5th form
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Read the proverb using the code. Give it definition.
12 | 15 | 15 | 11 |
| 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 5 |
| 25 | 15 | 21 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
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2. Match the English and the Russian variants. Guess their meaning.
| a) Голод - лучший повар. b) Друг познается в беде. c) Аппетит приходит во время еды. d) В каждой избушке свои погремушки. e) Какой работник, такова и работа. f) Куй железо, пока горячо. g) О вкусах не спорят. h) В гостях хорошо, а дома лучше. i) В здоровом теле здоровый дух. j) Уча других люди учатся. |
3. Read the dialogue and say what proverb is missing. Use the proverbs given above.
Olga: What are we having for dinner today, Mother?
Mother: Fish soup, cutlets and mashed potatoes, then coffee and sweets.
Olga: I’d like coffee and sweets. I don’t want fish and soup, I am not hungry today.
Mother: I know that you are very fond of sweets, but you must eat some soup and a cutlet. You are tired and you only think you are not hungry.
Olga: (eating) You are right, Mother! I am hungry now. May I have some more soup?.....
4. Read the shot story and say which of the proverbs listed below gives it the best ending.
The professor could not answer it.
Old Mr. Brompton is a very clever man, yet the other day he could not answer his granddaughter’s question. “Grandpa”, she said, “I saw something so funny running across the kitchen floor without any legs. What do you think it was?” Grandpa thought and thought, but at last he had to give up. “What was it?” he asked. “Water,” replied the little girl triumphantly.
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While there is life there is hope.
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Live and learn.
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Men learn while they teach.
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