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Vocabulary: Please circle the words that you know. Ask your partner or teacher for the meanings of the other words.

interview sibling suburb possession impression
hobby smile frown enthusiasm goals

Proverbs: Read the proverbs below. Can you add another saying?

Strangers are just friends you haven't met yet. - American proverb.
Beauty is a good letter of recommendation. - German proverb
You never get a second chance to make a first impression. - American proverb.
You're never too old to learn. - Latin proverb
A single conversation across the table with a wise person
is worth a month's study of books. - Chinese proverb

Sharing Views: Which quotation is your favorite? Why?

1. "I never met a man I didn't like."
Will Rogers (1879-1935), American humorist

2. "I am free of all prejudices. I hate every one equally."
W. C. Fields (1880-1946), comedian

3. "There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation."�
James Nathan Miller, contemporary journalist

4. "He's the sort of guy if you say, "�Hi ya, Clark, how are you?" he's stuck for an answer"
Ava Gardner, film star, describing her ex-lover, the film star Clark Gable.

5. "Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors, for it is that which all are practicing every day while they live."
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American essayist/philosopher

6. "Don't tell your friends about your indigestion.
"How are you" is a greeting, not a question."
Arthur Guiterman (1871-1943), American poet

7. "The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it."
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873), British novelist/politician

8. "Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit."�
Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680), French writer

9. "It takes two to speak truth - one to speak and another to hear."
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), American philosopher

10. "There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are interesting monologues, that's all."
Rebecca West (1892-1983), English writer

11. "I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven."�
Barbara Streisand (1942-), American singer, actress, director, producer

12. "Everything becomes a little different as soon as it spoken out loud."
Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), novelist

13. "Never let your fear of striking out get in your way."
Babe Ruth (1895-1948), American baseball legend

14. "It was impossible to get a conversation going; everybody was talking too much."
Yogi Berra (1925- ) legendary baseball manager/catcher

EXTENSION: Before next class, compliment three people. Tell your class partner what happened.