Blog 2: Proverbs
I really enjoyed reading your blogs and comments last week! Keep up the good work.
Read the proverbs below (from the grammar book Focus on Grammar 4). Respond to them in any way you'd like to. You might comment on one or more that are meaningful to you. Do you have life experience that matches these proverbs? Do you have similar proverbs in your culture? How do they compare? Write 2-3 good paragraphs.
1. Rome wasn't built in a day.
2. He ran away from the rain and was caught in a hailstorm.
3. Silence was never written down.
4. Never promise a fish until it's caught.
5. Stars are not seen by sunshine.
6. Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.
7. Skillful sailors aren't made by smooth seas.
8. A good year is known by its spring.
9. Knowledge is like a garden: if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.
10. Great trees are envied by the wind.
11. The night is dark, but the apples are counted.
Please title your blog "Blog #2". It is due Thursday before class.
Read the proverbs below (from the grammar book Focus on Grammar 4). Respond to them in any way you'd like to. You might comment on one or more that are meaningful to you. Do you have life experience that matches these proverbs? Do you have similar proverbs in your culture? How do they compare? Write 2-3 good paragraphs.
1. Rome wasn't built in a day.
2. He ran away from the rain and was caught in a hailstorm.
3. Silence was never written down.
4. Never promise a fish until it's caught.
5. Stars are not seen by sunshine.
6. Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.
7. Skillful sailors aren't made by smooth seas.
8. A good year is known by its spring.
9. Knowledge is like a garden: if it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.
10. Great trees are envied by the wind.
11. The night is dark, but the apples are counted.
Please title your blog "Blog #2". It is due Thursday before class.
1. Rome wasn't built in a day.
ReplyDeleteIt means that we want have great result we have to do every day. In Viet Nam we have similar sentence " we polish steal everyday we will have needle"
2. He ran away from the rain and was caught in a hailstorm.
It means that there are many options that are not good . In Viet Nam, we have similar sentence "He avoids Melon peel and meets coconut peel"