Lesson 7. DESCRIBING PEOPLE

1. Answer the following questions.

1. What sort of things do you notice about a person when you meet him for the first time?

1. Does the appearance of a person reveal anything about his personality and attitudes?

3. What can you tell about a person from a first meeting?

4. Are your first impressions of people usually right?

1. What kind of people do you choose to be your friends?

6. What kind of people do you try to avoid?

7. What kind of people would you like to work with?

8. What kind of people deserve your respect?

9. What kind of people would you like your children to be?

10. What positive qualities do you consider necessary to anyone?

11. What negative traits can’t you put up with?

12. What traits of character would you try to develop in yourself?

13. Which ones should be rooted out?

2. Put the words from the list under the following headings: a) positive; b) neutral; c) negative

stupid, selfish, witty, reliable, tolerant, mean, cheerful, generous, moody, helpful, pessimistic, optimistic, bossy, lazy, callous, tactless, industrious, talkative, kind, reserved, resolute, sociable, modest, hot-tempered, shy, intelligent, cruel, honest

· Choose three adjectives from the list to describe the qualities you like most in a friend.

· Choose another three to describe someone you don’t like.

• If you were asked to list three adjectives that describe your personality, what would they be?

3. Develop the idea given.

“Man’s main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality” (Erich Fromm)