A piece of news 2: Japan consumer confidence index slides further in April.

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Japan consumer confidence index slides further in April:

 

The consumer confidence index fell to 33.1, down from 38.6 in March, according to the Cabinet Office. The ministry also downgraded its assessment on consumer confidence. People refrained from spending money on going to amusement parks or drinking and eating to respect those living in disaster areas," said Masaki Kaano, chief economist at JP Morgan Securities. There is no massive downward trend and there are signals of a bounce," said Naomi Fink, Japan strategist at Jefferies in Tokyo. Spending is likely to rebound, as consumers' concerns are not centred around job security - as they were in the aftermath of the global economic crisis in 2008, said Ms Fink. There are signs that consumer mood was already recovering at the end of April, which coincided with the start of a week-long holiday in Japan called Golden Week. Another factor lifting spirits has been the end of the Buddhist mourning period. Consumer sentiment changed positively when Golden Week started, and that uptrend remains unchanged into May," said Mr Kaano.

Apiece of news NHS hospitals in England face tough efficiency savings

A one piece of news, NHS hospitals in England face tough efficiency savings.

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The Department of Health has already said it wants efficiency savings of 4% for each of the next five years.  Monitor says higher than expected inflation and tougher financial penalties for hospitals are to As part of the government's reforms of the NHS in England every hospital is expected to become a foundation trust.But to do that they must satisfy the financial regulator they can balance their books.The NHS is in a strong financial position. We are investing an extra £11.5 billion into the NHS by 2014-15.

Efficiency savings:

About 85 hospitals and mental health trusts have yet to achieve foundation status, but now Monitor has told them the bar is being raised even higher.In December the Department of Health said it was looking for efficiency savings of 4% for each of the next five years. "It is essential that the quality of patient services does not suffer as a result cost-cutting measures.

Benchmark
They are also the benchmark wich Monitor will use to judge whether a hospital will be granted foundation status, And while some health economist had questiones whether hospitals could make year on year savings of 4%, these new figures look much tougher. "Ican see a hospital doing this for one or two yars, but not five years. Hospitals in Engalnd have until April 2014 to achieve foundation trust status.

How to tell the time

What time is it?

In English we use “past” or “after  to say times what the time is until half past, or 30 minutes past the hour.
We use “to” to say times before the hour from 31 minutes until the full hour.
In English we use o’clock only at the full hour.
Example: It’s eight o’clock
When speaking about the different times of the day we often use: in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening.

We use the term o’clock to refer to a a full hour. Examples:

15:00 - It's three o'clock.
22:00 - It's ten o'clock.


We use the term half (mitad) to refer to 30 minuets. 30 is the limit to use “past” or “after”. Examples:

14:30 - It's half past two.
22:30 - It's half past ten.






We use the term quarter to 15 minutes. It this is before 30 then we use “past” or “after”

21:15 - It's quarter past nine.
20:15 - It's quarter past eight.




Similar to the last example. We use a quarter to refer to 15 minutes but it is after 30 so we use “to”. 
Examples:

15:45 - It's quarter to four.
9:45 - It's quarter to ten.






Remember to use “past” or “after” when the minutes are before 30.

 15:25 - It's twenty-five past three
 16:20 - It's twenty past four.






When it is after 30 minutes we DO NOT use “past” or “after”. WE USE “TO” and we point to the next hour. Examples:

18:40 - It's twenty to seven.
22:35 - It's twenty-five to eleven






The aplication of the game is

http://www.teachingtime.co.uk/clock2/clockwordsres.html

 

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What is football for?

What is football for?
Football is why we live,
it runs, it wins us
time and time over.
It is tobe enjoyed in;
Why can we live but football.

(Poem based on Philip Larkin's poem "Days")

What is moon for?

What is moon for?
Moon is where find my light,
It see, it paint us.
Time and time over
it are tobe smail in; 
Where can find my light moon? 

(Poem  based on Philip Larkin's poem "Days")

How to write numbers in english

Cardinal numbers		Ordinal numbers
0	zero	---
1	one	1st	first
2	two	2nd	second
3	three	3rd	third
4	four	4th	fourth
5	five	5th	fifth
6	six	6th	sixth
7	seven	7th	seventh
8	eight	8th	eighth
9	nine	9th	ninth
10	ten	10th	tenth
11	eleven	11th	eleventh
12	twelve	12th	twelfth
13	thirteen	13th	thirteenth
14	fourteen	14th	fourteenth
15	fifteen	15th	fifteenth
16	sixteen	16th	sixteenth
17	seventeen	17th	seventeenth
18	eighteen	18th	eighteenth
19	nineteen	19th	nineteenth
20	twenty	20th	twentieth
21	twenty-one	21st	twenty-first
30	thirty	30th	thirtieth
40	forty
50	fifty
60	sixty
70	seventy
80	eighty
90	ninety
100	a/one hundred
1,000	a/one thousand
10,000	ten thousand
100,000	a/one hundred thousand
1,000,000	a/one million
1,000,000,000	a/one billion

In American usage, four-digit numbers with non-zero hundreds are often named using multiples of "hundred" and combined with tens and ones: "One thousand one", "Eleven hundred three", "Twelve hundred twenty-five", "Four thousand forty-two", or "Ninety-nine hundred ninety-nine." In British usage, this style is common for multiples of 100 between 1,000 and 2,000 (e.g. 1,500 as "fifteen hundred") but not for higher numbers.

Americans may pronounce four-digit numbers with non-zero tens and ones as pairs of two-digit numbers without saying "hundred" and inserting "oh" for zero tens: "twenty-six fifty-nine" or "forty-one oh five". This usage probably evolved from the distinctive usage for years; 'nineteen-eighty-one'. It is avoided for numbers less than 2500 if the context may mean confusion with time of day: "ten ten" or "twelve oh four."

Expressing Numbers in English:

If a number is in the range 21 to 99, and the second digit is not zero, we should write the number as two words separated by a hyphen:

 25 Twenty - five

57 fifty - seven

 89 eighty-nine

Numbers over 100 are generally written in figures. However if you want to say them aloud or want to write them in words rather than figures you put 'and' in front of the number expressed by the last two figures. For example:

203      two hundred and three             (AmE: two hundred three) 622      six hundred and twenty-two     (AmE: six hundred twenty-two)

Numbers between 1000 and 1,000,000 is usually said or written in words as:

 

1,803    one thousand, eight hundred and three  (AmE: one thousand, eight hundred three) 1,963    one thousand, nine hundred and sixty-three (AmE: one thousand, nine hundred sixty-three)

 Four-figure numbers ending in 00 can also be said or written as a number of hundreds. For example, 1800 can be said or written as "eighteen hundred"

Saying years. We normally say a year in two parts. In the case of years ending in "00", we say the second part in "hundred":
 

 

1058   ten fifty-eight 1706   seventeen hundred and six (or 'seventeen oh six') 1865   eighteen sixty-five 1900   nineteen hundred

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