SERIOUS ARROGANT CREATIVE PASSIONATE TWENTY- HONEST. unit CONFIDENT ROMANTIC CHILDISH PRACTICAL SENSITIVE SOCIABLE IMPATIENT

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1 ARROGANT SERIOUS CREATIVE PASSIONATE TWENTY- HONEST unit ROMANTIC CONFIDENT CHILDISH SENSITIVE PRACTICAL SOCIABLE IMPATIENT

2 KIND W HAT you will larn Uss How to dscrib prsonality and charactr How to xprss possibility and crtainty How to xprss agrmnt and disagrmnt Grammar Modl vrbs may, might, could and will So and nithr usd with auxiliary vrbs PERSONALITY Vocabulary Adjctivs dscribing prsonality Adjctiv prfixs Pronunciation Word strss Word strss

3 pictur 5 pictur 6 twnt y -nin 1 First Imprssions Look at th photos of ths popl. What kind of charactrs do you think thy hav? Match som of th adjctivs blow to th photos. Can you think of any othr adjctivs to dscrib th popl in th photographs? EXAMPLE Th prson in th first pictur looks frindly. frindly happy intllignt kind srious boring pictur 1 pictur pictur 3 pictur 4 Compar your idas with a partnr. ComparComparComparCompar ComparComparComparCom ComparComparComparC 1 15 omparcomparcomparcompar

4 PERSONALITY It s Writtn All ovr Your Fac.. Rad th articl... a Is it rally possibl to tll popls charactrs and prsonalitis from thir facs? Th Chins crtainly think so.,000 yars ago th art of rading th fac, Siang Min, was dvlopd, and today Chins womn still tll thir daughtrs that a man with a flat nos and small ars will b a shy and boring husband. So how can thy tll? Wll, thy say thr ar tn diffrnt typs of facs. For xampl, a triangular fac is a fir-fac and a squar fac is a wall-fac. All tn typs suggst diffrnt prsonalitis and charactrs. But it is not only th shap of th fac that is important. Th nos, mouth, ys, chin, and ars all hold xtra information about a prson. How dos Siang Min work? Hr ar som things to rmmbr. Bautiful facs ar not always th bst; popl with ugly facs may b luckir! Popl with jad-facs may hav had difficult childhoods. Th lat Diana, Princss of Wals, had a jad-fac. Somon who has on y a littl largr than th othr may hav parnts who divorcd, or thy may hav bn unhappy childrn. A biggr lft y mans that th prson may b vry charming. A biggr right y suggsts th prson might b a jalous typ. If a prson s ars ar highr than thir ybrows, h or sh might b famous bfor th ag of st First ACES f a c s facs&facs 1 16

5 b Now rad th articl again and circl th bst answr to ths qustions. twnt y -nin 1 Siang Min... a. is a study of popl s ys. b. was dvlopd in Japan. c. hlps daughtrs choos husbands. d. is an old Chins practic. Chins mothrs say mn with... a. small ars ar xciting. b. flat facs ar kind. c. flat noss ar not intrsting. d. small noss ar intllignt. 3 Popl with jad-facs... a. ar ugly. b. wr difficult childrn. c. ar calld Diana. d. had a difficult past. 4 Popl with on y biggr than th othr... a. had no parnts. b. had unhappy childhoods. c. gt divorcd. d. don t hav childrn. 5 Famous popl... a. may hav ybrows highr than thir ars. b. hav high noss. c. may hav ars highr than thir ybrows. d. ar 30. c t s tll Now look at your partnr s fac. Can you tll th kind of prsonality h or sh has? 1 17 L E T S T E L L

6 PERSONALITY COMMUNICATION focus Whn w want to suggst somthing is tru, w us th modal vrbs may and might. May is usd mor in British English. Might is usd mor in North Amrican English. H has small ars. H s a boring man. (I m crtain h is boring.) H has small ars. H might b a boring man. ( I m not crtain.) Look back at th photographs in 1. Mak som suggstions about thir charactrs using may or might. 1 st First Th Right Prson for th Job.. Thr ar many mthods that popl around th world us to try to assss.. prsonality and charactr. Hr ar a fw. How many hav you hard of?.. With a partnr, match th practic with th xplanation. 3 a tarot palm rading graphology astrology numrology Siang Min phrnology a b c d f g using numbrs studying th stars studying th had studying handwriting studying facs rading cards rading th hands Can you add som mor? Dscrib thm to your class. Companis oftn us on or mor of ths mthods to prdict charactr whn.. thy look for popl for top jobs. Do you know what mthods companis.. in your country us? Which do you think ar th most ffctiv?.. Listn to th dialogu btwn two managrs... Which mthods listd abov did thy us to prdict Tim s charactr?.. 3 b 3 c 1 18

7 twnt y -nin 4 a It s all in Th Stars Whn is your birthday? Find out blow what star or zodiac sign you ar. ARIES March 1 - April 0 TAURUS April 1 - May 0 LEO July 3 - August GEMINI May 1 - Jun 0 CANCER Jun 1 - July SCORPIO Octobr 3 - Novmbr 1 LIBRA Sptmbr 3 - Octobr VIRGO August 3 - Sptmbr AQUARIUS January 0 - Fbruary 18 SAGITTARIUS Novmbr - Dcmbr CAPRICORN Dcmbr - January 19 PISCES Fbruary 18 - March 0

8 PERSONALITY Rad th prsonality profils blow. Which on is lik you?.. Which on is lik your partnr?.. 4 b is carful, has a good sns of humor, is kind is cold, is not opn-mindd is confidnt, romantic, and sporty dosn t think about othrs is confidnt, romantic, and has a good sns of humor is childish, arrogant, gts angry asily is kind, snsitiv to othrs, romantic, musical is shy, dishonst, not good at day-to-day lif laughs a lot, is opn-mindd and honst is childish, carlss is calm, patint, and musical is lazy, boring, and gts angry asily is kind, imaginativ, and snsitiv to othrs is bad-tmprd and difficult is modrn, wants to chang things, frindly is impatint, slfish is hard-working, honst, practical worris too much, has no sns of humor is amusing, hard-working, good at languag is dishonst, disorganizd is powrful, imaginativ, snsitiv to othrs says what sh/h thinks, is dominating 1 st First 1 is asygoing, thoughtful, polit is cold, indcisiv, ats too much 1 0

9 twnt y -nin 4 c Match th adjctivs with a dfinition. EXAMPLE powrful vry strong a confidnt romantic kind honst snsitiv childish shy lazy calm imaginativ a b c d f g h i j acts in a way that is not adult dos not fl comfortabl in a social situation has lots of intrsting idas can s lov and good in many things sur of onslf caring toward othrs dosn t lik hard work can undrstand othr popl s flings is truthful dos not gt angry asily 4 d Now writ som adjctivs to dscrib a prson in th class. Rad your dscription to th class. Can th othr studnts guss who it is? 1 1

10 PERSONALITY What s Your Numbr?.. Rad th articl about using numbrs to prdict charactr.. Try it yourslf. Dos th answr match your prsonality?.. 5 a Th Powr of Numbrs In Britain you will sldom s th numbr 666 on a car licnc plat bcaus th numbr is associatd with th dvil! Nithr will you find a numbr thirtn hous on a strt in Britain, a thirtnth floor in a hotl, or a thirtnth row of sats on an airplan. Having thirtn gusts at a party is vry unlucky, and som popl think that travling on Friday th 13th should b avoidd! Popl bgan studying numbrs cnturis ago, and th practic of assigning maning to numbrs was givn th nam numrology. Today, thr ar still popl who study numbrs to try to prdict prsonality. Thy say vry numbr is rlatd to a plant, and th numbrs in a prson s birth dat connct thm to a plant. Lik astrology, thn, numbrs can prhaps tll us somthing about our charactr. How dos it work? First, writ down your birthday th day, month, and yar you wr born. Th day dscribs your outr prsonality, th month is your innr slf, and th yar is your futur. Whr thr is mor than on figur, add thm togthr to gt on figur btwn 1 and 9. So for th yar 1970, w add th four numbrs togthr ( ) and rach a total of 17. W thn add ths two numbrs (1+7) togthr to gt a final total of 8. 8 is th final total of th yar 1970 and th numbr you us to prdict your futur. 1 st First 5 b Complt th chart to find your important numbrs... Bithday Day Month Yar EXAMPLE Total 1 January 1998 Day = 3 Month = 1 Yar = 9 Innr Slf Outr Slf Futur Charactristics 1

11 twnt y -nin Now find your plants blow and th truth about your prsonality Sun Moon Jupitr Uranus Mrcury Vnus Nptun Saturn Mars strong, crativ, outgoing imaginativ, snsitiv ambitious, positiv intllignt, scintific good communicator, quick thinkr romantic, passionat impatint, good larnr kind, undrstanding strong, passionat 6 Adjctiv Archiv Rad and listn to som of th adjctivs from this lsson. Which syllabl is strssd? Writ th words in th corrct column. frindly passionat intllignt happy difficult srious romantic arrogant ambitious charming powrful boring patint crativ honst snsitiv carful positiv confidnt amusing 0o 0oo o0o o0oo frindly srious romantic intllignt 1 3

12 PERSONALITY 1 st First 1 Th country with th world s smallst population is th Vatican City with fwr than 800 popl. Th largst is China with wll ovr a billion. Th Vatican City is also th world s smallst country a mr 0.17 squar mils. Russia, with an ara of 6,590,000 squar mils, is narly forty million tims largr. Angl Falls, in southast Vnzula, is th world s highst unintrruptd watrfall. It is 3,1 ft (979 m) high. 1 4

13 twnt y -nin 7 a National Strotyps Look at th chart blow. It is dsignd to hlp you assss th charactristics of a nationality. First complt th column on th right with th opposits of words on th lft. Look at th chart blow 7 b Put a chck ( ) on th scal 1 5 for your nationality. Adjctiv Adjctiv Adjctiv polit sociabl frindly romantic snsitiv honst kind Opposit Opposit Opposit impolit 7 c Do you know anyon from anothr country? What do you think about his or hr national charactristics? Put a cross ( ) on th chart. Compar your chart with anothr studnt s. 1 5 Put a cross on chart th

14 PERSONALITY VOCABULARY focus Many words hav a root. W can mak nw words by adding syllabls to this root. Somtims w add a syllabl to th bginning of th root, somtims to th nd of th root. For xampl, th root polit... w can add th prfix im- to form th word impolit. w can add th suffix -nss to form th noun politnss. -ly to form th advrb politly. Impolit is th opposit of polit. nd Antonio s Story.. Complt th passag with a suitabl adjctiv... Antonio s Story Th popl whr I liv ar always. Thy say hllo and smil whn w mt. But I find it difficult to do this. Popl say I m shy. My fathr says I don t hav nough frinds. H says I am but I don t think I am, as I hav a Swdish girlfrind, Ulrika. Sh can somtims b ; sh says I m fat and ugly, which maks m unhappy, as I m a prson. At school, my English tachr is vry. I oftn gt things wrong, but sh listns to m and givs m a lot of hr tim. Bcaus I am Italian and vry, I dram of giving hr rd ross and champagn. But, bcaus sh is English and vry, sh would prfr a br and som fris! 8 a Scond Listn to th casstt to chck your answrs. Listn again and mark.. th strss on th adjctivs. Is th prfix strssd or unstrssd?.. 8 b listn&chck 1 6

15 twnt y -nin 9 a Dial-a-Horoscop Som popl think that astrology can tll us a lot about our prsonalitis and that th plants and th stars can tll us about our futurs. Millions of popl around th world rad thir horoscops vry day in nwspaprs and magazins. Som vn us thir tlphons to chck what thir futur will b. Listn and complt ths dial-up horoscops for nxt wk. Hllo. You hav rachd Dial-a-Horoscop, your up-to-th-minut information srvic for th coming wk. So, lt s start with: [ Travl is in th air. You visit a romantic forign city. It s lov for you. You mt that girl or boy of your drams. You gt that important lttr, but you gt a spcial phon call. You visit a nw city and fall in lov. You mt a nw and xciting frind. This b a difficult wk. Thr is a lot of strss at work. You mak a phon call and mak somon vry happy. You mt somon nw and charming. You find a nw job and mov to anothr country. Somon at work or school fl romantic about you. How will you rspond? An xciting prson ask you for a dat. Say ys! You go to th movis. You lik th movi, but you lik th prson sitting nxt to you! 1 7

16 PERSONALITY Rad and listn again. Dcid which horoscop you.. would lik to b tru for you. What did othr popl choos?.. 9 b Rad&listn Futur Prdictions Listn&fill Finally, listn again and fill in th star signs... W can us th modal vrbs may, might, could, and will to mak prdictions about th futur. 9 c GRAMMAR focus nd Scond May, might, and could xprss possibility. You may mt an xciting prson. You might visit a forign city. I could win som mony. In Amrican English, might is usd mor than may. In British English, may is usd mor than might. Will xprsss crtainty. You will fall in lov. 1 8

17 twnt -nin [ y 10 So Do I! I lik music. Nithr am I. I didn t. So did I. I don t. So do I. I m not vry patint. I am. I had a difficult childhood. = 1 9

18 PERSONALITY Listn to th thr popl talking at a party. Thy don t know ach othr vry wll... Complt th convrsation with so, nithr, or a suitabl auxiliary vrb... Kris: So, do you lik partis? Justin: Ys, vry much. Kris: do I. Luk: M too. I lov thm. I m actually a vry sociabl prson. Kris: So I. Luk: Prtty musical too. Justin Ar you? am I. I don t rally lik this kind of music, though. Kris: do I. I prfr mor romantic music. Luk: Do you? So I. Justin: M too. Kris: I m actually quit a romantic prson. Luk: am I. Justin: Rally? Kris: I m snsitiv to othrs. Luk: So I. Kris: I don t lik to b unkind to popl. Luk: Nithr I. Kris: I m always honst. Luk: am I. Justin: You two sound lik brothrs. Kris: Mayb w hav th sam zodiac sign. [ 10 a nd Scond What zodiac sign do you think th two mn ar? Compar your idas with a partnr... compar b

19 twnt y -nin focus GRAMMAR So and nithr + Auxiliary Vrbs b and do W us so and nithr with an auxiliary vrb whn w want to say that th sam is tru for sombody. W us so with positiv sntncs and nithr with ngativ sntncs. W us th auxiliary vrb without so or nithr whn w want to say that th sam is not tru for you. Affirmativ Sntncs If th sam is tru for you... so + auxiliary + subjct I m vry sociabl. So am I. I lik partis. So do I. If th sam is not tru for you... subjct + (ngativ) auxiliary I m not. I don t. Ngativ Sntncs If th sam is tru for you... nithr + auxiliary + subjct I m not vry romantic. Nithr am I. I don t lik music. Nithr do I. If th sam is not tru for you... subjct + (positiv) auxiliary I am. I do. 1 31

20 PERSONALITY Good at Grammar?.. Writ rplis to th following statmnts so that what.. is tru for A is tru for B. Us so, nithr, do, and b a EXAMPLES A: I m rally good at sport. B: So am I. A: I don t go to partis oftn. B: Nithr do I A: I don t lik arrogant popl. B A: I am a vry patint prson. B A: My bst frind s a Lo. B A: I usually dat Capricorns. B A: I m not a typical Piscs. B A: W r all Virgos in my family. B A: I lik Scorpios a lot. B A: I don t hav a favorit star sign. B A: I m fairly romantic. B A: I don t bliv in horoscops! B 11 b Now writ rplis to th following that ar tru for you... nd Scond Somon says... What do you rply? I m patint. I m sociabl. I don t lik th color blu. I go dancing a lot. I bliv in horoscops. 1 3

21 twnt y -nin 11 c Now writ down two adjctivs to dscrib your prsonality two things you lik and two things you don t lik. Thn tll othr studnts in th class about yourslf. How many things do you hav in common? Don t tll anyon your zodiac sign! Can you find othr popl you think could hav th sam star sign as you? Prsonality: I m and Liks: I lik and Disliks: I don t lik and 1 a Strssing th Maning Normally th prfix on a root word is not strssd. Listn and mark th strss on th words blow. EXAMPLE unsociabl impatint unkind dishonst impolit unfrindly 1 b Whn w want to corrct wrong information, howvr, th strss changs. Listn to th convrsation and mark th nw strss pattrn on th undrlind words Brian: Adam: Brian: Adam: Brian: Adam: Brian: Adam: Brian: So you lik your nw Portugus tachr, thn, Adam. You say h s vry patint. No! I didn t say h was patint. I said h was impatint. Oh. But you think h s frindly, though, don t you? No, I don t think that. I think h s vry unfrindly! Wll, you all go out with him, don t you? So h must b a sociabl guy. Sociabl? H s compltly unsociabl. Oh. But you lik him, right? I nvr said I likd him. I said I dislikd him! Oh.

22 PERSONALITY DON TSTOPNOW!D DON TSTOPNOW!D HERE ARE SOME MORE EXERCISES FOR YOU TO DO. What s th Word?.. 13 Unscrambl th words to find adjctivs of prsonality... 1dcfoinnt 5 tipant noths 6 comatirn 3 gorraatn 7zaly 4 vtisins 8 gxticin Dictation.. Listn and writ th words you har. Listn again and mark th strss [ Don tstopnow 1 34

23 twnt y -nin 15 Positiv to Ngativ Chang th sntncs so thy hav th opposit maning. EXAMPLE I don t hav nough jobs to do. I hav too many jobs to do. 1 I don t hav nough cloths. W hav too much tim. 3 W don t study nough. 4 You rad too many horoscops. 5 Thr arn t nough popl hr. 6 I know too many trndy stors. 7 You travl too much. 8 You watch TV too much. 9 You don t xrcis nough. 10 W work too hard! 1 35

24 PERSONALITY Star Signs.. What dos th month ahad hold for you? Mystic Mandy has th answrs... Aris (March 1 - April 0) You ll hav luck with mony and may hav a romantic mting at th nd of th month. Taurus (April 1 - May 0) A lttr or phon call could bgin a nw rlationship. You ll hav nws from an old frind. Gmini (May 1 - Jun 0) Th first part of th month will b bttr than th scond. You won t work as hard as you should, and this might caus strss. Cancr (Jun 1 - July ) This might b th month singl Cancr boys and girls gt marrid! You will b succssful in vrything you do. Lo (July 3 - August ) You will hav fun this month. You may mt som nw frinds. You won t think about work much, and that could b bad. Virgo (August 3 - Sptmbr ) Virgos looking for a nw job will find on this month. But thr might b problms at hom in th middl of th month. Libra (Sptmbr 3 - Octobr ) This will b a mixd tim for Librans. Thy may fl thy nd to mov hous or chang thir holiday plans. 16 a Scorpio (Octobr 3 - Novmbr 1) You will discovr a nw sport or hobby, but you won t find any romanc. Sagittarius (Novmbr - Dcmbr 1) Thr won t b any xtra mony this month, so you might find it a strssful tim. You ll go to som grat partis, though. Capricorn (Dcmbr - January 19) Thr might b a nw family mmbr soon! Th 18th will b an important day at work. You won t hav much tim for hobbis this month. Aquarius (January 0 - Fbruary 18) This month may b strssful, but you will hav lots of tim to spnd with your family. Piscs (Fbruary 18 - March 0) You might hav a surpris vacation with an important frind. Blu will b your lucky color this month. Don tstopnow 1 36

25 twnt y -nin 16 b Complt th sntncs blow with a star sign from th rading. EXAMPLE Sagittarius will go to som grat partis won t find any romanc this month. will spnd lots of tim with thir family. might gt marrid. will hav an important day in th middl of th month. will mt nw frinds arly in th month. will hav a strssful month. might hav a surpris vacation with an important frind. will gt nws from an old frind. may nd to mov hous. will b lucky with mony. might hav problms at hom in th middl of th month. complt th sntncs 1 37

26 PERSONALITY Did You? So Did I!.. Complt th convrsation with auxiliary vrbs do or b A: I m actually from Grmany. B: Ar you? So am I. A: My parnts cam hr whn I was a baby. B: thy? So my parnts. A: I hav a twin sistr. B: you? So I. A: I don t rally rmmbr hr. B: Don t you? Nithr I. A: W last saw ach othr twnty yars ago. B: you? So w. A: I don t know what sh looks lik now. B: you? Nithr I. A: I trid to find hr. B: you? So I. A: I put a mssag in th nwspapr on hr birthday vry yar. B: you? So I. Wait a minut! Birgit! A: Katrin! listn&chck 1 38 Now listn to th casstt and chck your answrs. Don tstopnow

27 twnt y -nin 18 Prfix Practic Writ th words blow undr thir corrct prfix. lik sociabl polit frindly agr patint honst bliv romantic kind snsitiv organizd writ un- im- dis- indislik 19 What s Wrong? Find and undrlin th rror in ach sntnc and corrct it. 1 EXAMPLE John is an unpatint man. John is an impatint man. Thy might gtting marrid nxt yar. A: I always lik Los. B: So am I. 3 That s Madonna, isn t sh? 4 Why do w go to a movi tonight? 5 My frinds don t trndy nough. 1 39

28 PERSONALITY 6 Th most good star sign is Scorpio. 7 Thr ar too much frogs on your ti! 8 A: I didn t go to th party last night. B: So did I. Thr ar ovr 30 muscls in th human fac. Thy rlax and contract to xprss a varity of motions such as angr, surpris, plasur, and pain. Don tstopnow 1 40

29 y SUMMARY twnt -nin COMMUNICATION focus Making Futur Prdictions W can us th modal vrbs may, might, could and will to mak prdictions about th futur. W us may, might and could whn w think somthing is possibl. You may mt him at th concrt. I could win som mony. Th plan might arriv lat. W us will whn w ar sur about somthing. You will fall in lov. I won t pass th xam. GRAMMAR focus Using So and Nithr With Auxiliary Vrbs W us so and nithr with an auxiliary vrb whn w want to say that somthing is tru for anothr prson.w us so with positiv sntncs and nithr with ngativ sntncs. W us th auxiliary vrb without so or nithr whn w want to say that somthing isn t tru for anothr prson. On prson Anothr prson I m vry sociabl. So is Gorg. (Both popl ar sociabl.) Gorg isn t. (Gorg isn t sociabl.) I lik partis. So do I. (Both spakrs lik partis.) I don t. (Only on spakr liks partis.) I m not vry rich. Nithr am I. (Both spakrs arn t rich.) I am. (Only on spakr is rich.) I don t lik popcorn. Nithr do I. (Both spakrs hat popcorn.) I do. (Only on spakr liks popcorn.) 1 41

30 SUMMARY SUMMARY SUMMARY MARY YOUR nots Prsonality ambitious childish kind romantic arrogant confidnt lazy snsitiv calm crativ passionat srious carful honst positiv shy charming imaginativ powrful sociabl Zodiac Signs Aquarius Capricorn Libra Scorpio Aris Gmini Piscs Taurus Cancr Lo Sagittarius Virgo Othr Usful Words astrology jad prdict tarot ybrow numrology sign triangular horoscop plant squar zodiac VOCABULARY focus 1 4 ag