No, ... just count your blessings.- Meaning: Be grateful for good things in life or what you have.
Ex: Sometimes you get frustrated learning online on the laptop ... but count your blessings; tech has given you a lot.
ORAL -3 __debate:
Hoping and optimising for life in 2021
— "An optimist is a man who looks after your eyes, and a pessimist is a man who looks after your feet."— "The optimist is a better reformer than the pessimist… It seems a paradox yet the reason of it is very plain. The pessimist can be enraged at evil. But only the optimist can be surprised at it.”
— "I came to the conclusion that the optimist thought everything good except the pessimist, and that the pessimist thought everything bad, except himself.
I. LANGUAGE.
Use TWO of the the idioms in part II.
Make the necessary changes where it is required.
1- There are plenty of fish in the sea
- Meaning: There are other choices.
- Ex: For learning English, there are plenty of fish in the sea like books, faraway friends, online tutors, HBO series etc.
2- When one door closes, another one opens
- Meaning: When you lost one opportunity, you find another one.
- Ex: When Andrea lost our new car keys, everyone was very sad but when one door closes, another one opens. That's how by sheer luck Andrea met Dominique , who brought them back, now they are best friends ever.
3- Everything is coming up roses
- Meaning: Everything is really excellent.
- Ex: My best friend passed her job interview and I also got promoted last winter, everything is coming up roses.
II. Language in TEXTS.
Below, National newspaper front pages from ...
TASK 1 : Read these USA headlines
on the link below- for 3min
usa link -- Choose both the liveliest /gloomiest cover
1.A) Use one of these joyous Synonyms:
- lively, joyful, mirthful, cheery,
- jolly, in good spirits, in high feather,
- optimistic, bright, vivacious,
1.B) Use one of these depressed Syn.:
- dreary, dark, downhearted,
- grim, dismal, dispirited,
- low-spirited, disconsolate
TASK 2 : Read these UK headlines
on the link below- for 2min
link -- make comments on one of them
Our final quotes by Paulo Coelho
“It’s a good idea always to do something relaxing prior to making an important decision in your life.”
‘Nothing is completely wrong, even a broken clock is right twice a day.’
“Sometimes, we are so attached to our way of life that we turn down wonderful opportunities simply because don’t know what to do with it.”
III. Language in action. Me, contented.
As NO Mr Beatle said,
All you need is less.
on the link below.
Do one of the seven
tests they offfer.
LEARN MORE ABOUT “SET POINTS”
BONUS TRACK
READ the article below, if interested....
- Pessimistic or realistic...
Epilogue:
quote from R. Oppenheimer, a famous scientist:
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.
The pessimist fears it is true.
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