econd Group.
One man came to the director of the museum and proposed to buy a precious picture that had an inscription on the opposite side:
"This picture has been painted today, . . . month, . . . year (the date was unclear). The work has been finished three years before the invasion of Napoleon (the sign of the author).
The director doubted about the authenticity of that picture.
What do you think about it?
(The author of the picture couldnt know the date of Napoleons invasion invasion three years before this event).
II. Now Ill read you riddles. You should guess them.
1) I have a watch. At first the watch worked well. But now the watch began to show the right time only two times a day in spite of that its face and hands are on their right place.
Whats happened with my watch? (It has stopped)
2) One Sage (мудрец) said : "When you bite an apple, it is more pleasant to see the whole worm (целого червяка) than . . . . . . . . .
Accomplish this expression! (than its half).
3) Imagine a saucepan ( кастрюлю) and imagine that this saucepan is the largest in the world and it can hold (вместить) everything - tables, houses, trams, cities, and even the Earth and Planets. But there is one object which this saucepan can never hold.
What is this thing? (Its cover).
4) I saw one girl was tearing off the petals from the flower. I saw how the old man was pulling out hair-springs from his beard. When I asked them why they did so, they gave me the same answer.
What did they answer? (They guess their wishes).
III. Translate the English proverbs.
Proverbs for the First
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