Lesson 15. Traits of Character (Риси характеру)
Exercise 1. Read and mind your pronunciation: [ie] – h ere, sev ere, h ear, d eer, h er o, th eo ry, id ea, r ea l, th ea tre, ser iou s; [s] – s et, s afe, be s t, c ent, c ycle, le ss on, mi ss, te s t, s ofa, s ad, c entury; [j] – y et, y esterday, y oung, y ellow, y outh, y ard, y es; [i:] – m ee t, s ee, f ee l, pol i ce, mach i ne, p eo ple, k ey, f ie ld, tr ee, b e, m e ter;
Exercise 2. Read the following tongue twisters as quicker as possible: (1) Don’t trouble trouble until trouble troubles you.
(2) Oh, the sadness of her sadness when she's sad. Oh, the gladness of her gladness when she's glad. But the sadness of her sadness, and the gladness of her gladness, Are nothing like her madness when she's mad! Exercise 3. Read and learn the new vocabulary:
elegant – елегантний, вишуканий pleasant-looking – приємний на вигляд to be fond of - захоплюватися to be keen on - любити to be crazy about – божеволіти від to be good at – добре вміти to be interested in - цікавитися to be gifted in something – бути обдарованим до чогось skilled - здібний experienced - досвідчений to prefer – віддавати перевагу to enjoy - насолоджуватися to like – любити to dislike – не любити to hate - ненавидіти to take care of something – піклуватися про щось to be busy with his (her) work – бути зайнятим своєю роботою to respect - поважати to have much in common – мати багато спільного to have different views on – мати різні погляди на to have the same opinion about something – мати однакову думку про щось to brag about - хвалитися vain – пихатий, зарозумілий Exercise 4. Read and translate the new vocabulary: Traits of character (риси характеру) positivenegative warm cold friendly unfriendly kind unkind nice horrible pleasant unpleasant generous mean optimistic pessimistic cheerful miserable easy-going tense strong weak sensitive insensitive honest dishonest hard-working lazy punctual not punctual reliable unreliable clever stupid flexible inflexible ambitious unambitious shy self-confident reserved emotional Exercise 5. Answer the questions: 1) What qualities of character do you like in people? 2) What qualities of character do you hate in people? 3) What positive qualities do you think you have? 4) What negative qualities do you think you have? 5) What is your mother/father/sister/brother/friend like by character? Exercise 6. Read and retell the text:
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