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Feb 9, 2010

THE UNICORN IN THE GARDEN - Activities


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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