13. If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Get Out Of the Kitchen

This proverb means: ________________________________________________________________

Names: Chris

Words:

a position with /in

prestigious

to be snowed under (with work)

to complain about

to quit

apparent

to come by

Answer the following questions:

1. Why was Chris so elated in the beginning?

2. What were his complaints?

3. How much time did it take him to understand that that job wasn’t for him?

4. What position can be considered prestigious nowadays?

5. What position is difficult to come by these days? Easy?

6. Decide what to do (get out of the kitchen or to continue) in the following situations:

• you come to the USA and it’s too difficult to live there

• a beautiful girl / guy with awful character

• the airplane in which it’s too hot

Make up your own dialogues illustrating the proverb and perform them in class with your partner.

14. Leave Well Enough Alone

This proverb means: ________________________________________________________________

Names: Vicki

Words:

satisfactory

lately

connoisseur

an exhibition

to be impressed

don’t change a thing!

to improve

to end up (doing smth)

to sleep on smth

Answer the following questions:

1. What do you think Vicki is?

2. What’s her latest project?

3. What’s her friend’s opinion about it?

4. Recall any situation in which you tried to improve something and finally ruined it?

5. Does this proverb mean that we shouldn’t try to become better and to make things around us better?

Learn the dialogue by heart and perform it in class with your partner.

15. Look Before You Leap

This proverb means: ________________________________________________________________

Names: Ed, Tiburon Beach

Words:

to concentrate on smth

a shopping center

to leap

a landfill

an earthquake

to take an action

so far

wary

Answer the following questions:

1. What are the speakers?

2. Where does the conversation possibly take place?

3. Why may the shopping center be a risky investment?

4. What would the guy probably do?

Learn the dialogue by heart and perform it in class with your partner.

16. Make Hay While the Sun Shines

This proverb means: ________________________________________________________________

Names: Jed, Mary Ann

Words:

an opportunity

a wet blanket

to be swamped with smth

to pass by

to tempt, temptation

to take a break

to count in

Answer the following questions:

1. Why does Jed refuse to come along with his friends?

2. What fact makes him go finally?

3. Do you always use an opportunity to do something when it’s available?

4. What opportunities do you use now?

Learn the dialogue by heart and perform it in class with your partner.

17. Strike While the Iron Is Hot

This proverb means: ________________________________________________________________

Words:

an offer / to offer

considerably

to accept

Answer the following questions:

1. Why is it a good time to make an offer on a house?

2. Why is the speaker afraid to make an offer?

Learn the dialogue by heart and perform it in class with your partner.