Пословица не даром молвится. Пособие для учителей английского языка

Практическая работа с английскими пословицами

Introduction

English people use proverbs in speech so often that a proverbs work with explanations, examples and exercises will be a valuable help to the advanced student of the English language.

This part of the book comprises forty seven proverbs used in Modern English. The proverbs are arranged in alphabetical order there are eight sections in this part of the book, each dealing with some proverbs. Each unit is in its turn subdivided into Explanatory Notes and Exercises.

Explanatory Notes give established forms of proverbs, explanations of their meaning, their Russian equivalents.

The aim of the exercises is to improve the students understanding and use of proverbs, and help them master spoken English in general. The exercises are meant for writing work at home. In class the students may be given exercises, such as:

– Build up a dialogue around a situation covered by this or that proverb

– Explain the meaning of the following proverbs or phraseological units in English

– In the book you are reading find passages which may be commented upon by using certain proverbs

– In the book you are reading find proverbs or phraseological units originating from them and comment on their use

– Translate from Russian into English the following passages containing proverbs

– Make up a story using the given proverb in the end or in the beginning of it

Technically speaking, a proverb is a sentence which has the following characteristics:

– it is not created in the process of speech but exists and is reproduced as a ready-made unit;

– it is characterized by the stability and relative constancy of its structure;

– it expresses some well-known truth or some kind of admonition and always has a generalized meaning;

– it is brief and vivid and often contains parallel or contrasting parts, rhyme, alliteration, and a certain rhythm.

All the components of a proverb are very important and interdependent.

Словарь пословиц

1. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

Лучше синица в руке, чем журавль в небе.

2. A burnt child dreads the fire.

Обжегшись на молоке, дуешь и на воду.

3. Actions speak louder than words.

Не по словам судят, а по делам.

4. A drowning man will catch at a straw.

Утопающий за соломинку хватается.

5. A friend in need is a friend indeed.

Друзья познаются в беде.

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