Unit countries and cities

UNIT 7.
1. Famous people.
Match the English proverbs with their Russian equivalents .

1. 
   God helps them that help themselves.
   
2. 
   Practice makes perfect.
   
3. 
   Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
   
4. 
   Fortune favours the brave.
   
5. 
   Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
   
6. 
   He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
   
7. 
   Nothing venture, nothing have.
   

1. 
   Родиться в рубашке.
   
2. 
   Волков бояться ,в лес не ходить.
   
3. 
   Удача сопутствует смелым.
   
4. 
   На бога надейся, а сам не плошай.
   

2. Say how you understand three other English proverbs .
UNIT 8
1.Animals
1.Match the English proverbs with their Russian equivalents . Find an extra proverb and explain it.

1. 
   If run after two hares you will catch none.
   
2. 
   When the cat is away the mice will play.
   
3. 
   Like a cat on hot bricks.
   
4. 
   An old bird.
   
5. 
   Crocodile tears.
   
6. 
   To buy a pig in a poke.
   

1. 
   Купить кота в мешке.
   
2. 
   Крокодиловы слезы
   
3. 
   За двумя зайцами погонишься ни одного не поймаешь.
   
4. 
   Стреляный воробей.
   
5. 
   Быть как на иголках.
   

2. Find the “colour” idioms in the following sentences and explain them.

1. 
   Everyone in the class works hard but Tom is a black sheep here.
   
2. 
   A day seems sunny and hot so we need an umbrella as white elephant today.
   
3. 
   Nobody knows him well enough so he’s a dark horse here.