NOTHING TO BE DONE

Student – “But I don’t think I deserve an absolute zero.”

Professor – “Neither do I, but it is the lowest mark that I am allowed to give.”

You are a student of the KPI. Make up a story about exams using the suggested words and phrases from the Mini-Dictionary (UNIT 1).

Give the Ukrainian equivalents of the following proverbs and sayings (5 of the suggested) and comment on them.

1. A fool man can ask more questions in an hour than a wise man can answer in seven years. 2. Don’t teach a fish to swim. 3. Repetition is the mother of learning. 4. No pains – no gains. 5. Live and learn. 6. It’s never too late to learn. 7. Knowledge is power. 8. Better untaught than ill-taught. 9. All things are difficult before they are easy. 10. Money spent on the brain is never spent in vain. 11. One good head is better than a hundred strong hands. 12. To teach the dog to bark. 13. Too much knowledge makes the head bald.

14. To know everything is to know nothing. 15. Zeal without knowledge is a runway horse. 16. Where there is a will there is a way. 17. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. 18. What we do willingly is easy. 19. First think then speak. 20. There is no rule without an exception. 21. Soon learnt – soon forgotten. 22. Little knowledge is a dangerous thing. 23. Like teacher, like pupil. 24. He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing. 25. He that knows nothing, doubts nothing.