Unit 1

Section B Period 3

Words & Expressions energetic confident permission herself bother slight in the slightest annoy 必须的 ; 必需的 令某人惊奇的 ( 是 ) …… 正 ; 恰恰 即使 ; 纵然 ; 尽管 不再 ; 已不 对 …… 感到自豪 注意 ; 专心 ; 留心 对 …… 注意 ; 留心

Words & Expressions fairly plenty plenty of get along with circle listener 相当；完全 很多的；足够的 与 …… 相处 阶层 听者；收听者

Who is this? It’s Yang Lan. What is she like? She is ________. confident Personality: outgoing, serious, funny, smart, friendly, shy, unfriendly, confident, creative, energetic…

Answer the questions and try to think what you are like.  Do you afraid to speak in public?  Do you like to meet new people?  Do you like art and music?  Do you often get nervous when you have to meet new people?  Do you often feel tired?

1a Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with words from the box. 1. _______ people aren’t afraid to speak in public. 2._______ people like to meet new people. 3._______ people usually like art and music. 4. ____ people get nervous when they have to meet new people. 5. _______ people are hardly ever tired. Confident Creative Energetic Outgoing Shy

A. Outgoing If you are outgoing, you like to meet and talk to new people. Make sentences.

If you are energetic, you are very active and have a lot of energy. B. Energetic

C. Shy If you are shy, you feel nervous and embarrassed when talking to other people, especially people you do not know.

D. Confident If you are confident, you are sure that you can do something or deal with a situation successfully.

E. Creative If you are creative, you use your imagination or skills to make things.

1b

outgoing, serious, funny, smart, friendly, shy, unfriendly, confident, energetic, creative Which words on the left describe you? Tell your partner. A: what are you like? B: I think I’m creative and outgoing.

Sample dialogue 1: A: What are you like? B: I think I’m shy and unconfident. I don’t know what to say before strangers and dare not speak aloud.

Sample dialogue 2: A: What are you like? B: I think I’m outgoing and energetic. I like to make friends everywhere. I like talking with drivers or passengers when I take a bus or taxi. I never feel tired during my study.

Listen. Celia is asking Bill questions from a personality survey. Check the questions Celia asks. 2a

Listen. Celia is asking Bill questions from a personality survey. Circle Bill’s responses. 2b

Girl1: I just did a personality survey in Teen Time magazine. It tells you how confident you are. Boy1: Oh? How did you do, Celia? Girl1: I don’t know yet. But it’s a really interesting test. You should try it, Bill. tapescripts

Boy1: OK. Girl1: How about question 1? What would you do if the teacher asked you to give a speech in front of the whole school? Boy1: I’d say I had a cold and couldn’t speak. I would be afraid to make a speech in front of the whole school. tapescripts

Girl1: How about this movie question? What would you do if someone asked you to be in a movie? Boy1: Oh, I’d say no. I’d be too nervous. What’s the next question? Girl1: Let’s see… tapescripts

Task I think confident is a good personality. Are you and your partners confident? Make a survey. A: What would you do if someone asked you to be in a movie? B: I’d say yes. What about you? A: I’d ask if my friends could be in the movie too. B: What would you do if you want to be friends with a new student? A: I’d …

T: If I want you to give a speech in front of the whole class, what would you say? S: I’d say yes. T: Oh! How confident you are! Let’s make a survey to see if you are confident. Answer the questions in. 2a

Sample survey question 1: What would you do if you were arguing with others of a party? a. accept people as they are. b. make people feel at ease. c. cut others to pieces. Write your own personality survey.

Sample survey question 2: What would you do if someone often said something bad about you? a. have a good word with him / her. b. seldom feel blue and make him / her understand you better. c. often feel blue and decide not to say anything with him / her anymore.

Useful phrases bother … in… plenty of… get along with… rather …than… a circle of … Answer the questions in and then read the passage in 3a. Decide what you are like. 2a 3a

Look at activity 2a and write your own personality survey. If a friend said something bad about you, would you … a.talk to the friend right away? b.say nothing? c. think about what he or she said? Example: 3b

Groupwork

Ask students in your group the questions from your survey. Discuss the results. A: I asked three students the question from my survey. B: How many people would talk to the friend right away? A: Only one. And two people would say nothing. What about your survey? B: I asked … 4

Explanation 1. Confident people aren’t afraid to speak in public. in public 当众, 公然 e. g. Don’t make noise in public ． 2. ask one’s permission 征求某人的同 意。 without permission 没有得到许可。

1. Social situations don’t bother you in the slightest. bother=trouble 打扰 e.g. Don’t bother him, he’s pretty tired.

not in the slightest=not at all 微不足道的 e. g. He didn’t embarrass me in the slightest. 2.Your friends would probably say that you are easy to get along with. get along with=get on with 与 … 相处

e.g. My classmates are easy to get on/along with. 3.You like talking to one or two people rather than a group. You would also rather stay at home and read a good book than go to a party. (1)rather…than… 和 …rather than… 作比较的为相同部分, “ 宁可 … 而不 ”

(2)would rather do sth.=had rather do sth. 宁愿做 … ，较喜欢做 … Would rather do sth. than do sth. =prefer to do sth. rather than do sth. 宁愿做 … 而不愿做 … e. g. I would rather drink green tea than coffee. I’m rather bored than tired.

 Fill in the blanks with the correct words. Change the forms if necessary. nervous shy tired terrible friendly 1.I’m really _________. I’ve been studying all day. 2.I don’t like making speeches. I feel ________ talking in front of many people. 3.If you were more ________ to people, you would have more friends. 4.My stomach feels ________. I think I ate something bad at lunch time. 5.Paul is a bit ________ at first, but when he knows you, he talks a lot.

 Make up sentences with these phrases. 1.rather than _______________________________. 2.give a speech _______________________________. 3.plenty of _______________________________. 4.get along with _______________________________. 5.bother … in… _______________________________.