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February 15https://peda.net/id/737b10503132019-02-15T18:36:18+02:00Today we discussed proverbs that have to do with learning and working. (See the answer key below).<br/>
We also did exercise 6 on page 121 and exercise 8 on page 122.<br/>
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Next week we'll start Chapter 12.<br/>
<b>Homework: p. 126 exercise 1: Warm-up</b><br/>
You can find the vocabulary on page 134.<br/>
Also take a look at thephrases on page 129 (Phrases for negotiating).<br/>
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<b>Wisdom in proverbs (handout) KEY</b><br/>
<b>Possible interpretations:</b> <br/>
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1. If you actively participate in the learning process, you learn better. <br/>
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2. You can memorise details but if you don’t understand them, you don’t really know anything. <br/>
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3. You cannot always be careful and polite if you want to achieve something. <br/>
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4. You should not work too much. Having said that, work is necessary to bring balance to life. <br/>
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5. If you want to achieve something, you must work for it. <br/>
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6. If you pay for a service, you have the authority to tell the service provider exactly how you want it to be done. <br/>
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7. The work itself can give you as much joy and satisfaction as the results of it. <br/>
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8. If you spend your life waiting for success, you will have an empty stomach. <br/>
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9. Genius requires hard work and only rarely pure inspiration and brilliant ideas. <br/>
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10. If you have ambitions in life, you will never be satisfied with the ordinary. <br/>
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11. The best person to catch a thief is someone who knows how thieves work. <br/>
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12. It is better to take care of things right now rather than let them pile up. <br/>
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13. Important work takes time.<br/>
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The proverbs:<br/>
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1. Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin <br/>
2. Any fool can know. The point is to understand. Albert Einstein <br/>
3. A cat in gloves catches no mice. 14th century French proverb <br/>
4. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy. Unknown <br/>
5. He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree. Scottish proverb <br/>
6. He who pays the piper calls the tunes. Unknown <br/>
7. Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice. Henry Ford <br/>
8. He that waits upon a fortune is never sure of a dinner. Benjamin Franklin <br/>
9. Genius is ninety percent perspiration and ten percent inspiration. Thomas Edison <br/>
10. One can never consent to creep when one feels the impulse to soar. Helen Keller <br/>
11. It takes a thief to catch a thief. Unknown <br/>
12. Never put off until tomorrow what can be done today. English proverb <br/>
13. Rome wasn’t built in a day. Medieval French phrase<br/>
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