Comments on: Six pairs of contradictory proverbs http://sixthings.net/2009/05/25/six-pairs-of-contradictory-proverbs/ A Miscellany of English Language Teaching Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:01:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Rais http://sixthings.net/2009/05/25/six-pairs-of-contradictory-proverbs/#comment-476 Rais Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:57:31 +0000 http://sixthings.net/?p=1101#comment-476 Faint heart never won fair lady. Faint heart never won fair lady.

]]> By: Rais http://sixthings.net/2009/05/25/six-pairs-of-contradictory-proverbs/#comment-475 Rais Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:55:51 +0000 http://sixthings.net/?p=1101#comment-475 Of course: He who hesitates is lost. Of course: He who hesitates is lost.

]]> By: Rais http://sixthings.net/2009/05/25/six-pairs-of-contradictory-proverbs/#comment-474 Rais Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:53:18 +0000 http://sixthings.net/?p=1101#comment-474 Fools seldom differ. Fools seldom differ.

]]> By: Natalia http://sixthings.net/2009/05/25/six-pairs-of-contradictory-proverbs/#comment-473 Natalia Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:11:26 +0000 http://sixthings.net/?p=1101#comment-473 if you dont agree with the saying 'dicretion is the better part of valour' what can you use as an argument?? if you dont agree with the saying

‘dicretion is the better part of valour’

what can you use as an argument??

]]> By: englishuniverse http://sixthings.net/2009/05/25/six-pairs-of-contradictory-proverbs/#comment-472 englishuniverse Sat, 30 May 2009 22:08:48 +0000 http://sixthings.net/?p=1101#comment-472 You're welcome, Lindsay. EnglishUniverse, aka Daniel Martín. You’re welcome, Lindsay. EnglishUniverse, aka Daniel Martín.

]]> By: lclandfield http://sixthings.net/2009/05/25/six-pairs-of-contradictory-proverbs/#comment-471 lclandfield Sat, 30 May 2009 09:35:08 +0000 http://sixthings.net/?p=1101#comment-471 Great idea! I love it. Thanks EnglishUniverse! Great idea! I love it. Thanks EnglishUniverse!

]]> By: englishuniverse http://sixthings.net/2009/05/25/six-pairs-of-contradictory-proverbs/#comment-470 englishuniverse Fri, 29 May 2009 16:18:58 +0000 http://sixthings.net/?p=1101#comment-470 Great activity! A possible extension: Ask your students to, in pairs or in small groups, choose two or three of those proverbs and make up their own proverbs while keeping the main structure. For instance, "the pen is... than...", "better... than...", "you are never too... to...", etc. Then the new proverbs are displayed on the walls. Students circulate in the room, have a look at the new proverbs and vote on their favorite new proverbs (they cannot vote for their own). The 6 top most voted proverbs make it to Lindsay's Six Things blog. Great activity! A possible extension: Ask your students to, in pairs or in small groups, choose two or three of those proverbs and make up their own proverbs while keeping the main structure. For instance, “the pen is… than…”, “better… than…”, “you are never too… to…”, etc. Then the new proverbs are displayed on the walls. Students circulate in the room, have a look at the new proverbs and vote on their favorite new proverbs (they cannot vote for their own). The 6 top most voted proverbs make it to Lindsay’s Six Things blog.

]]> By: Sandy http://sixthings.net/2009/05/25/six-pairs-of-contradictory-proverbs/#comment-469 Sandy Wed, 27 May 2009 18:57:00 +0000 http://sixthings.net/?p=1101#comment-469 Should be 'job', of curse! Should be ‘job’, of curse!

]]> By: Sandy http://sixthings.net/2009/05/25/six-pairs-of-contradictory-proverbs/#comment-468 Sandy Wed, 27 May 2009 18:56:23 +0000 http://sixthings.net/?p=1101#comment-468 "Things done in haste at leisure be repented" Could we apply that to our choice of EFL as a career or jos? And I can't think of an opposite - perhaps there is none in this particular case? “Things done in haste at leisure be repented”

Could we apply that to our choice of EFL as a career or jos?

And I can’t think of an opposite – perhaps there is none in this particular case?

]]> By: Anadelia http://sixthings.net/2009/05/25/six-pairs-of-contradictory-proverbs/#comment-467 Anadelia Tue, 26 May 2009 23:37:33 +0000 http://sixthings.net/?p=1101#comment-467 Why those devices all "go off"? Very simply, dear, because they make us disappear from where we were originally. You get out of your bed, hurry away from home, run to an appointment, or make you go to your next life!!! Why those devices all “go off”? Very simply, dear, because they make us disappear from where we were originally. You get out of your bed, hurry away from home, run to an appointment, or make you go to your next life!!!

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