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onehundredmathproblemsbeforecomingtoschoolthenextday.Thechildren

complainaboutsomuchhomework.Butonestudentdoesnotprotestatall.That

studentisaneagerbeaver.Helovestodomathproblems,anddoesnotmindall

thehomework.

Theexpressionissaidtohavecomefromthenameofahard-working

animal---thebeaver.

Beaversarestrange-lookingcreatures.Theyspendalotoftimeinthewater,

buildingdamstocreatelittlelakesorponds.Theyusetheirhugeteethandwork

hardtocutdowntrees,removebranchesandputthemacrossstreams.Theyuse

theirtailstopackmudonthebranchestomakethedamssolid.Fewother

animalsworksohard.

HistorianssaythebeaverhadanimportantpartinthesettlementofNorth

America.

TherewerehundredsofmillionsofbeaverswhenEuropeansettlersfirst

arrived.Thesettlersputgreatvalueonthefurofbeavers.Infact,fortwo

hundredyearsormore,beaversprovidedthemostvaluablefurinNorth

America.Beaverskinsoftenusedasmoney.

Youngmenlookingforadventureheadedwestacrossthecountrytosearch

forbeavers.Intheirsearch,theyexploredmuchofthewesternterritories.The

tradingposts,wheretheyexchangedbeaverskinsforthegoodstheyneeded,

becamevillages,andlatertownsandcities.

IT'

SINTHEBAGThebag---oneofthesimplestandmostusefulthingsinevery

manorwoman'

slife---hasgiventheworldmanystrangeexpressionsthatarenot

verysimple.AnumberoftheseexpressionsarewidelyusedintheUnitedStates

today.SomewereimportedfromEnglandalongtimeago.

Whenyouaresureofsomething,youcansay,“It'

sinthebag.”

Thisphraseseemedtohavearrivedwiththemodernpaperbag.Before,

Americansusedtosay,“It'

sallwrappedup.”Then,thingsyouboughtwere

wrappedinplainbrownpaper,orsometimesinoldnewspaper.

Anotherwidelyusedexpressionsis“toletthecatoutofthebag”,meaning

torevealawell-keptsecret.

Noonecanexplainhowthecatgotintothebag,orwhyitremainedthere.

Butthereisanoldstoryaboutit.Longagotradesmansoldthingsinlargecloth

bags.Onceawomanaskedforapig.Thetradesmanhelduphisclothbag.Inside

therewassupposedtobealivepig.Thewomanaskedtoseeit.Whenthe

dishonesttradesmanopenedthebag,outjumpedasquealingcat,notapig.The

tradesman'

ssecretwasout:

hewastricky,andnoweverybodyknewit.

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18.Englishproverbs

Characters

TeacherofEnglish:

MsSmith（MS）

Students:

Li（LI）,Mao（MA）,Anne（AN）,Rivera（RI）

MS:

Goodmorning,everyone.Ihopeyouallknowwhatweareherefor.The

topicofourdiscussionthismorningis“EnglishProverbs”.

LI:

So,I'

mintherightgroup.

MA:

Me,too.

RI:

ButIwastoldwewouldhavefour…andyet…

AN:

I'

mcoming.Goodmorning.AmIlate?

Morning.“Speakofangelsandyouheartheirsongs.”

Isthataproverbreferringtomycoming?

Exactly.

WehaveasayinginChinese,whichIthinkisverycloseinmeaning…

SpeakofCaoCaoandheappears.

Right.Well,“firstthingsfirst”.Aproverbisatraditionalsayingwhich

offersadviceorpresentsamoralinashortandbriefmanner.Aproverb

normallyisasentence,intowhichthewriteroftenworksrhyme.Forinstance,

“Eastorwest,homeisbest.”Sometimesitcomesoutintheformofaphrase.

veseendictionariesofproverbs.

Well,therearethousandsofproverbs.Theyfallintothreemaincategories.

Thoseofthefirsttypetaketheformofabstractstatements.Theyexpressgeneral

truths.Herearetwogoodexamples:

“Oneisnevertoooldtolearn.”and“Aman

whoneglectshisstudiesinyouthwillregretitinlateryears.”

Ithinkthereissometruthinbothproverbs.Toencourageapersonwhohas

hadlittleeducationforsomereasonasayoungman,wemayusetheformer.

Withus,Iguessthelatterworks.

Soyouhavetokeepthisinmind.Neveruseproverbsoutofcontext.“One

man'

smeatisanotherman'

spoison.”

Isee.Then,whatisthesecondtype?

Thesecondtypeusesspecificobservationsfromeverydayexperienceto

makeageneralpoint.

“Don'

tputallyoureggsinonebasket.”Doesitfallintothesecond

category?

You'

reright,dear.Thenthethirdtypeconsistsofsayingsfromparticular

areasoftraditionalcustomsandbeliefs.“Afterdinner,restawhile;

aftersupper,

walkamile.”isanexampleofthistype.Suchproverbsareoftenrelatedto

agriculture,