1、Unit 1,Word 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 Matth
2、ew.,Cheerful and outgoing,Quiet and sad,Adjectives like unreliable, cheerful, outgoing, quiet, sad can be used to describe peoples personality.,Who was he?,Father of Hybrid Rice. He has devoted his life to finding ways to grow more and more rice.,Task 1:,Guess,hard-working,unselfish,determined,energ
3、etic,intelligent,confident,active,modest,He is Yuan long ping.,Lets have a try,Use some adjectives to describe peoples personalities.,Task 2:,What kind of personis he?,The brother from “brothers happiness”,kind/ helpful/ warm-hearted smart/ clever /diligent/strong-minded,Group work,Try to describe t
4、heir personalities.,陈光标,白岩松,杨澜,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. considerable5. helpful6. well-mannered,having or showing that someone has good mann
5、ers 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 blanks.,Exercises,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
6、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 go
7、t frightened. 5. Dont waste time to persuade him to give up his plan he has make the decision firmly. So he is a d_ person.,imid,etermined,Lets look at the other examples of how adjectives are used to describe peoples personality.,A: We have a new classmate this term. He is from America. He is not o
8、nly polite, but also open-minded and humorous, so everyone likes him.,B: Oh, we have a teacher from England, who teaches us spoken English. He is helpful, though sometimes a bit boring.,positive adjectives,negative adjectives,Adjectives to describe personality,unreliable, jealous, moody are negative
9、, while cheerful, outgoing, open-minded are positive.,Can you divide them into different circles,positive,negative,generous,dishonest,narrow-minded,impolite,helpful,reliable,warm-hearted,honest,friendly,stubborn,bad-tempered,boring,?,The group which come up with the most words wins.,Competition,Thin
10、k of more adjectives to describe personality.,What is synonyms? Words that have the same or similar meaning. What is antonyms? Words that have the opposite meaning.,determined,dependable,lazy,selfish,kind,cheerful,rude,quiet,courageous,clever,narrow-minded,extrovert,More exercises,faithful,hard-work
11、ing,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 ones mind firmly made up: d_ Fond
12、 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. humorous 8. strict,One is going to stand in front of the class and describe the perso
13、nality of his/her friends, the others are trying to guess him/her out.,Describe and Guess,I have a good friend. We have been good/best friends since He/She is very _,_,_ , So I like him/her very much. We are both very_. But I know he is not perfect, sometimes he is _. Can you guess who is he/she?,Build positive personality,Do you want to be a popular student?,Do you want to make true friends?,Thank you!,
