WIT IS BETTER THAN WEALTH. 

УМ ДОРОЖЕ БОГАТСТВА. 

Explanation:

You may be wealthy but silly and lose your health.

If you are clever, you can become rich, keep your wealth and multiply it. 

Task 1.

Answer the questions. 

a) Do you agree with the proberb? 

b) Being clever is better than being rich, isn't it? 

c) You can become rich if you are clever, can't you? 

d) Why do you think wit is better than wealth as an English proverb says? 

e) What is better than wealth? 

Task 2.

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

a) are, always, people, not, witty, rich. 

b) situations, help, can, you, wit, in, difficult. 

c) wealth, better, wit, is, than. 

Task 3.

Make up situations using the following words and combinations. 

list your purse, unknown countryside, outskirts of the village, to knock on the door, old woman, something better, let you in, a white round stone, a tale, will never be hungry. 

Keys. Task 2.

1) Rich people are not always witty. 

2) Wit can help you in difficult situations. 

3) Wit is better than wealth.