Additional Language Exercises

36 This exercise lists cliché phrases to say in times of trouble in a number of categories. However, the categories are listed separately. Label each phrase with the number of the situation the phrase is most appropriate for.

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Categories:

1. For when you feel really bad	2. For when you are waiting, just waiting for something to happen
3. For when life is hard	4. For when you can not make a decision
5. For when someone broke your heart	6. For when you think you are ugly
7. For when you are looking for truth	8. For when there is too much work
9. For when you feel like a loser	10. For when you are looking for something and you don't know for what
11. For when you feel lonely	12. For when you are afraid
13. For when you are trying very hard and not having any success	14. For when you are in pain
15. For when you have to say goodbye	16. For when you have done something really stupid

a	Tomorrow is another day.	q	It has to get worse, before it gets better.
b	The first will be the last.	r	Everything is vanity.
c	Time will tell.	s	There is no comfort in the truth.
d	The waiting is the hardest part.	t	The road to success is always under construction.
e	Pain is nature's way of telling you that you are still alive.	u	Life is not hard, it only needs some positive thinking.
f	The more things change, the more they stay the same.	v	If you can't enjoy your company, how could anyone else?
g	Truth is relative.	w	Popularity (admiration) is not love.
h	The one who makes no mistakes does none of the work.	x	When you are not strong, you must be smart.
I	When in doubt, consult your inner child.	y	Goodbye is not an easy word to say.
j	If it doesn't come naturally, leave it.	z	No guts, no glory.
k	If nothing else, I can always serve as a bad example.	aa	One lost, ten found.
l	Hurry when you have time, then you'll have time when you are in a hurry.	ab	The sun in your eyes made some of the lies worth believing.
m	It is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all.	ac	Poor planning on your part does not create an emergency on my part.
n	When God gives you lemons, make lemonade.	ad	Better feeling pain than feeling nothing at all.
o	We are all alone.	ae	You can't tell a book by its outside cover.
p	You are a loser only when you fail to try.	af	It's only fear that makes you run.

37 Below are two opposing views regarding the theory of NON-DISCRIMINATORY LANGUAGE. (More detailed acquaintance is in Part 4.) Read the texts and find alternatives to suit the theory for the sentences listed below.

Example 1	The philosopher uses his reason to guide him.
Example 2	The department chair must submit his budget by March 1st.
Example 3	If the writer plans ahead, he will save a lot of effort.
Example 4	Take seriously what your Dean says about falling enrolments. He knows about current demographic trends.
Example 5	As someone grows older, he grows more reflective.
Example 6	Students are different: one may be assertive in his interpersonal relations, while another may be timid in his approach to the world.
Example 7	Consider what the ordinary (common) man thinks about justice.
Example 8	Reason is what distinguishes man from other animals.
Example 9	the brotherhood of man, feelings of brotherhood or fraternity, the Founding Fathers the Father of relativity theory
Example 10	Salutations in Business Letters - Dear Sir, Gentlemen (to an unknown person); Dear Mrs. Green (when a female's marital status is unknown)
Example 11	Congressman, Congresswoman, poetess, stewardess, fireman, lady lawyer, male nurse, woman doctor
Example 12	Choice of Adjective - cautious men and timid women, ambitious men and aggressive women

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