Higher ChineseTheme: Lifestyles

Topics: family, friends, societyIssues in relationships with

friends/family

In this session you will:

• talk about your own and your friends’ personality

• listen to short passages on different characteristics

• read an article on the writer’s friends

• write a short passage about the personality of a friend or a chosen celebrity.

Characteristics1 – 性格 1

1. 友好2. 熱情3. 急性子4. 慢性子

5. 好脾氣

6. 壞脾氣

7. 怪脾氣

Working in pairs, match the characters to their meanings.

g. good temperament

c. quick temperament

d. bad temperament

b. mild temperament

f. warm hearted

e.friendly

a. weird temperament

The answers are…

1. 友好 yǒu hǎo friendly

2. 熱情 rè qíng warm hearted

3. 急性子 jí xìng zi quick temperament

4. 慢性子 màn xìng zi mild temperament

5. 好脾氣 hǎo pí qì good temperament

6. 壞脾氣 huǎi pí qì bad temperament

7. 怪脾氣 guài pí qì weird temperament

Working in pairs, match the characters to their descriptions.

1. 文靜

2. 親切

3. 健談

4. 粗魯

5. 禮貌

6. 風趣

Characteristics 2 – 性格 2

a. quiet

f. talkative

d. approachable

b. witty

c. rude

e. good mannered

1. 文靜 wén jìng quiet

2. 親切 qīng qiè approachable

3. 健談 jiàn tán talkative

4. 粗魯 cū lǔ rude

5. 禮貌 lǐ mào good mannered

6. 風趣 fēng qù witty

The answers are…

How well did you do?

• Excellent 太棒了

• Not bad 不錯

• Need to improve 加油

Sentence structure

1. 又。。。。。。又 (is … also…)

e.g. 她又風趣又 健談。

2. 雖然。。。。。。但是 (although, but...)

e.g. 她雖然不高但是她很漂亮。

Assessment for learning

1. She is tall and also good looking.2. He is witty and also friendly.3. He is rude and also bad tempered.4. Although my friend is not very talkative, he is very warmhearted.5. My uncle is witty and also has good manners.6. I think Chinese people are approachable.

Working in groups, practise saying the following sentences in Mandarin.

In groups, use the sentence structure you have learnt to describe the characteristics of the people below.

3 Pheobe Buffay in the TV series Friends

1 Rachel Green in the TV series Friends

2 Ross Gellerin the TV series Friends

4 Harry Potter 5 Hermione Granger in the film Harry Potter

In groups, use the sentence structure you have learnt to describe the characteristics of the people below.

9 Mr Bean

6 Cady Heron in the film Mean Girls

7 Troy Bolton in the film High School Musical

8 Ned Gold in the film 17 Again

ListeningYou will hear a girl talking about her friends and how different each friend is. After the talk there are some questions in English, which you should answerindividually.

Questions

1. How many best friends does the speaker have?

2. What is the relationship between the speaker and her friend Aiai?

3. Describe what Aiai looks like. Mention two things.

4. Describe the personality of Aiai. Mention three things.

5. What is the relationship between the speaker and her friend Jiajia?

6. Describe what Jiajia looks like. Mention two things.

7. Describe the personality of Jiajia. Mention three things.

8. What is the relationship between the speaker and her friend Dingding?

9. Describe what Dingding looks like. Mention two things.

10. Describe the personality of Dingding. Mention three things.

Transcript我有三個最好的朋友，一個叫愛愛，一個叫家家，另一個叫丁丁。  愛愛是我的中學同學。她有藍色的眼睛和金色的頭髮。她喜歡唱歌。她的性格很友好也很熱情。可是她很性急。她也很健談，她最喜歡談電影和戲劇。 她不喜歡談運動。我常常和她一起看電影。  家家是我的鄰居。她有黑色的眼睛和黑色的頭髮。她喜歡做菜。她是中國人。 她的性格很友好 , 她的脾氣也很好。可是她很慢性子。她很文靜也很有禮貌。她常常請我到她家吃飯。她最喜歡的事情就是購物，她很喜歡買法國香水。我常常和她一起買東西。  丁丁是我的小學同學。他有棕色的眼睛和紅色的頭髮。他喜歡運動。他的性格很友好很親切。不過有時候他的脾氣有點兒怪。他也有點兒粗魯。可是，他很健談也很風趣。他最喜歡談運動。他常常參加游泳比賽。我經常和他一起去游泳。 我和他們都相處得很好。我很喜歡他們，也很喜歡和他們在一起。我覺得他們都不同，交朋友要這樣才有趣。

Listening and speaking activityPictionary

The class is divided into three teams.

Each team invents a story involving the personality characteristics we have learnt so far. Invent a story that can be described using Mandarin. Draw a few pictures that tell the story.

The other two teams try to guess the story by looking at the pictures.

Remember: the story should be described using Mandarin.

Reading - translationIndividually, translate the following passage.

• 我覺得交朋友是人的一生中最重要最令人快樂的事。  • 我有三個好朋友，愛愛是我的中學同學。她很友好也很熱情。可是她很急性子。她也很健談

，她最喜歡談電影和戲劇。她不喜歡談運動。我常常和她一起看電影。我們經常談論看過的電影。我們倆都很喜歡看記錄片。 我覺得我們彼此很瞭解對方。每次和她看完電影后就感到非常快樂。

 • 家家是我的鄰居。她待人很友好。可是她很慢性子。她又文靜又有礼貌。她的脾氣也很好。

她很喜歡做菜，她常常請我到她家吃飯。她最喜歡的事情就是購物，尤其喜歡買法國香水。我常常和她一 起買東西。我們最喜歡去格拉斯哥逛街吃日本菜， 順便買香水。 每次和家家在一起我都覺得輕鬆愉快。

 • 丁丁是我的小學同學。他喜歡運動。他的性格又友好又亲切。他的脾氣有點兒怪，他也有點

兒粗魯。可是，他很健談也很風趣，他最喜歡談運動。他經常參加游泳比賽。我平時常常和他一起游泳。有一次他參加比賽，我還去幫他加油。在那次的比賽中，他得了一個獎盃。之後我們在家裡開了一個慶祝會。 我為我的朋友感到非常得驕傲！

 • 我和他們都相處得很好。我很喜歡他們，也很喜歡和他們在一起。我覺得他們每個人都有自

己的特點，交朋友要這樣才有趣。  • 你們猜猜看，我是什麼性格？

Self-assessment

Swap your translation with the person next to you and check your translation against theirs.

Mark the errors and keep a record of words you need to remember on page ? of the learning log for this section.Check with your teacher if you need to clarify anything.

作業-creative writing

Write a short description (no more than 200 words) of a person you know or a celebrity.

You need to include the following information:

- his/her name- the relationship between you and the person- the appearance of the person- the characteristics the person has.

Examples:

我最喜歡的女電影明星是 Keira Knightley. 她有棕色的眼睛和棕色的頭髮。她喜歡戲劇。她又瘦又高。她的性格很友好也很健談。 她最喜歡談電影和戲劇。 她不喜歡談運動。我很喜歡看她的電影。

我最喜歡的男明星是 Mr Bean. 他有棕色的眼睛和 棕色的頭髮。他又風趣又友好。他不高也不矮。他很友好，他的脾氣也很好。可是他很慢性子。我覺得他是最風趣的明星 。

我最好的朋友叫云云。她有藍色的眼睛和金色的頭髮。她喜歡做菜。她是蘇格蘭人。她很友好。可是她很急性子。她很風趣也很有禮貌。她最喜歡運動，我經常和她一起運動。

Assessment for learning My learning log

1. To know the words about personality. Done? When?

2. To understand and listen to information about personalitycharacteristics. Done? When?

3. To read words and passages about personality. Done? When?

4. To write a short passage about the personality of a friendor celebrity. Done? When?

5. Words I need to remember from this section: