Tram passenger who hurled racist abuse arrested

Woman's complaints about ethnic minorities living in UK filmed by fellow passenger on London tramlink route and put online

A woman has been arrested for allegedly making racist comments to other passengers on a packed tram. The incident was filmed and posted online, prompting police to investigate.

The clip (which contains explicit comments some viewers may find offensive) had been viewed more than 124,000 times by Monday afternoon after being uploaded to YouTube on Sunday, and shows a woman with a child on her lap shouting abuse at passengers. The incident happened on the Croydon to Wimbledon tramlink. British Transport police said a 34-year-old woman had been arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence.

The video footage, which sparked a Twitter trend with the hashtag #MyTramExperience on Monday, shows a woman complaining about ethnic minorities living in Britain. She starts by saying: "What has this country come to? … with loads of black people and a load of fucking Polish. You ain't English either. None of you are fucking English. Get back to your own fucking, d'you know what?

"Sort out your own countries. Don't come and do mine. Britain is nothing now. Britain is fuck all."

One of the passengers on the tram asks her to mind her language, saying: "There are little kids on the tram." The woman points to the child on her lap and says "I've got a little kid here."

Several other passengers complain about her use of language and racist comments, but the tirade carries on for more than two minutes.

Police launched an investigation after the video was brought to their attention on YouTube and Twitter. A spokesman said: "At present it is not entirely clear which tram stops the offence took place between and when it occurred.

"As a result, we need anyone who witnessed this incident, or with any information that could assist our investigation, to contact us."


WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE

By Joanne

SITTING THE FIRST CERTIFICATE

Those sts  like Sofia, Leila, Susana, Paola, Joanna, Marita  and Marina   can practise  with : http://www.examenglish.com/FCE/fcelistening.htm

Distancing Students

Remember If you want to take this exam at the British Council, you must first pass all the CEI C-65 s exams which are pretty tough, but fully rewarding

Good Luck

YAMI, GONZI, PAT  must hand in one  exercise of each paper per month.

EXAM TIME

Exam time is drawing on, so it is  a good idea  to revise , put together all notes, compare them with your mates´  and see that nothing is missing. EXAM TIME IS A GREAT TIME at the CEI C-65 every year because  we meet our native . It is a  surprise  who is coming. We don t know either sometimes, as it depends on who the different universities abroad which  we keep in contact with will be sending.
We ll keep you posted as soon as we know.
For  students who are doing their first year of FIRST CERTIFICATE OR PROFICIENCY  it is very important to pass these exams. If your performance is good, Next year you can apply at the BRITISH COUNCIL and obtain your International Certificate   PET AND CAE students can sit too but their course is only one year long, so next year they can sit at the BRITISH COUNCIL  as early as June 2012.
If you are keen on this, you must let us know to get everything ready for the occasion.
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Good luck

Yamila and Pat

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About the current economic crisis

This video about the Wall Street protests and the need for the government to provide jobs and the current economic future, watch it and think for yourselves.

Agustín Perez Villafañe

Argentina's Teflon Lady ( About Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and 23rd October ellectionS in Argentina)

I have found a very interesting article in Newsweek by Mac Margolis.An objective perspective about Cristina's Government: the events that make her popular or unpopular, her husband and former president's death, her projects and an outlook of the future after 23rd October ellections in Argentina. To my mind, it well worth reading this article.
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Work idioms

Hiring and firing

take on = hire someone: "They're taking on more than 500 people at the canning factory."
get the boot = be fired: "She got the boot for being lazy."
give someone the sack = fire someone: "He was given the sack for stealing."
give someone their marching orders = fire someone: "After the argument, he was given his marching orders."

How do you work?

get your feet under the table = get settled in: "It only took him a week to get his feet under the table, then he started to make changes."
burn the candle at both ends = work day and night at something: "He's been burning the candle at both ends to finish this project."
knuckle under = stop wasting time and start working: "The sooner you knuckle under and start work, the better."
put pen to paper = start writing: "She finally put pen to paper and wrote the letter."
work all the hours that God sends = work as much as possible: "She works all the hours that God sends to support her family."
work your fingers to the bone = work very hard: "I work my fingers to the bone for you."
go the extra mile = do more than is expected of you: "She's a hard worker and always goes the extra mile."
pull your weight = do your fair share of the work: "He's a good team worker and always pulls his weight."
pull your socks up = make a better effort: "You'll have to pull your socks up and work harder if you want to impress the boss!"
put your feet up = relax: "At last that's over – now I can put my feet up for a while."