unit 1 getting along with others unit 1 getting along with others word power
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In the letter from Sarah, we learn that
she believes that her friend is__________. unreliable
I feel betrayed by my friend, Hannah. She told others my secret.
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 Quiet and sad
Adjectives like ‘unreliable,
cheerful, outgoing, quiet, sad’
can be used to describe people’s
personality.
Who was he?
He is ----helpful
-----warmhearted
----- unselfish/selfless
He was a soldier and died at an early
age after the founding of PRC.
Task 1: Guess
Chairman Mao encouraged us to learn
from him on March 5th.
In March every year, we learn from
him to offer help to others.
What kind of person
is she?
“Dae Jang Geum”
kind/ helpful/ warm-
hearted smart/ clever
/diligent/ hard-
working/creative/
strong-minded
Exercise
Match these adjectives to their
meanings.
Task 3:
treating people as
his friends
spending more
time in study or
work
deserving trust
1. dependable/
reliable
2. friendly
3. hardworking
4. considerable
5. helpful
6. well-
mannered
having or showing
that someone has
good manners always has
consideration for
others providing help or
always being willing
to help others
generous talkative moody
timid(胆怯的 ) determined
fill in the blanksExercise
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_______.alktive
2. He is not mean with his money but
willing to share or ready to give
others freely. So he is ________.
3. It is difficult to get on well with Mr.
Smith because his feeling or mood is
always changing quickly. So Mr.
Smith is _______.
generous
moody
4. He is so t____ 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_________ person.
imid
etermined
Let’s look at the other examples of how
adjectives are used to describe people’s
personality.
A: At first, when I saw my best friend
start to spend time with new friends,
I was jealous. But now I am more
open-minded because I have new
friends to spend time with too.
B: Yes, I noticed that sometimes you
were moody at the beginning of
last term. However, I’m pleased to
see that you are much more
cheerful these days.
Can you divide them into different circles
positive
negative
generousdishonest
narrow-minded
impolitehelpfulreliable
warm-heartedhonestfriendly
stubborn
bad-temperedboring
The group which come up with the
most words wins.
Competition
Think of more adjectives to describe
personality.
Positive Negative
generous warm-h
earted
reliable open-mi
nded
honest helpful
polite friendly
dishonest narrow-
minded
stubborn bad-tem
pered
moody impolite
unkind boring
Positive Negative
carefree cheerful
hard-working kind
loyal modest
self-confident
trustworthy
dull careless
annoying conservative
cowardly cruel
mean two-faced
shy naughty
What is synonyms?
Words that have the same or
similar meaning.
What is antonyms?
Words that have the opposite
meaning.
Synonyms Antonyms
braveopen-
minded
smart introvert
courageous
clever
narrow-minded
extrovert
More exercises
loyal selfish
diligent sad
passionate modest
faithful
hard-working happy
selfless
enthusiastic conceited
Guess the meaning of the following
expressions:
Giving or ready to give freely: g_______
Providing help or always being willing
to help others: h_____
Feeling or mood changing quickly:
m____
enerous
elpful
oody
Easily frightened: t____
With one’s mind firmly made up:
d__________
Fond of talking: t_______
Strong-willed or determined:
s_____________
Dependable: r______
eterminded
alkative
trong-minded
eliable
imid
Finish the exercise on page 7
keys 1. easy-going 2. quiet
3. shy 4. friendly
5. honest 6. hard-working
7. serious 8. strict
One is going to stand in front of the
class and describe the personality of
his/her friends, the others are trying
to guess him/her out.
Describe and Guess