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UNIT 1 Language focus: Adjectives describing personality Nationality

Unit 1 Vocabulary: adjectives describing personality Example: LAZY He is lazy

Unit 1 A well-known joke (barzelletta): Heaven and Hell

Unit 1 Heaven is where:   the police are British,   the cooks French,   the mechanics German,   the lovers Italian,   and it is all organised by the Swiss ...

Unit 1 Hell is where: the police are __________ ,  the cooks __________ ,  the mechanics __________ ,  the lovers __________ ,  and it is all organised  by the __________ !" http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/world-countries-nationality.htm

Unit 1 “ What are the Germans like?”

Unit 1 “ What are the British like?”

Unit 1 “ What are the French like?”

Unit 1 “ What are the Italians like?”

Unit 1 WATCHING A VIDEO http://www.real-english.com/reo/14/unit14.html What are the British like?

Unit 1 What are the British like? – put the words into the correct order  well-educated (adjective): knowledgeable, well-read, learned  otherwise ( adverb ): in other ways, in contrast to reserved ( adjective) : a reserved person does not show many feelings, and is almost shy  awful (adjective): extremely bad or unpleasant, terrible, horrible. “ They're awful. They're the source of the entire world's problems.” Source ( adjective ): origin, root, beginning.  stuffy ( adjective ): boring, dull, starched, old-fashioned.  fair (adjective): just, not partial to one person.  snobbish (adjective): superior, arrogant, stuck-up  pompous (adjective): similar to snobbish; arrogant, pretentious  sophisticated (adjective): the opposite of naive; the same as cultured, refined, cultivated, cosmopolitan.

Unit 1 WATCHING A VIDEO http://www.real-english.com/reo/17/unit17.html What are the Italians like?

Unit 1 1. Tick the adjectives you hear in the video:  voluble  noisy  temperamental  emotional  emotive  romantic  artistic Michael's neighbour is Italian. He says the Italians are very friendly. For example:  they like to romanticize  they like to socialize  they like to organize 3. Listen to Howard. He says the Italians are gorgeous. Gorgeous means:  Extremely homely  Extremely ugly  Extremely beautiful 4. Mrs Scott says that the Italians:  love children and are fun to be with  don't like children and are not fun to be with  love children and animals

Unit 1 5. Gary and June are married. June's parents are from Italy. She loves her parents. That's why she says that ...  Italians are the greatest people on earth  Italians are good lovers  Italians are the most wonderful people on earth 6. Temperamental (adjective): sensitive or irritable Vivacious (adjective): "full of life" 7. Gregarious people like to ....  talk to other people, and to socialize  play music, sing  study English grammar

Unit 1 8. Temperamental people are  Calm  Moody  Dependable 9. Argumentative (adjective): quarrelsome, combative, "always fighting Argumentative people are  Cooperative  combative  inhibited 10. Voluble people are always talking Voluble people are:  Shy  combative  chatty 11. Andrew is making a gesture. He is trying to be "expressive" as he says "expressive". When you are expressive ...  you speak like a robot  you say nothing  you use actions and you speak

Unit 1 Personality trait Behaviour 1. Hardworking Lazy Sociable Shy Moody Serious Easygoing Quiet Generous Outgoing Talkative Filial Friendly Selfish Funny Doesn’t like to share Respects her parents Likes to gossip Always gives presents Doesn’t get angry easily Always thinking about things Likes to go to parties Nervous to meet new people Doesn’t like to work Always works overtime Easily angered Likes to shake hands Has many friends Tells jokes Doesn’t like to talk

Unit 1 I’m very ____________________________ I can be ___________________________ I tend to be _________________________ I’m somewhat ______________________ I’m a little __________________________ I’m not at all ________________________ My ideal boss is _______________________________________________ My ideal roommate is ___________________________________________ My ideal partner is _____________________________________________ I can’t stand people who are _____________________________________

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