It’s useful to remember:

They’re only little once.

Grant me the wisdom to guide them down the path that their feet should take.

For I know that they can never turn back and walk those paths with me again.

Give me the wisdom to guide their feet so that someday they’ll be able to walk alone.

They’re only little once.

Give me the time I need to enjoy them.

For I know that after they’re grown, I’ll never have another chance to tell stories and pretend at those tea parties.

I’ll never have another chance to watch them in a school play or sing in church, or to see them catch that first fish or score that first goal or hit that first home run ball.

Give me the time in life’s busy schedule to have fun with my children.

They’re only little once.

Let me be a loving parent.

Let me correct and not just punish, explain and not merely scold.

Let me know when to correct, and how often, and when it’s best to just look the other way.

Help me be patient and give me a gentle hand to mould them into better people.

They’re only little once.

Let me be a good teacher and even better example.

Give me the right words and deeds to teach them.

Help me to teach them about You and how to walk in Your ways

So that when they are old they will not depart from Your ways.

For they are only little one time, only innocent and trusting and pliable for a space of time, one minute in an eternity.

Let me do my best for them while I have the chance. Amen.

VII. Highlight the meaning of the English proverbs and use them in the situations of your own.

1. As is the workman so is the work.

2. No pains no gains.

3. Haste makes waste.

4. Well begun half done.

5. A stitch in time saves nine.

MEALS

Translate, explain, and expand the quotations.

Единственно подходящее время для соблюдения диеты – это когда вы ждете, пока приготовится стейк. … Джулия Чайлд, ведущая кулинарного шоу

Я всегда готовлю с вином. Иногда даже добавляю его в пищу.

…У.С. Филдс

Любовь очень похожа на сосиски. И того, и другого всегда недостаточно.

… Трикси, собака Дина Кунца

Никогда не съедайте больше, чем можете поднять.

… Мисс Пигги

Желудок просвещенного человека имеет лучшие качества доброго сердца: чувствительность и благодарность. … А.С. Пушкин

Проблема итальянской кухни заключается в том, что дней через пять – шесть вы опять захотите есть. … Джордж Миллер

Когда официантка спросила меня, на сколько частей разрезать пиццу – на четыре или на восемь, - я ответил: «На четыре. Вряд ли я осилю восемь кусков». … Йоги Берра

When the stomach is full, it is easy to talk of fasting. - - - Saint Jerome

Avoid fruits and nuts. You are what you eat. - - - Jim Davis (Garfield)

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well. And talk well but not too wisely. - - - W. Somerset Maugham

We may live without friends; we may live without books But civilized men cannot live without cooks. - - - Owen Meredith

Americans can eat garbage, provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup, mustard, chili sauce, Tabasco sauce, cayenne pepper, or any other condiment which destroys the original flavor of the dish. - - - Henry Miller

One must eat to live, not live to eat. - - - Moliere

You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans. - - - Ronald Reagan

One may live without bread, not without roses. - - - Jean Richepin

Nothing stimulates the practiced cook's imagination like an egg. - - - Irma Rombauer

Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep. - - - Carl Sandburg

Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity. - - - Voltaire

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