Wednesday, 6 May 2020

BEYOND THE TEXT (3)

1. After reading " Emperor´s new clothes"

2. Can you answer the vocabulary questions?

Practice what you know
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3. Beyond the text

What's the meaning of the phrase 'The emperor's new clothes'?

From https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/the-emperors-new-clothes.html


It is used in contexts where people are widely acclaimed and admired but where others question whether what they have created is of any value.

The phrase bears some similarity to another modern-day expression - the elephant in the room. An essential factor with both phrases is the willingness of people to engage into an unspoken contract to willfully disbelieve what they know to be true.

Exercise: Explain a situation in which you could you this expression.

An example: Something widely accepted as true as some decision taken for some CEOs. 
So many people believe in his words and follow him like the 
emperor´s new clothes. 



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