Cover of the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 7

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 13 - The hunt for news for the textbook Outcomes Advanced - Student's Book with authors Carol Nuttall and Amanda French from National Geographic Learning

Question

Work in pairs. Match 1-12 to a-l to make common sayings. Discuss what they mean. Do you have sayings in your language that express similar ideas?

Answer

  1. c
  2. f
  3. k
  4. h
  5. g
  6. b
  7. e
  8. j
  9. l
  10. d
  11. a
  12. i

Meaning

  1. Strong people can be relied on to act when a situation is difficult.
  2. You shouldn’t criticise if you are guilty of the same faults.
  3. Behave like the people of the country you are in.
  4. Instead of resisting or criticising what people are doing, do the same.
  5. Let’s recognise that people are different, and not be critical.
  6. The first person to do something is successful.
  7. Don’t refuse something good that is being offered.
  8. If something is working, don’t change it or try to improve it unnecessarily.
  9. If too many people participate in a task, the task will not be done very well.
  10. Even in bad times, there is something positive that may happen.
  11. We always think that things are better in another place, but that isn’t always the case.
  12. Don’t make plans that depend on something good happening before you know it’s actually happened.