Section B Who is this? She is Yang Lan. What is she like? She is ____________. confident What are these people like? outgoing creative confident quiet shy energetic successful outstanding A. Outgoing If you are outgoing, you like to meet and talk to new people. Make sentences (1a:P29) If you are energetic, you are very active and have a lot of energy. B. energetic C. Shy If you are shy, you feel nervous and embarrassed when talking to other people, especially people you do not know. D.confident If you are confident, you are sure that you can do something or deal with a situation successfully. E. creative If you are creative, you use your imagination or skills to make things. 1a Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with words from the box. outgoing energetic shy confident creative 1. people arent afraid to speak in public. 2. people like to meet new people. 3. people usually like art and music. 4. people get nervous when they have to meet new people. 5. people are hardly ever tired. Confident Outgoing Creative Shy Energetic Answer the questions and try to think what you are like. Are you afraid to speak in public? Do you like to meet new people? Do you like art and music? Do you often get nervous when you have to meet new people? Do you often feel tired? 1.I think Im _________________. I dont know what to say before strangers and dare not speak aloud. 2. I think Im ___________________. I like to make friends everywhere. I like talking with drivers or passengers when I take a bus or taxi. I never feel tired during my study. shy and unconfident outgoing and energetic How confident are you? ___ What would you do if the teacher asked you to give a speech in front of the whole school? a.Id say that another student could do it better. b.Id say I had a cold. c.Id say yes. ___ What would you do if your brother borrowed your clothes without permission? a.Id tell him to ask my permission before he borrows something next time. b. I wouldnt say anything. c. I would start borrowing his clothes without permission. ___ What would you do if someone asked you to be in a movie? a. Id say yes. b. Id say no. c. Id ask if my friends could be in the movie too. ___ What would you do if you wanted to be friends with a student? a.Id introduce myself. b. Id wait for him/her to introduce himself/ herself to me. c. Id invite him/her to have dinner at my house. 2a Listen. Celia is asking Bill questions from a personality survey. Check ( ) the questions Celia asks. 2b. Listen again. Circle Bills responses. How confident are you? ___ What would you do if the teacher asked you to give a speech in front of the whole school? a.Id say that another student could do it better. b.Id say I had a cold. c.Id say yes. ___ What would you do if your brother borrowed your clothes without permission? a.Id tell him to ask my permission before he borrows something next time. b. I wouldnt say anything. c. I would start borrowing his clothes without permission. ___ What would you do if someone asked you to be in a movie? a. Id say yes. b. Id say no. c. Id ask if my friends could be in the movie too. ___ What would you do if you wanted to be friends with a student? a.Id introduce myself. b. Id wait for him/her to introduce himself/ herself to me. c. Id invite him/her to have dinner at my house. What are you like if you answer a for most questions? fairly adv. ; plenty of ; get along with=get on with My classmates are easy to get on/along with. You have plenty of friends, and you enjoy the company of other people. People come to you when they want advice. Your friends would probably say that you are easy to get along with. How confident are you? ___ What would you do if the teacher asked you to give a speech in front of the whole school? a.Id say that another student could do it better. b.Id say I had a cold. c.Id say yes. ___ What would you do if your brother borrowed your clothes without permission? a.Id tell him to ask my permission before he borrows something next time. b. I wouldnt say anything. c. I would start borrowing his clothes without permission. ___ What would you do if someone asked you to be in a movie? a. Id say yes. b. Id say no. c. Id ask if my friends could be in the movie too. ___ What would you do if you wanted to be friends with a student? a.Id introduce myself. b. Id wait for him/her to introduce himself/ herself to me. c. Id invite him/her to have dinner at my house. What are you like if you answer b for most questions? 1.rather than , 2.would rather do sth. =had rather do sth. 3.would rather do sth. than do sth. =prefer to do sth. rather than do sth. I would rather drink green tea than coffee. You like talking to one or two people rather than to a group. You would also rather stay at home and read a good book than go to a party. You have a small circle of very good friends. Your friends would probably say you are a good listener. How confident are you? ___ What would you do if the teacher asked you to give a speech in front of the whole school? a.Id say that another student could do it better. b.Id say I had a cold. c.Id say yes. ___ What would you do if your brother borrowed your clothes without permission? a.Id tell him to ask my permission before he borrows something next time. b. I wouldnt say anything. c. I would start borrowing his clothes without permission. ___ What would you do if someone asked you to be in a movie? a. Id say yes. b. Id say no. c. Id ask if my friends could be in the movie too. ___ What would you do if you wanted to be friends with a student? a.Id introduce myself. b. Id wait for him/her to introduce himself/ herself to me. c. Id invite him/her to have dinner at my house. What are you like if you answer c for most questions? bother = trouble v. Dont bother him, hes pretty tired. not in the slightest = not at all He didnt like me in the slightest. annoy v. ; Social situations dont bother you in the slightest. You know what you want, and you know how to get it. Sometimes you might annoy people because youre so confident. a b 1.What would you do if you faced with a difficult challenge? A.I would look forward to( facing it. B.I would worry about if I can deal with it. C.I would give it up, if possible. 2.What would you do if you had to do something? A.I would decide to do it myself. B.I would work with others to solve it. C. I would do it only if no one else would. 4.What would you do if a friend said something bad about you? 3.What would you do if you worked on a big project? A.I would try to finish it as quickly as possible. B.I would work at it for a long time. C.I would put off finishing it as long as possible. A. talk to the friend right way. B. say nothing. C. think about what he or she said. This person is a super achiever.( This person is cool and calm. This person is easygoing 1.Im really ________. Ive been studying all day. 2.I dont like making speeches. I feel ______ talking in front of many people. 3.If you were more _______ to people, you would have more friends. 4.My stomach feels _______. I think I ate something bad at lunch time. 5.Paul is a bit ______ at first, but when he knows you, he talks a lot. tired tired nervous nervous friendly friendly terrible terrible shy shy nervous shy tired terrible friendly Fill in the blanks Dear Knowledgeable: My best friend, Mei, has a problem. There is a really important English speech contest for our whole city next month. Our classmates want her to represent the class in the school contest. Everyone is sure she will win. Its probably true. Mei is very clever, and can speak English really well. In fact, she always comes top in the school exams. The problem is that shes very shy. She __________________ ______ ________ ________ doesnt want to let friends down, but shes terrified of speaking in front of other people. Shes my friend, so she can tell me that shes shy. but she cant tell everyone that. I dont think they would believe her. I cant think of any good advice to give her, but you always come up with good solutions to peoples problems. What do you think I should tell Mei? What do you think I should tell the rest of the students? __________________________ _________________ be terrified of doing sth. ____________ _____________ _______ Fran _________ Mei's personalityclever but shy comes top in the school exams Mei's problems is terrified of speaking in front of other people Mei's study is wanted to represent the class in the school English speech contest doesn't want to tell her friends why and let them down can speak English really well solutions to Mei's problem Mei should speak out her worries and let her classmates know. Mei shouldn't worry about what other people think of her. She should be more confident of herself, because she comes top in the school exams. She could join an English club and get plenty of practice. Dear Fran, Im very glad hear that Mei is so good at English. In my opinion, she should take part in the contest. It is a chance to show herself and learn from others, She is very clever. There is no need for her to be shy. Tell her that the teacher and the whole class will help her prepare for the contest and encourage her to practice in various ways. With the help of the teacher and the classmates, she will succeed. Do remember: try, then youll make it. Knowledgeable Subject: Reply From: Knowledgeable Dear Fran, Shyness is fairly common, especially among teens. As shy people, most of us are worrying about ourselvesabout how we look, what we say and whether other people will like usto stop to think about what we can do for other people. But really, thats what being social is aboutthe other person, not us. So you can tell her two ways to overcome shyness. First, tell her that she should let people know that she is shy in case she is misunderstood. Second, tell her that it is better to make things easy for the other person. Tell her to remember that she is the best person for the job; she can practice in different ways. And tell the rest of the students that you should all help and encourage her to overcome shyness. Knowledgeable 1.--Do you _____that boy over there? --Sorry, I don't. 2.If you have any problems, you may go and ask him for help. He has much _____________ about everything. He is a _________________ teacher. 3.--Can you ______ a lot of English now? --Yes. 4.--Did you listen to that professor's _________? --Yes, that was exciting. 5.--She is the best student in our class,isn't she? --That's right.She always _______ ____in our class. 6.You'd better not tell her the truth right now. If you do so, you'll _____ _____ ________. let let knowledgeable knowledgeable speak speak speech speech comes comes top top knowledge knowledge her her down down know know 7.He really needs your help. Could you give him some __________? He'll be thankful. 8.We Chinese shouldn't behave like that in foreign countrues because we ________ our country--China! 9.__ _____ ___ our school is a dirty and smelly river. 10.This creative girl often ______ ____ ______ good ideas of making different things. 11.It's time to have lunch. Let's stop and take a ____. 12.Fifteen students are going camping. How about the ______ of the students? What are you going to do? advice advice suggestions suggestions represent represent In In front front of of comes comes up up with with rest rest rest