Word nineteen

A child is not born a reasonable be­ing. It is only by listening and watching, examining everything by touching and tasting, that it learns what is good and what is bad. The more a child sees and hears, the more it knows. One may learn a good deal by listening to wise men. It is not enough to be endowed with a brain—only by hearing and memorizing the teachings of the learnt and by avoiding vices one can grow up a complete person.

But if one listens to wise words either with excessive enthusiasm or, conversely, paying too little at­tention, without asking what may not be clear, trying to get to the heart of the matter or drawing one's own conclusions, even though one may feel the wisdom and justice of such good counsels— what is the use of listening?

What can you talk about with a man who does not know the value of words?

As one sage put it: better to feed a pig that recognizes you ….

Exercise 6. Mark sentences true (T) or false(F) or doesn’t say.

1 A child is born a reasonable be­ing.

2 A child learns what is good and what is bad by listening and watching, examining everything by touching and tasting.

3 One may learn a good deal by listening to stupid men.

4 Listening to wise words isn’t useful.

What’s the main idea of the nineteenth word’s of edification. Which of these 3 proverbs best describe it?

1 Live and learn.

2 Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.

3 If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.

Exercise 7. Put the words in the correct order to make questions about job interview.

1 you / job /out / did / about / How / the/find?

2 shop / you / before / in / worked / Have / a?

3 did / there /you / What / do?

4 long / did / there / How/ you / work?

5 the right person / the job / do you think / you’re / Why / for?

6 you / When / start / could?