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Language focus:• Adjectives describing personality• Nationality

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Vocabulary: adjectives describing personality

Example: LAZYHe is lazy

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A well-known joke (barzelletta):

Heaven and Hell

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Heaven is where:the police are British,the cooks French,the mechanics German,the lovers Italian,and it is all organised by the Swiss ...

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Hell is where:the police are __________ ,the cooks __________ ,the mechanics __________ ,the lovers __________ ,and it is all organisedby the __________ !"

http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/world-countries-nationality.htm

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“What are the Germans like?”

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“What are the British like?”

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“What are the French like?”

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“What are the Italians like?”

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WATCHING A VIDEO

http://www.real-english.com/reo/14/unit14.html

What are the British like?

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What are the British like? – put the words into the correct order

well-educated (adjective): knowledgeable, well-read, learned otherwise (adverb): in other ways, in contrast to reserved (adjective): a reserved person does not show many feelings, and is almost shy awful (adjective): extremely bad or unpleasant, terrible, horrible.“They're awful. They're the source of the entire world's problems.” Source (adjective): origin, root, beginning.stuffy (adjective): boring, dull, starched, old-fashioned. fair (adjective): just, not partial to one person. snobbish (adjective): superior, arrogant, stuck-up pompous (adjective): similar to snobbish; arrogant, pretentious sophisticated (adjective): the opposite of naive; the same as cultured, refined, cultivated, cosmopolitan.

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WATCHING A VIDEOhttp://www.real-english.com/reo/17/unit17.html

What are the Italians like?

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1. Tick the adjectives you hear in the video:

voluble noisy temperamental emotional emotive romantic artistic

2.Michael's neighbour is Italian. He says the Italians are very friendly.

For example:

they like to romanticize they like to socialize they like to organize

3. Listen to Howard. He says the Italians are gorgeous. Gorgeous means:

Extremely homely Extremely ugly Extremely beautiful

4. Mrs Scott says that the Italians:

love children and are fun to be with

don't like children and are not fun to be with

love children and animals

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5. Gary and June are married. June's parents are from Italy. She loves her parents.

That's why she says that ...

Italians are the greatest people on earth

Italians are good lovers

Italians are the most wonderful people on earth

6. Temperamental (adjective): sensitive or irritable

Vivacious (adjective): "full of life"

7. Gregarious people like to ....

talk to other people, and to socialize play music, sing study English grammar

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8. Temperamental people are Calm Moody Dependable

9. Argumentative (adjective): quarrelsome, combative, "always fighting

Argumentative people are Cooperative combative inhibited

10. Voluble people are always talking

Voluble people are: Shy combative chatty

11. Andrew is making a gesture. He is trying to be "expressive" as he says

"expressive". When you are expressive ...

you speak like a robot you say nothing you use actions and you speak

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Personality trait Behaviour1. Hardworking1. Lazy2. Sociable3. Shy4. Moody5. Serious6. Easygoing7. Quiet8. Generous9. Outgoing10. Talkative11. Filial12. Friendly13. Selfish14. Funny

A. Doesn’t like to shareB. Respects her parentsC. Likes to gossipD. Always gives presentsE. Doesn’t get angry easilyF. Always thinking about thingsG. Likes to go to partiesH. Nervous to meet new peopleI. Doesn’t like to workJ. Always works overtimeK. Easily angeredL. Likes to shake handsM. Has many friendsN. Tells jokesO. Doesn’t like to talk

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I’m very ____________________________

I can be ___________________________

I tend to be _________________________

I’m somewhat ______________________

I’m a little __________________________

I’m not at all ________________________

My ideal boss is _______________________________________________

My ideal roommate is ___________________________________________

My ideal partner is _____________________________________________

I can’t stand people who are _____________________________________