1. Unit 1 Vocabulary
Describing friends

2. What are your friends’ characteristics?

3. What kind of person is he/she?
He has lots of energy.
She is friendly and loves to meet people.
He feels sure about his own ability.
She cares only about herself.
He does not get angry easily.
She treats everyone equally.
He can wait without getting angry.
She wants to know about everything.
energetic
outgoing
confident
selfish
easy-going
fair
patient
curious

4. I was born on __________ . My star sign is __________.
What
about
you?
Speaking
I was born on __________ .
My star sign is __________.
It says that I ________________.
In fact, I ____________________ .
Other students please try to find out the adjectives and their opposites while listening.

5. Find out some adjectives
I’m very generous. I dislike selfish people. I like sports a lot, and I look very strong. I am weak in History and think it is very difficult. My favorite subject is English. I have a good memory, so it is easy for me to remember the English words quickly. However, when it comes to history I seem to have a bad memory and it is hard for me to remember those facts.
I’m very generous. I dislike selfish people. I like sports a lot, and I look very strong. I am weak in History and think it is very difficult. My favorite subject is English. I have a good memory, so it is easy for me to remember the English words quickly. However, when it comes to history I seem to have a bad memory and it is hard for me to remember those facts.

6. Can you help them find their friends?
modest
strong
inactive
selfish
generous
clever
lazy
patient
weak
hard-working
unfair
impatient
outgoing
proud
fair
silly
active
shy

7. New words Positive Negative active inactive generous selfish modest
proud
strong
weak
Positive
Negative
clever
silly
patient
impatient
lazy
hard-working
unfair
fair
shy
outgoing

8. active inactive hard-working lazy patient impatient outgoing shy
She’s an __________ girl who is good at speaking, singing and dancing. Her brother isn’t the same as her. He is __________.
Top students are always _____________ones. They are not __________ at all.
Teachers should be __________. If they are ___________, their students will be unhappy.
Mary has many friends and she likes going to the parties and chatting with others. She is very __________. Her brother is just the opposite, he is __________.
inactive
hard-working
lazy
patient
impatient
outgoing
shy

9. proud modest strong weak generous selfish unfair fair
5. Lily is the top student in the grade, her teachers and parents are ___________ of her. But she is very ___________ herself.
6. Doing more practice can make you __________ while unhealthy lifestyle makes you ___________.
7. All the businesses are ______________ except a __________ one. We got many donations for the UNICEF.
8. It’s ___________ that you criticize your students without asking for the details. You’d better be __________ to them .
proud
modest
strong
weak
generous
selfish
unfair
fair

10. Do you remember? im friendly ir polite in honest dis regular un
correct
friendly
polite
honest
regular
Can you say more adjectives like these?
Who has the best memory?

11. competition ？
Test your
memory

12. The adjectives describing people
Positive
Negative
energetic 精力充沛的 …
lazy 无精打采的, 懒惰的

13. Can you finish Exercise B on Page 12 now ?
More exercises

14. Practice 1. It’s _________ (fair) to me to do the whole work alone.
2. All of us take an ________ (act) part in the sports meeting.
3. The dress has an _______________ (elegance) style.
4. Some people think Daniel is ___________ (practice).
unfair
active
elegant
practical

15. Practice
5. Shen Zhou V was _____________ (success) sent up into space in 2003.
6. It is ________ (care) of him to make many mistakes in the exam.
7. David is hard-working and never gives up _______ (easy).
8. Don’t be so _____________ (patience). I’m coming back quickly.
successfully
careless
easily
impatient

16. Practice careful energetic energy active activities personal practical
1.She never makes mistakes. She is a __________ (care) girl.
2.The _________ boy thinks vegetables have less _________ than meat. ( energy )
3.Susan is a(n) _______ girl and you can find her in many school ____________. ( act )
4.Beckham is a good football player because he has many _________ (person) qualities.
5.My brother is a __________ (practice) boy.
6.Rocket is a __________ (power) basketball team, but they can’t enter the final games.
energetic
energy
active
activities
personal
practical
powerful

17. Practice pleased imaginative impatient unfair angrily lucky luck
7.She felt very _________ (pleasure) when she heard from her son.
8.The inventor was very ______________ (imagine) when he was young.
9.If you want to do better in your study, you mustn’t be ____________ (patient)
10.If some sportsmen use drugs, it is _______ (fair) to the others.
11.Don’t look _________ (anger) at her. She is only a child.
12.He got the ______ present with great ______. (luck)
imaginative
impatient
unfair
angrily
lucky
luck

18. Let's have a match!
One student chooses one of the adjectives to make one sentence, and your desk-mate uses the opposite to make a sentence. One pair by one pair.
Which group can do the best?

19. Homework Remember the adjectives and the opposites.
Write a short passage to talk about one of your classmates. Tell why you like him or her with the adjectives and the opposites.