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LESSON 7 --- PEARLS OF WISDOM
Lesson7: Pearls of Wisdom
1.Why do people use proverbs?
Many people love proverbs for their wisdom. Others enjoy the images in proverbs. But proverbs are most impressive because they express a lot of information in just a few words. A good proverb quickly sums up ideas that are sometimes hard to express. And the person listening immediately understands it.
2.Where do proverbs come from?
Proverbs come from two main places ? ordinary people and famous people. These two sources are not always distinct. Common and popular wisdom has often used by famous people. And something said or written down by a well-known person has often been borrowed by the common man. For example, “Bad news travel fast” probably comes from the experience of housewives. However, “All's well that ends well” was written by William Shakespeare.
3.What do proverbs tell us?
Proverbs are used everywhere in the world. If you can understand a culture itself. There are many different ways that we use proverbs in daily life.
1.Why do people use proverbs?
2.What are the two main places that proverbs come from?
3.What does “bad news travel fast” mean? Do you have any experiences that show this proverb?

What does it mean?

1. Give Advice
2. Teach a Lesson
3. Give a warning
4. Express a common truth

1.Can you share any popular proverb in your country? What does it mean?
2.Can you make your own proverb? If so, please share it!
3.Do you believe in the proverb: What a man sows, that shall he also reap? What can you say about this?
4.Is it true that whatever you started wrong will never end right? Justify your answer.