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!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English

!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English
Fernando Olivera: El rapto.- TEXT FROM THE NOVEL The goldfinch by Donna Tartt (...) One night we were in San Antonio, and I was having a bit of a melt-down, wanting my own room, you know, my dog, my own bed, and Daddy lifted me up on the fairgrounds and told me to look at the moon. When "you feel homesick", he said, just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go". So after he died, and I had to go to Aunt Bess -I mean, even now, in the city, when I see a full moon, it's like he's telling me not to look back or feel sad about things, that home is wherever I am. She kissed me on the nose. Or where you are, puppy. The center of my earth is you". The goldfinch Donna Tartt 4441 English edition

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

DAILY UPDATED SAYING WITH PICTURES. Better untaught than ill taught.


Better untaught than ill taught.

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Note: taught = past participle of verb "teach" (here used in passive voice) | ill taught = badly taught
Possible interpretation: This proverb drops the verb "to be" (It is better to be untaught than ill taught). We understand: "It is better not to be taught at all than to be taught badly." It's better not to learn something than to learn it badly.

This idea is echoed in Pope's famous line: "A little Learning is a dang'rous Thing"
Quick Quiz:
"Better untaught than ill taught" can be interpreted as
  1. bad teachers can't teach sick students
  2. a bad teacher is better than no teacher at all
  3. it's better to have no teacher than a bad teacher
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