2 Character
Beginner
A: do you like Barry?
B: no, not very much. He’s too ambitious
dishonest.
A:
agree.like
brother, Paul. They are not alike.
B: yes. They are completely different. Paul
very sociablemuch more honest thanbrother.
A: what kind
person do you consider yourself
be?
B:think I’m polite, careful, relaxedshy.
A: oh,don’t think you’re shy! You are always chatting with new people when we goa party.
B: well, yes, but those people always start talkingme.never talkthem first. Perhaps I’m not as shy asthink. Anyway, you’re certainly not shy!
A: You’re right.love going outmaking new friends.
B: so, you’ll be at my birthday party
Friday?
A: Of course!
Intermediate
A: How do you think people get their personalities?
B:think it’s mainly from
environment
person lives it.
A: Don’t you think people get their personalities from their parents?
B: no, but parents controllotthe environment that kids grow up in, so they certainly influence their kid’s personalitieslot.
A: So why do you think many kids have personalities that are so differenttheir parents.
B: maybe when they become teenagers, they wantbe completely differenttheir parents.
A: You might be right.guess most parents want their kidsbe like them, but kids today grow up
a different environment. You know, they know much more aboutworld frominternet, newspapers,tv.
B: do you think that teenagers getlottheir bad behaviour from tvmovies?
A: Maybe someit.thinklotpeople blame TVmovies whenreal problemthatparents aren’t bringing their child up correctly.
B: Parents havedifficult job. They havebring up their childrenusually havework too.
A: Yes, that’s fine. Your sondoing well at school, isn’t he?
B: yes, he is. He’s very hardworking when he’s at school. Then he comes home from schooldoes homework before dinner. After dinner, he goes out withfriends.
A: So, he’s notbookworm? It’s good that he has an outgoing personality. Some kids are very quietintroverted. You wonder they’ll survivethe real world without their parentssupport them.
words
Polite extrovert careless innocent impolite aggressive friendly frank kind ambitious unfriendly honest energetic serious relaxed shy quiet noisy outgoing careful thoughtful curious funny stubborn arrogant reliable jealous sociable
phrases
Look relaxed appear shy thinksomeone havepersonality be considered pretendbebe alike completely different
