Topic 8: APPEARANCE AND PERSONALITY

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LESSON 1 - Activity 1: PRONUNCIATION
Transform these pronunciation into sentences
1. /duː juː noʊ waɪ aɪ ˈdɪd|nt ʃoʊ ʌp læst naɪt/

2. /aɪ traɪd tuː kɑːl juː bʌt aɪ ɡɑːt ə ˈbɪz.i ˈsɪɡ.nəl/

3. /aɪ wəz ɪn ə ˈhʌ r.i soʊ aɪ ˈkʊd.ənt tekst juː/

4./maɪ frend keɪm ænd aɪ hæd tuː teɪk hɜːr aʊt fɔːr ˈdɪn.ə/

5. /aɪ ɪnˈtendɪd tuː kɑːl juː bæk bʌt ɪt dʒʌst slɪpt maɪ maɪnd ˈæf.t ə.wədz/
1. Lê Nhật Hiền Nhi @Hiền Còi
2. Đặng Lê Huyền Trân @Mictin
3. Đỗ Lê Long Ấn @Tony Time
4. Trần Lê Quỳnh Anh @tienganh220403@gmail.com
5. Đỗ Thùy Linh @Một Nửa Của Sự Thật
6. Nguyễn Thị Thanh Tâm @Perona03
7. Nguyễn Như @Snowball fan ken
8. Nguyễn Ngọc Minh Châu @ngchau2001
9. Đỗ Anh Kỳ (2004 ) @Kyanhdo
10. Đỗ Phương Thảo (2001) @phuongthao1910@gmail.com
11. Bùi Nguyễn minh Hảo ( 2004 ) @Narumi04
12. Trần Minh Phương ( 2004 ) @Kyungsoo Do
13. Nguyễn Bảo Châu (2000) @baochau15
14. Vũ Minh Thúy (2000) @Băng Tâm Như Ngọc
15. Nguyễn Ngọc Anh Thư (2003 ) @jiiseong
16. Lê Phương Đài (2001 ) @kongosuzuki

 

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LESSON 1 - Activity 2 : VOCABULARY

1. Lê Nhật Hiền Nhi @Hiền Còi
2. Đặng Lê Huyền Trân @Mictin
3. Đỗ Lê Long Ấn @Tony Time
4. Trần Lê Quỳnh Anh @tienganh220403@gmail.com
5. Đỗ Thùy Linh @Một Nửa Của Sự Thật
6. Nguyễn Thị Thanh Tâm @Perona03
7. Nguyễn Như @Snowball fan ken
8. Nguyễn Ngọc Minh Châu @ngchau2001
9. Đỗ Anh Kỳ (2004 ) @Kyanhdo
10. Đỗ Phương Thảo (2001) @phuongthao1910@gmail.com
11. Bùi Nguyễn minh Hảo ( 2004 ) @Narumi04
12. Trần Minh Phương ( 2004 ) @Kyungsoo Do
13. Nguyễn Bảo Châu (2000) @baochau15
14. Vũ Minh Thúy (2000) @Băng Tâm Như Ngọc
15. Nguyễn Ngọc Anh Thư (2003 ) @jiiseong
16. Lê Phương Đài (2001 ) @kongosuzuki

 

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LESSON 1 (CONT )
Activity 3: Describing Appearance
what does he or she look like?
The person’s height and build:

• My brother is tall and well-built.
• My friend Lia is medium height and slim.
• Craig, who I work with, is short and overweight.

Add adverbs to make your sentences more precise:

• My brother is quite tall and well-built.
• My friend Lia is medium height and really slim.
• Craig, who I work with, is short and a little overweight.

the person’s hair:

• He has short, brown hair, but he’s going bald fast.
• She has long, dark blonde hair.
• He has curly, fair hair.

There are many possibilities

• He looks a bit like a younger version of Vin Diesel.
• She’s really beautiful, with very striking features.
• He has a long scar on his right elbow.

make three sentences about the person you’re describing, like this:

• My brother is quite tall and well-built. He has short, brown hair, but he’s going bald fast. He looks a bit like a younger version of Vin Diesel.

Activity 4: INTONATION
1. There is no stopping you !
A: I hear you broke up with your girlfriend.
B: Yeah ! This is my new girlfriend.
A: Oh ,my God ! There is no stopping you!
2. That’s pretty weak !
A: Look ! This is not fair .Let’s share the money fifty-fifty .OK ?
B: No ! 60/40 .Because I am older than you.
A: Hey,that’s pretty weak you know

 

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LESSON 2
1. Describing Positive Characteristics
what’s this person like? What good things can you say about him or her?

kind	funny	reliable	cheerful
considerate	fun	honest	positive
warm	entertaining	straightforward	optimistic

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Can you use any of these adjectives to talk about the person you’re describing?
When you use these adjectives, always try to add an example or a reason. For example, don’t just say:

• My brother is really funny.
• My friend Lia is a very cheerful person.

Add some details or examples to make your answer more interesting, like this:

• My brother’s really funny. He likes making weird jokes, generally at the most inappropriate moment.

• My friend Lia is a very cheerful person. Even early in the morning, she’s always smiling and in a good mood. I don’t know how she does it!

If possible, you could even add a story to really illustrate the person’s character.

• Craig, who I work with, is such an honest guy. I remember one time he found a wallet with £500 in a pub. It would have been easy to keep the money—there was nothing in the wallet to say whose it was, but he said it wouldn’t be right to keep it, and he insisted on taking it to the police station right that minute.

Adding stories like this can really bring a description to life.
You’ve also seen some good ways to use these adjectives:

• My brother is really _______ .
• My friend Lia is a very ________ person.
• Craig is such an _______ guy.

2. Describing Negative Characteristics
Many of the words you saw in part two have direct opposites which you can use. For example:

• kind –> unkind
• considerate –> inconsiderate
• honest–> dishonest
• reliable –> unreliable
• you have twelve negative adjectives to go with your twelve positive adjectives!

moody	selfish	unreliable	dull
grumpy	self-centered	dishonest	humourless
inconsiderate	self-obsessed	insincere	unkind

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As before, when you use these adjectives to describe someone, try to add details or examples.
For example:

• My brother can be a little unreliable sometimes. He often ‘forgets’ to do things he promised he would.

• Lia’s great, but sometimes I feel she’s a bit insincere. She says all these nice things, but I’m not sure she really means them.

• My colleague Craig is so moody. He’ll be fine one minute, then suddenly he starts acting like he hates everyone. It makes him quite difficult to be around.

You can see how we often use slightly more indirect language to talk about someone’s negative characteristics:

• My brother can be a little _______ sometimes.
  Sometimes I feel that she’s a bit ________.

Of course, if you really want to be direct, you can be:

• My colleague is so ________.