Andrew Collins, Observer, July 4, 1999Unit 4 Character and Personality Part 1 Male & Female Lead-in 1 Read this introduction to the new topic and answer the question that follows. What's in your pockets right now? I'll tell you what's in mine. Some small change, a clean hankie, door keys, a season and an asthma inhaler. How revealing. From the contents of my pockets, you, the pop psychologist, have ascertained that I suffer from asthma, use public transport and have a front door. It really is astounding what you can find out about somebody from their belongings. Andrew Collins, Observer, July 4, 1999 Question: Do you think these knick-knacks tell us anything in earnest? 2 In the back pages of Vanity Fair[1] each month, readers find The Proust Questionnaire, a series of questions posed to famous subjects about their lives, thoughts, values and experience. This questionnaire has lasted for more than a hundred years and in its early time it was considered a great amusement and party game.
3 Listen to an abridged review of a book, a story of Albert Einstein's early life. As you listen the first time, take notes of Einstein’s personal traits that are new to you. Report them to the class. When you listen the second time, extract the information about Mileva Maric, his first wife, and then give her a thumbnail portrayal.
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