the teacher says, but some of them are misbehaving when the teacher is not looking.
Wrong and Consequence
There is a boy, using his recorder to hit his friend while his friend is trying to learn how to play. The boy is showing very rude behavior.
Wrong and Consequence
There is a girl with ponytail, snatching her friend’s music book, as she did not have one. The girl with her recorder looks very frightened and miserable. The girl with ponytail should ask politely for the girl to share it with her. The students in the front row are more attentive, playing the recorder as the teacher plays the melody on the piano.

Picture 4
This picture depicts a scene in a classroom. There is a girl standing in front of the class, giving her speech on “My Ambition” confidently.
Cause and Effect
As the students are listening wholeheartedly to what the girl says, two boys at the back are fighting over a piece of paper. The girl in front is trying to ask them to lower down their volume. The teacher standing by the side is trying hard to control her temper as she sees the boys snatching the paper. It is certainly rude to misbehave when someone is talking. If I were the teacher, I will definitely scold the two boys after the girl has finished her speech. You must give respect to people for people to give respect to you.

July 20, 2008

The Answer is...

Your answer 'german' to the question seems to match the correct answer pattern. Well done!!

The full answer is as follows:

The german owns the fish. The explanation is long and involved. Just be patient and do the substitutions carefully.

Use the following grid. You can fill in house 3 drinks milk and the Norwegian is in house 1. Since the Norwegian lives next to the blue house, then house 2 is blue. Since the Dane drinks tea, he cannot be in house 1 or 3 so must be in 2, 4, or 5. Since the green house is to the left of the white house, and house 2 is blue we know that house 3 or 4 is green and 4 or 5 is white.

Keep on substituting in the evidence until it fits.

After you do all of the substitutions, you will notice that there is just one place where water can go. Then if you work it out some more, everyone has a pet except one person. They have the fish.

# Nationality Color Pet Drink Smoke
1 Norwegian - - - -




2 - Blue - - -



3 - - - Milk -



4 - - - - -





5 - - - - -

July 5, 2008

Can anyone solve this?

Einstein supposedly wrote this riddle and said 98% of the world could not solve it...

There are 5 houses painted in different colours in a row on a street. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The 5 owners each drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, nor drink the same beverage.

Hints:
The Brit lives in the red house.

The Sweed keeps dogs as pets.

The Dane drinks tea.

The green house is on the left of the white house.

The green house's owner drinks coffee.

The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.

The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.

The person living in the center house drinks milk.

The Norwegian lives in the leftmost house.

The person who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.

The person who keeps the horse lives next to the person who smokes Dunhill.

The owner who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer.

The German smokes Prince.

The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.

The person who smokes Blends has a neighbor who drinks water.


The person from what nationality owns the fish?________________