Lesson n°10 – 8th of February 2023
Small Talk (4.59)
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HOMEWORK TASK: Summarise:
Once bitten twice shy
The Wolf & the House Dog
| Once upon a time a weak wolf and a very fat house dog met. Being the dog stronger (than him ) the wolf couldn’t eat him up. While talking the dog suggested the wolf to leave the forest to get all the advantages of a servile life with the humans. The wolf refused as freedom comes first of all. |
| Once a skinny Wolf met a fat Home Dog who had many marks on the neck. Although the Wolf was very hungry when he understood that to eat without problems he would have to be tied with a chain/ tethered and lose his freedom he preferred to return hungry to the woods because Freedom is everything. Antonella Marrucci |
| Tether v. legare/n . Catena: https://www.wordreference.com/enit/%20tether Eager: https://www.wordreference.com/enit/eager |
| One night a very skinny wolf bumped into / met a fat house dog. The dog said:”you can be as well-fed as I am” if you (do something: (chase people who carry canes, bark at beggars and) fawn https://www.wordreference.com/iten/adulare on the people of the house”. But when the wolf noticed that the dog had been tied to a chain/tethered by a collar ran away to the woods because Freedom is everything. Gabriella Greco |
| The story says there were two dogs : a fat tether dog/house dog with a chain around his neck/ and a thin Wolf that lived in the woods . The house dog asked the Wolf:”Why don’t you change your life? “… The Wolf replied: “no, no freedom is much more better!”. Simona |
| Once a skinny wolf was downhearted/discouraged/sad becouse he’d got very little to eat. One night he met a wellfed (ben pasciuto) house dog and he humbly complimented him for his fine appearance. The dog suggested the wolf to follow his example flattering/adulating the people of the house to get tidbits of every kind. At first the wolf wept for happiness, but when he saw the worn hair on the dog’s neck as marks of the collar where the chain was fastened, ran away to the woods because freedom comes first of all. Stefania ‘downhearted‘ sconfortato/ scoraggiato/triste |
| This story recalls us https://www.wordreference.com/iten/ci%20ricorda that freedom is very important in our life. Freedom is everything! The dog had a fastened collar on his neck and couldn’t run free in the wood so the wolf decided to run free and go wherever he wanted. Bernarda Galli |
| Once a skinny and hungry wolf met a well fed house dog. The dog is /was surprised to see such a thin wolf and invited him to live on the farm because life was more comfortable there. The wolf was tempted to accept but he noticed some scars on the dog’s neck.” Nothing important, just the chain”said the dog. The wolf then went back to the wood because he wanted to be free. Grazia Biondi |
| B2 First Speaking test – Victoria and Edward | Cambridge English(14.22) |