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"The one who 10 They Said, We Said spreads gossip will 1 Listen and Discuss 1. What is gossip? 2. Do rumors circulate quickly? Why or why not? 3. Do you think gossiping is wrong? Why or why not? 1 Will Rogers said that the only time people disliked gossip was when the gossip was about them. 2 To quote George Bernard Shaw, "The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business." 4 not enter paradise." -Prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon him.) Benjamin Franklin once said, "To find out people's faults, praise them to their friends." رابط الدرس الرقمي www.ien.edu.sa 5 Bertrand Russell said, "No one gossips about other people's secret virtues." 6 Someone once said that trying to squash a rumor was like trying to unring a bell. وزارة التعليم Ministry of52ation 2024-1446 MG_03_COMBO_TEXT_2024.indb 152 3 There's a Spanish proverb that says: Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. 7 Eleanor Roosevelt said, "Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, and small minds discuss people." 8 Oscar Wilde said that there was only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that was not being talked about. 9 "If everyone knew what others said about him, there would not be four friends in the world." A French mathematician named Blaise Pascal said that. 30/4/24 3:06 AM

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The Gossip Cafe O 11 Someone once said that a gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself. 10 In an interview I saw recently, a celebrity asked if it was possible for a famous person to live without hearing rumors about himself. Quick Check ✓ 12 I read an interview with a famous celebrity. He said that he thought that the hardest part about being a teenager wasn't dealing with the gossip in the scandal magazines, but dealing with the criticism, ridicule, and gossip of other teenagers. A. Vocabulary. Match each word to its definition. - 2 3 4 5 6 N∞ 1. brilliant 2. circulate 3. criticism 4. praise 5. 6. 7. scandal 8. _ virtues ridicule rumor a. pointing out bad points about something or someone b. making fun of c. say complimentary things d. move around e. gossip that follows an embarrassing event f. morally good characteristics g. information that comes from gossip rather than a reliable source h. exceptional B. Comprehension. Answer the questions. 1. Who doesn't like being the subject of gossip? Who does? 2. What are some of the frustrations celebrities have expressed about gossip? 3. Explain the meaning of the Spanish proverb in your own words. 4. Which quote do you most strongly agree with? Why? 5. Do you disagree with any of the quotes? If so, which one and why? 2 Pair Work Play a game of "telephone" with your class. Work with your partner to think of a rumor to spread about a famous person. Whisper the rumor to the person next to you. That person whispers it to someone else. Continue to pass the message around the classroom, trying to keep the exact wording. The last person says the rumor out loud. How close is it to the original rumor? وزارة التعليم Ministry of Education 2024-1446 MG_03_COMBO_TEXT_2024.indb 153 153 30/4/24 3:06 AM

Someone once said that a gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself.

Match the words with their definitions 1. brilliant