 We act_________

_______________
Down to earth Both feet in to others
Is________________________ the ground  Our lives are
Accept others as____________ With__________
Do not consider _____________ like____________
____________
Do not let their__________go to Have ________ _______________
______________ sense
_______________

Opposite
to

Big Head

Feels he is _______________
Head in the clouds
One's nose in the air
Whose mind is______________ what's
Filled with ___________________
in___________________
and_________________________ May be called____________________
Every week at this time, we tell about popular American words and _______________.  Some of these are very __________.  Some are
new.  Together, they form the __________ __________ of the American people.

Today we tell about the _____________  " ________ _____ _______." Down to earth ________ being _______ and __________.  It is
easy to _________ with someone ______ ____ down to earth.

A person who is down to earth is a ___________ to find.  He or she __________ other people as _________.  A down to earth person is the
___________ of someone who acts important or __________.

Down to earth people _________ be important __________ of society.  But they do not consider themselves to be better than others who
are ________ important.  They do not _______ their importance "go to their _____." Someone who lets something go to his head feels he
is better than others.  He has a "_________ ___________."

A person who is _______ with his own importance and ________ is _____ to have "his ______ in _____ ____." Often the person who has
a big head and his nose in the air ______ no reason to feel better than others.  He ______ is the opposite of someone who is down to earth.

Americans use _________ expression that is ________ in some ______ to down to earth.  The expression is "both _____ ______ the
ground." Someone with both feet on the ground is a person with a _____ understanding of _________.  She has what is called
"___________ _________."  She may have ________.  But she ______ not _____ them to _______ her _________ of what is real.

The opposite kind of person is one who has ______ "______ in the clouds."Someone with his head in the clouds is a person whose mind
is not on what is _________ in real life.  Such a person may be _______ a "____________”

Sometimes a person with his head in the clouds can be ___________ back to ________.  ________ words from a teacher, for example, can
usually get a __________ student to _________"______ feet on the ground."

The person who is down to earth ________ has both feet on the ground.  But the opposite is not _______ true.  Someone _______ both
feet on the ground may not be _______ open and _______ to deal _______ as someone who is down to ___________.

When we have both our feet _______ on the ground, and when we ______ down to earth we do not have ______ noses in _____ air.  We
act _________ and openly to others.  Our lives are like the ground _____ us: _______ and strong.