牛津高中英语模块五Unit1Wordpower

B: Oh, we have a teacher from England, who teaches us spoken English. He is helpful, though sometimes a bit boring.
Adjectives to describe personality
Quiet and sad
Adjectives like ‘unreliable, cheerful, outgoing, quiet, sad’ can be used to describe people’s personality.
Task 1: Guess
Who was he? Father of Hybrid Rice. He has devoted his life to finding ways to grow more and more rice.
4. He is so t_im__id_ that he quite easily got frightened.
5. Don’t waste time to persuade him to give up his plan he has make the decision firmly. So he is a d_et_e_r_m__in_e_d_ person.
2. He is not mean with his money but willing to share or ready to give others freely. So he is _g_e_n_e_ro_u__s .
3. It is difficult to get on well with Mr. Smith because his feeling or mood is always changing quickly. So Mr. Smith is _m__o_o_d_y_.
positive adjectives negative adjectives
‘unreliable, jealous, moody’ are negative, while ‘cheerful, outgoing, open-minded’ are positive.
Can you divide them into different circles
The brother from “brother’s happiness”
What kind of person is he? kind/ helpful/ warmhearted smart/ clever /diligent/strongminded
Group work
Try to describe their personalities.
5. helpful
6. wellmannered
Exercises
Fill in the blanks. generous talkative moody timid(胆怯的) determined
1. When you talk to my cousin, Tommy, I am sure your topic will never dry up because he is quite fond of talking. That is to say my cousin is t_a_lk_t_iv_e__.
intelligent
hard-working
confident
active
unselfish
determined
modest
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He is Yuan long ping.
Task 2: Let’s have a try Use some adjectives to describe people’s personalities.
Let’s look at the other examples of how adjectives are used to describe people’s personality.
A: We have a new classmate this term. He is from America. He is not only polite, but also open-minded and humorous, so everyone likes him.
➢ having or showing that someone has good manners
➢ always has consideration for others
➢ providing help or always being willing to help others
4. considerable
Andrew also wrote a letter to Annie to tell her the quarrel between him and his friend, Matthew and the difference happened to Matthew.
quarrel
Cheerful and outgoing
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Task 3:
Match these adjectives to their meanings.
➢ treating people as his friends
➢ spending more time in study or work
➢ deserving trust
1. dependable/ reliable 2. friendly 3. hardworking
In the letter from Sarah, we learn that she believes that her friend is_u_n_r_e_l_ia_b_l_e_.
I feel betrayed by my friend, Hannah. She told others my secret.