Do As I Say, Not As I Do

This proverb means:

________________________________________________________________

Names: Dave

Words:

for heaven’s sake infml

to take years off your life

to eat out one’s lungs

never mind

a teenager

to help smb out

to give smth a whirl infml

Answer the following questions:

1. Is the situation true to live?

2. What is really more convincing: words or actions?

3. Which one are you likely to follow?

4. Is there anything you do as you are said? What is it?

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12. If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them

This proverb means: ________________________________________________________________

Names: Mrs. Kowalski

Words:

not to be much of

unlike

a source of

annoyance

amazement

to attend a game

to talk smb out of smth / into smth

a pastime

loneliness

Answer the following questions:

1. What annoyed Mrs. Kowalski in her family?

2. Did she become a sports fan herself?

3. Does this kind of a problem exist in Russian families?

4. What would you like to do (join or compete) in the following situations:

- your small firm vs. Coca-Cola company

- you vs. Mr/Ms FENU

- your group vs. the dean of the faculty

- you vs. your parents

- you as a boss vs. employees

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13. If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Get Out Of the Kitchen

This proverb means: ________________________________________________________________

Names: Chris

Words:

a position with /in

prestigious

to be snowed under (with work)

to complain about

to quit

apparent

to come by

Answer the following questions:

1. Why was Chris so elated in the beginning?

2. What were his complaints?

3. How much time did it take him to understand that that job wasn’t for him?

4. What position can be considered prestigious nowadays?

5. What position is difficult to come by these days? Easy?

6. Decide what to do (get out of the kitchen or to continue) in the following situations:

- you come to the USA and it’s too difficult to live there

- a beautiful girl / guy with awful character

- the airplane in which it’s too hot

Make up your own dialogues illustrating the proverb and perform them in class with your partner.

Leave Well Enough Alone

This proverb means: ________________________________________________________________

Names: Vicki

Words:

satisfactory

lately

connoisseur

an exhibition

to be impressed

don’t change a thing!

to improve

to end up (doing smth)

to sleep on smth

Answer the following questions:

1. What do you think Vicki is?

2. What’s her latest project?

3. What’s her friend’s opinion about it?

4. Recall any situation in which you tried to improve something and finally ruined it?

5. Does this proverb mean that we shouldn’t try to become better and to make things around us better?

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Look Before You Leap

This proverb means: ________________________________________________________________

Names: Ed, Tiburon Beach

Words:

to concentrate on smth

a shopping center

to leap

a landfill

an earthquake

to take an action

so far

wary

Answer the following questions:

1. What are the speakers?

2. Where does the conversation possibly take place?

3. Why may the shopping center be a risky investment?

4. What would the guy probably do?

Learn the dialogue by heart and perform it in class with your partner.

Date: 2015-12-24; view: 787