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Highlight the meanings of the English proverbs and use them in situations of your own.
1. As is the workman so is the work.
2. No pain no gain.
3. Haste makes waste.
4. A stitch in time saves nine.
5. Well begun is half done.
Exercise 29
Translate the quotations and comment upon them.
'A woman's place is in the house ... and the Senate.'
Bumper sticker, Washington, D.C.
'Housekeeping ain't no joke.'
Louise May Alcott
'There was no need to do any housework at all. After the first four years the dirt doesn't get any worse.'
Quentin Crist
'The whole process of homemaking, housekeeping and cooking which ever has been woman's special
province should be looked on as an art and a profession.'
Sarah Joseph Hale
Exercise 30
Role-play "The Meeting in the Women's Club"
Setting: Women's club "Housewives United".
Situation: Housewives of York community usually gather on Saturday evenings in their women's club.
On this day they have a chat about their domestic chores.
Characters:
Card I-II Rosie and Lizzie Two sisters who often help each other.
Card III-IV Lola and Paula. Two divorced friends, feminists, who hate domestic work.
Card V-VI Gracie and Tracey. Two widows who live alone now but go to see their married daughters
every week and help them about the house.
Card VII-VIII Molly and Dolly. Two friends, mothers of families with five children.
Card IX-X
Anita and Augusta. Two career women with no children. Anita is lucky to have a
househusband.
WRITING
Exercise 1
Learn the spelling of the italicized words from Introductory Reading and exercise 1 on page 93 and be
ready to write a dictation.
Exercise 2
In the table below, list in note form the advantages and disadvantages of:
1. handwashing;
2. machine washing;
3. sending the washing to the laundry.
Use the following structures:
One advantage of doing washing by hand is that you can ...
The trouble with doing your own laundry is that you don't (can't) ...
The main drawback of washing things by hand is that the clothes and linen ...
Advantages
Disadvantages
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Exercise 3
Expand your notes into a paragraph of 100 words summarizing the main advantages and disadvantages of
having a washing-machine as compared to hand washing and taking the washing to the laundry. Write which
way of doing the washing is preferable for your family.
Note: