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What do these words and expressions from the article mean? Choose a or b. How did
you guess the meaning? Tell a partner
1. you'll flunk out
you'll fail and leave college
you'll graduate
2. Renderings
Photographs
Drawings
3. according to him
he said
I said
. a motto
a promise
a rule to live !y
". put your mind to it
forget a!out it
try hard to do it
#. you're not inclined to !e
you're not the type to !e
you're not afraid to !e
$. solidified it
convinced me
worried me
%. I was !ound and determined
I was very angry
I was very focused
Read the article again.&re the sentences true or false'
(orrect the false sentences.
1. Pat always planned on !eing a civil engineer. F
2. )he first !ecame interested in engineering !ecause she loved math and science. F
3. *er mother encouraged her to follow her dream. T
. Pat+s teachers e,pected her to !e in a profession like engineering. F
". Pat wanted to prove to everyone that she could !e a civil engineer. T
#. Pat refused to let any pro!lems stop her along the way T
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Find the underlined words in the inter!iew. What do you thin" #esley means when
she uses those words?. What helped you guess the meaning?
1. Her $clothing% style is eclectic.
strange
!aried
e,citing
. Clothes reflect our personalities.
show
hide
develop
&. 'he is a free spirit.
happy
sad
independent
(. 'he doesn)t li"e feminine styles.
girlish
unusual
plain
*. 'he wears e!ery color under the sun.
like yellow
outdoors
that e,its
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C. -ind .nglish prover!s in the article these meaning. Do you have similar prover!s in
your language' Discuss with a partner.
1. +e!er assume you)re going to be luc"y.
/Don+t count your chickens !efore they hatch/
. When you miss someone, you lo!e him or her more.
/&!sence makes the heart grow fonder0/
&. #ots of people ma"e a -ob easier
/1any hands make light work./
(. +e!er gi!e up.
2If at first you don't succeed 3 try0 try again.4
D. .ead the article again. Can you find these things? Compare answer with a partner.
1. two reasons why people use pro!erbs
5e use prover!s to make points more convincingly and more memora!ly than most of us
could otherwise manage.
5e also use prover!s !ecause they lend a measure of authority to our opinions0 suggesting
that what we are saying is simply common sense
. three pairs of pro!erbs with opposite meanings
/*e who hesitates is lost0/ !ut we also warn the !old0 /6ook !efore you leap./ 5e may say
that /&!sence makes the heart grow fonder0/ !ut we also say0 /7ut of sight0 out of mind./
5hen we want help0 we say0 /1any hands make light work./ 5hen we don+t want it0 we
grum!le that /8oo many cooks spoil the !roth/
&. three situations in which tra!elers might use pro!erbs.
a late arrival0 an une,pected turn of events0 or perhaps the need to acknowledge a !lunder.
(. The reason why the author/s attempt at using a pro!erb didn)t wor".
!ecause It seems that the 9apanese word for 2frog4 sounds much like the 9apanese ver! 2to
return.4
*. a pro!erb in 0nglish and in another language with the same meaning
2-all down seven times0 get up eight4. 28hat:s the 9apanese version of 2If at first you don:t
succeed 3 try0 try again.4
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Can you find words or expressions in the article that mean these things? 1nderline
them
1. una!le to move or speak
2. thinking creatively
3. a!le to get over things easily
. unfriendliness
". a conflict !etween
#. have an effect on
$. remem!er what you were thinking
%. small talk