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Honesty makes a person beautiful
Textbook Part 2, pp. 51–52
GoalUnderstand why honesty matters; find a word with the opposite meaning.
New words
honest · rostgo‘ylie · yolg‘onbeauty · ko‘rktrust · ishonch
Explanation
Honesty makes a person beautiful. Everyone trusts someone who tells the truth. But people stop believing a liar, even when it really matters. The textbook has an instructive story by Alisher Navoi about a lying bird. Proverb: “A lie does not live long.”
Worked examples
“The broken cup”. Sanjar was playing ball in the house and broke a cup. His mum asked: “Who broke this?” Sanjar was scared, but he told the truth. His mum said: “Thank you for telling the truth.” Together they cleared up the pieces.
Opposites: rost — yolg‘on (truth — lie), rostgo‘y — yolg‘onchi (honest — liar).
Class activity
“True — false”: the teacher says a sentence (Snow is white. A fish climbs a tree.); children raise a hand if true and shake their head if false. Then they repeat the rule “Always tell the truth.”
Practice
1
What did Sanjar break?
A cup
2
What did his mum ask?
Who broke this?
3
What did Sanjar do even though he was scared?
He told the truth.
4
Why did his mum thank Sanjar?
For telling the truth
5
Find the opposite of yolg‘on.
rost