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Imagine an ideal man/woman. Describe him/her briefly. Dwell upon his/her appearance, personality
and the way he/she treats other people. Use the topical words and expressions.
Exercise 31
Use your dictionary to clarify your understanding of the following idioms. Translate them. Make up a
situation to prove your proper understanding of each idiom.
1. to throw dust in one's eyes;
2. to have a big mouth;
3. to cost an arm and a leg;
4. to keep a stiff upper lip;
5. to keep your fingers crossed;
6. to put your best foot forward;
7. to be born with a silver spoon in one's mouth;
8. to be all skin and bones;
9. to cut one's teeth;
10. to give someone the cold shoulder;
11. to pull someone's leg.
Exercise 32
I. Say whether you know a person about whom you could say that he or she is:
1. as innocent as a babe unborn;
2. as cunning as a fox;
3. as busy as a bee;
4. as neat as a new pin;
5. as slippery as an eel;
6. as thin as a rake;
7. as true as steel;
8. as obstinate as a donkey;
9. as wise as an owl.
II. Tell your partner about him or her using the sayings given above.
Exercise 33
Find the Russian equivalents for the following proverbs and use the latter in a proper context.
1. A good name is better than riches.
2. A little body often harbours a great soul.
3. A word is enough to the wise.
4.
All that glitters is not gold.
5.
Handsome is as handsome does.
6.
He that is full of himself is very empty.
7.
You cannot judge a tree by its bark.
Exercise 34
Translate the following quotations and comment upon them.
'The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs'
Charles de Gaulle
'I sincerely wish ingratitude was not so natural to the human heart as it is.'
Alexander Hamilton
'You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot
fool all of the people all the time.'
Abraham Lincoln
'Human nature is rarely uniform.'
Waller Scott
'I hope I shall always possess maintain what I consider the character of an Honest Man'
firmness and
virtue enough to most enviable of all titles, the
George Washington
Exercise 35
Role-play "A Formal Gathering".
Setting: A formal gathering in a grand villa on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.