Unit 1

Getting along with others

Unit 1

Getting along with others

Word powerWord power

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.

He was Lei Feng.

Let’s have a try

Use some adjectives to describe

people’s personalities.

Task 2:

What kind of person

is she?

“Dae Jang Geum”

kind/ helpful/ warm-

hearted smart/ clever

/diligent/ hard-

working/creative/

strong-minded

Group work

Try to describe their personalities.

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.

positive adjectives

negative adjectives

Adjectives

to describe

personality

‘unreliable, jealous, moody’ are ne

gative, while ‘cheerful, outgoing, op

en-minded’ are positive.

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

strong-

minded

hard-

working

shy generous

determined

timid

lazy

selfish

friendly talkative

happy polite

… …

kind

cheerful

… …

rude

quiet

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

build positive personality

Do you want to be a popular student?

Do you want to make true friends?

Try to remember the new words..

Homework