Задание
Comment on the proverb. Work in groups and make up a short story to illustrate it.
- Seeing once is better than hearing twice.
План:
- Объясняем смысл пословицы: увидеть что-то своими глазами один раз надёжнее, чем дважды услышать о нём от других.
- Выражаем своё мнение и приводим довод.
- Придумываем короткую историю, в которой герой сначала слышит рассказ, а потом убеждается лично.
Пословица «Better to see once than hear a hundred times» по смыслу соответствует русской «Лучше один раз увидеть, чем сто раз услышать».
Comment. This proverb means that it is better to see something with your own eyes just once than to listen to other people's stories about it many times. I agree with it, because people can exaggerate or make mistakes, but what we see ourselves is more reliable.
Story. Last summer my friend Tom told me that the old castle in our town was boring and there was nothing to see there. I heard the same thing from two other classmates, so I did not want to go. But one Sunday my family took me there. I was amazed! The castle had a beautiful garden, a high tower and a small museum with real knights' armour. I understood that the others were wrong. Now I always say: "Seeing once is better than hearing twice!"
Spell these words.
- [əˈpɪə]
- [ˈkɒləm]
- [neɪm]
- [ˈmɒnjʊmənt]
- [ˈredi]
- [faʊnd]
- [ˈpɪktʃə]
- [streɪt]
- [bæŋk]
- [ˈnəʊbədi]
- [ˈɔːtəm]
- [brɪŋ]
- [faʊnd]
- [ˈwʊdn]
- [rəʊd]
- [ˈɑːkɪtekt]
Читаем каждую транскрипцию и записываем слово:
- [əˈpɪə] — appear (уже вписано в книге)
- [ˈkɒləm] — column (буква n не читается)
- [neɪm] — name
- [ˈmɒnjʊmənt] — monument
- [ˈredi] — ready
- [faʊnd] — found
- [ˈpɪktʃə] — picture
- [streɪt] — straight
- [bæŋk] — bank
- [ˈnəʊbədi] — nobody
- [ˈɔːtəm] — autumn (буква n не читается)
- [brɪŋ] — bring
- [faʊnd] — found
- [ˈwʊdn] — wooden
- [rəʊd] — road
- [ˈɑːkɪtekt] — architect
Слова с одинаковой транскрипцией в пунктах
- appear
- column
- name
- monument
- ready
- found
- picture
- straight
- bank
- nobody
- autumn
- bring
- found
- wooden
- road
- architect
