 "The Seven Deadly Sins"
The Seven Deadly Sins Instructions: Match the vocabulary word in the column on the left with the correct definition on the right.
$ Reading/Writing Exercise: top Ö Replace the following words in the Reading Passage (below): envy greed pride anger lust gluttony sloth Humans have always strived to be perfect; unfortunately we have not always been successful. It is not easy for us to overcome our shortcomings. Philosophers have tried to organize these character defects into seven categories referred to as The Seven Deadly Sins. It is difficult to trace the origin of the “Seven Deadly Sins” but there is some evidence of this title as early as the 6th century. Throughout the Middle Ages, representatives of the church emphasized the importance of teaching “average citizens” the need to avoid The Seven Deadly Sins. The sins are based on problems that occur in human relationships. The Seven Deadly Sins are: ______________ which is based on the belief that you consider yourself better than other people. The second sin is ______________ which involves a self-destructive desire to constantly satisfy the body’s physical desires. The third sin is _____________ which is considered an antonym of “love”. _______ is the next sin which is another way of saying that a person is very “lazy”. People have always suffered from ________________ because the desire to eat whatever one wants, is a very difficult urge to control. When you are never satisfied with what you have, you suffer from __________, which is the sixth Deadly Sin. The final sin is ____________, which refers to the desire to have what someone else has. In the Middle Ages, people were told that if they did not improve their moral character, they would suffer eternal pain in Hell. Each of the Seven Deadly Sins had its own form of punishment: (1) Pride -You would be tortured on a large stone wheel. (2) Envy -You would be put in freezing water. (3) Anger -Your arms and legs would be cut off. (4) Sloth -You would be thrown into a snake pit. (5) Gluttony -You would be forced to eat rats, toads and snakes. (6) Lust -You would be burned alive. (7) Greed -You but be put into a pot of boiling oil. 1. What is shortcomings [in line 2]: (a) verb (b) noun (c) adjective (d) adverb 2. The word “trace” [line 3] could be replaced by the following word: (a) control (b) design (c) discover (d) recover 3. What does this statement mean: there is some evidence of this title as early as the 6th century ? [line 4]: (a) The expression The Seven Deadly Sins has never been used in history (b) Some people believe that the expression The Seven Deadly Sins was first used in the 6th century. (c) No one sinned prior to the 6th century. (d) Prior to the 6th century, there were only Six Deadly Sins. 4. What does the word “antonym” mean? ___________________ 5. What is the opposite of the word “antonym”? _____________________ 6. Why is a definite article “the” used in the following expression: The 6th century? (a) because it precedes an ordinal number (b) because it is an important century (c) because it is an adjective (d) because it precedes a cardinal number 7. The word “eternal” [in line 17] means? (a) occasionally (b) forever (c) sporadically (d) seldom J Language Extension Activity: top
Ö Can you think of any other idioms related to the Seven Deadly Sins? ___________________________________________________________________________ Ö Select one of the idioms listed in the chart above and use it in your own sentence. ___________________________________________________________________________ " Writing Exercise: Using What You’ve Learned top Mohandas Karamachand Gandhi, one of the most influential figures in modern social and political activism, devised his own list of Seven Deadly Sins. Gandhi considered these traits to be the most spiritually damaging to humanity.
1. Arrange Gandhi’s Deadly Sins in order of most dangerous to least. {Every student will probably have different answers, so be prepared to explain why you have selected your sequence.} (a) _______________________ (b) _______________________ (c) _______________________ (d) _______________________ (e) _______________________ (f) _______________________ (g) _______________________ 2. Provide an example or illustration for any three of Gandhi’s Deadly Sins. Here is an example: · Wealth without Work …. If a person is very rich and doesn’t work, he/she may become lazy. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 3. Provide an antonym for each of the Seven Deadly Sins. (1) Pride ____________________________ (2) Envy _____________________________ (3) Anger _____________________________ (4) Sloth _____________________________ (5) Gluttony _____________________________ (6) Lust _____________________________ (7) Greed _____________________________ 4. Choose any two of your antonyms listed above and use them in your own sentence. [sentence one] _____________________________________________________________________________ [sentence two] _____________________________________________________________________________ Speaking Exercise: Student Interview top Honesty is the best policy!
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