I) Fill in the blanks
Complete the following text with only one word in each blank.
Once (1)__________ a time , there was a man who saw a white unicorn with a
gold horn (2)__________ roses in the garden . With a (3)__________ heart , he
hurried upstairs to tell his wife what he (4)__________ seen . The woman didn´t
pay much attention to him . “You´re a (5)__________”, she said and went on
sleeping . As (6)__________ as her husband had gone out of the house again , the
woman got (7)__________ and dressed . She telephoned the police and a
psychiatrist . When she told them what her husband had told her they thought she
was (8)__________ as a jay bird . They seized her , got her into a (9)__________
and she (10)__________ taken to an institution. The husband lived happily ever
after.
II) Discuss the following proverbs
Work in pairs or small groups and discuss the following proverbs . Think of ways of explaining them.
1- Turn a deaf ear to a fool.
2- The early bird catches the worm.
3- Everyone has his crazy.
4- When one door shuts, another opens.
5- A closed mouth catches no flies.
6- A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
7- Better late than never.
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