A GOOD NAME IS BETTER THAN RICHES. 

ГОЛ, ДА НЕ ВОР;  БЕДЕН, ДА ЧЕСТЕН. 

Explanation:

Nowadays a good name doesn't mean too much. There was time when a good name meant much and a man could kill himself if his name was defiled. It was considered that to have a good name was much better than riches and a person would rather be poor than defiled. 

TASKS. 

1.Answer the questions.

a) What does a good name mean to you? 

b) Do you prefer to be rich and have bad reputation or to be poor and honest? 

c) Riches are more important nowadays, aren't they? 

d) What values are the most important in your life? 

e) What will you do if you find a purse with some money? 

2. Put the words in the right order to make a sentence. 

a) people, be, prefer, honest, to, and, some, poor. 

b) only, some, the, money, is, thing, for, important, people. 

c) name, a, good, little, nowadays, means. 

3. Make up situations using the following words and word combinations :

Once upon a time, there lived, a poor man, an honest man,  never stole, never betrayed, a teacher of literature, got little money for his job,  his daughter, very ill, needed, much money, to cure her, nobody, to lend, his students, were going, to pass a final exam,  the boy, had always bad marks, a big  sum of money, gave, to the teacher, very honest, but, to see his daughter healthy, took the money, the boy, an excellent mark, all his colleagues, were shocked, got to know it, the reputation, was spoilt, called him, a dishonest person, by the way, the teacher's daughter, didn't feel well, died, soon. 

Keys:

Task 2.

a) Some people prefer to be poor and honest. 

b) Money is the only important thing for some people. 

c) Nowadays a good name means little.