Getting along with others Unit 1 Getting along with others Word power

★He was a soldier and died at an early age after the founding of PRC. Lead-in Guess Who was he? ★He was a soldier and died at an early age after the founding of PRC. ★ He was ----helpful -----warmhearted ----- unselfish/selfless ★ 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

Have you noticed the adjectives we used? helpful, warmhearted, unselfish/selfless All these adjectives are used to describe Personality.

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

generous dishonest reliable stubborn honest moody helpful impolite 慷慨的 不诚实的 热心的 狭隘的 可信赖的 顽固的 开明的 坏脾气的 诚实的 忧郁的 有帮助的 不礼貌的 有礼貌的 不友好的 友好的 烦人的 generous dishonest warm-hearted narrow-minded reliable stubborn open-minded bad-tempered honest moody helpful impolite polite unkind friendly boring

Can you divide them into different circles ? Can you divide them into different circles generous impolite positive dishonest helpful narrow-minded reliable negative warm-hearted stubborn honest boring friendly bad-tempered

Some more adjectives that describe personality

Positive Negative generous warm-hearted reliable open-minded honest helpful polite friendly modest cheerful hard-working kind self-confident trustworthy dishonest narrow-minded stubborn bad-tempered moody impolite unkind boring dull (闷闷不乐的) careless annoying（讨厌的） mean cruel shy naughty

What is synonyms? Words that have the same or similar meaning. What is antonyms? Words that have the opposite meaning.

Synonyms Antonyms determined lazy shy generous selfish timid friendly 意志坚强的 勤奋的 坚决的 懒惰的 害羞的 大方的 胆小的 自私的 友好的 健谈的 善良的 文静的 快乐的 有礼貌的 愉快的 粗鲁的 strong-minded hard-working determined lazy shy generous selfish timid friendly talkative kind quiet happy polite rude cheerful

Synonyms Antonyms strong-minded determined hard-working lazy shy timid generous selfish friendly kind quiet talkative happy cheerful polite rude … … … …

More exercises Synonyms Antonyms brave courageous open-minded smart narrow-minded smart clever carefree serious loyal faithful selfless selfish hard-working diligent sad happy

Use some adjectives to describe people’s personality. Have a try!

“Dae Jang Geum” What kind of person is she? kind/ helpful/ warm-hearted smart/ clever /diligent/ hard-working/creative/ strong-minded

What kind of person is he? helpful / strong-minded/ friendly/ generous/ brave/ ….

keys Part A on Page 7 1. easy-going 2. quiet 3. shy 4. Friendly 5. honest 6. hard-working 7. serious 8. strict keys

Competition Try to speak highly of your friends with as many positive adjectives as you can to make the others believe that your friend is the best . I like my friend, …, because he is hard-working, brave and strong....

Important phrases 1.That’s for sure.那是肯定的。 for sure确实，无疑=without doubt I think he may come today, but I can’t say for sure. 2.make it 获得成功，做到，赶上，达到预定目标 —When shall we have the class meeting? —Let’s make it on Monday afternoon. He says he’ll stay up for two nights, but he’ll never make it. —Can we catch the train? —I hope we can make it.

Thank you.