February 15, 2019
February 15
Today we discussed proverbs that have to do with learning and working. (See the answer key below).
We also did exercise 6 on page 121 and exercise 8 on page 122.
Next week we'll start Chapter 12.
Homework: p. 126 exercise 1: Warm-up
You can find the vocabulary on page 134.
Also take a look at thephrases on page 129 (Phrases for negotiating).
Wisdom in proverbs (handout) KEY
Possible interpretations:
1. If you actively participate in the learning process, you learn better.
2. You can memorise details but if you don’t understand them, you don’t really know anything.
3. You cannot always be careful and polite if you want to achieve something.
4. You should not work too much. Having said that, work is necessary to bring balance to life.
5. If you want to achieve something, you must work for it.
6. If you pay for a service, you have the authority to tell the service provider exactly how you want it to be done.
7. The work itself can give you as much joy and satisfaction as the results of it.
8. If you spend your life waiting for success, you will have an empty stomach.
9. Genius requires hard work and only rarely pure inspiration and brilliant ideas.
10. If you have ambitions in life, you will never be satisfied with the ordinary.
11. The best person to catch a thief is someone who knows how thieves work.
12. It is better to take care of things right now rather than let them pile up.
13. Important work takes time.
The proverbs:
1. Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin
2. Any fool can know. The point is to understand. Albert Einstein
3. A cat in gloves catches no mice. 14th century French proverb
4. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy. Unknown
5. He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree. Scottish proverb
6. He who pays the piper calls the tunes. Unknown
7. Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice. Henry Ford
8. He that waits upon a fortune is never sure of a dinner. Benjamin Franklin
9. Genius is ninety percent perspiration and ten percent inspiration. Thomas Edison
10. One can never consent to creep when one feels the impulse to soar. Helen Keller
11. It takes a thief to catch a thief. Unknown
12. Never put off until tomorrow what can be done today. English proverb
13. Rome wasn’t built in a day. Medieval French phrase
We also did exercise 6 on page 121 and exercise 8 on page 122.
Next week we'll start Chapter 12.
Homework: p. 126 exercise 1: Warm-up
You can find the vocabulary on page 134.
Also take a look at thephrases on page 129 (Phrases for negotiating).
Wisdom in proverbs (handout) KEY
Possible interpretations:
1. If you actively participate in the learning process, you learn better.
2. You can memorise details but if you don’t understand them, you don’t really know anything.
3. You cannot always be careful and polite if you want to achieve something.
4. You should not work too much. Having said that, work is necessary to bring balance to life.
5. If you want to achieve something, you must work for it.
6. If you pay for a service, you have the authority to tell the service provider exactly how you want it to be done.
7. The work itself can give you as much joy and satisfaction as the results of it.
8. If you spend your life waiting for success, you will have an empty stomach.
9. Genius requires hard work and only rarely pure inspiration and brilliant ideas.
10. If you have ambitions in life, you will never be satisfied with the ordinary.
11. The best person to catch a thief is someone who knows how thieves work.
12. It is better to take care of things right now rather than let them pile up.
13. Important work takes time.
The proverbs:
1. Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin
2. Any fool can know. The point is to understand. Albert Einstein
3. A cat in gloves catches no mice. 14th century French proverb
4. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy. Unknown
5. He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree. Scottish proverb
6. He who pays the piper calls the tunes. Unknown
7. Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice. Henry Ford
8. He that waits upon a fortune is never sure of a dinner. Benjamin Franklin
9. Genius is ninety percent perspiration and ten percent inspiration. Thomas Edison
10. One can never consent to creep when one feels the impulse to soar. Helen Keller
11. It takes a thief to catch a thief. Unknown
12. Never put off until tomorrow what can be done today. English proverb
13. Rome wasn’t built in a day. Medieval French phrase