Unit FiveTeaching PlanPersonalityPart 2 ReadingLead-in Activity: Discussion✐Samples1. —— I am a man of few words. When I want to express my feelings, I tend to use facial ex-pressions and body language instead of talking for a long time. Sometimes people may get the impression that I am a cold person just because of my silence. After they get to know me, however, they will regard me as a friendly and passionate guy. I am also very optimistic about things and believe in faith rather than in science.—— I am an outgoing girl. I love to make friends and tell everything to them including things regarded as “skeletons in the closet”. Some of my classmates think I am shallow, but I think I am just straightforward. As happy as I appear to be, I always feel sad because I am used to looking on the dark side when I see things. For all these years I have been trying to become a happier and more active person, but little progress has been made.2. ——I think personality is more important to a person’s success. As we know, “A man’s char-acter is his fate.” Personality contributes greatly to a person’s success or failure. If a person’s personality type suits his or her career, then success will come sooner or later.—— Although many people think that personality determines one’s fate, I believe that hard work is in fact the most important factor in determining whether one’s going to succeed or fail. No matter what kind of personality you’ve got, as long as you’re willing to work well, you will succeed some day. As the old saying goes, “As a man sows, so he shall reap.” In a word, I believe hard work is far more important than personality.Language Focus1. “How would you describe your personality?” (Para. 1)would用于委婉地提出问题。

例如：◆Would you like tea or coffee?你想喝茶还是咖啡？◆What would you advise me to do?你建议我怎么做？would 还可以用于委婉地提出要求或邀请。

例如：◆Would you mind turning on the light?你能把灯打开吗?◆Would you be kind enough to interpret for me?你能帮我翻译吗?◆Would you like to stay here for the night?你留下来过夜好吗?2. On the surface this appears to be a simple question, but if you answer too hastily, you may end up sounding like every other candidate. (Para. 2)appear意为“似乎，好像，看来”，后面可接不定式短语。

例如：◆He appears to be sincere, but I don’t c ompletely trust him.他似乎很诚恳，不过我不能完全信任他。

end up 意为“最后成为（处于）”，后面可接分词短语、名词短语或介词短语等。

例如：◆Whenever we go out to dinner with them, I always end up paying the bill.每次我们和他们一起去吃饭，最后总是由我付账。

◆He ended up (as) head of the firm.他最后成了公司的主管。

◆We set off for New castle, but ended up in Scotland, but ended up in Scotland.我们动身去纽卡斯尔，可后来却到了苏格兰。

3. Y ou must think about what makes you unique and how you can make yourself stand out and be remembered. (Para. 2)what和how引导的从句并列作think about的宾语。

在make yourself stand out and be re-membered中stand out和be remembered并列作make的宾语补语。

4. Interviewers might ask this question for a couple of reasons: to hear where you place the emphasis in your description and to see how quickly and creatively you can think on the spot. (Para. 3)to hear where you place the emphasis和to see how quickly and creatively you can think两个不定式结构是用来说明a couple of reasons的具体内容。

5. Don’t give the interviewer the same answers everybody else gives. (Para. 3)这是一个祈使句，用于表达劝告。

这篇文章在多处使用了祈使句。

祈使句一般省去主语you,以动词的祈使式开头，表示要求、请求、劝告和命令等。

动词的祈使式与动词原形相同，无时态与数的词形变化。

例如：◆Have some more soup, please.请再喝点汤。

◆Don’t be nervous!别紧张!everybody else gives是the same answers的定语从句，省略了关系代词that。

6. Think about new ways to get your message across and sell yourself. (Para. 3)to get your message across and sell yourself是不定式短语作定语，修饰ways。

例如：◆What’s the best way to learn a language?学习语言的最佳方法是什么?7. Take a look at these typical answers and think about how you can make them more unique. (Para. 4)these typical answers和how引导的从句分别是介词at和about的宾语。

take / have a look (at somebody/something) 意为“考虑，思考”。

例如：◆Have you had any chance to take a look at my proposal yet?你考虑过我的提议了吗？◆Take a long hard look (=examine very carefully) at where your money is going this month.仔细想想这个月钱都花在哪儿了。

8. “I do whatever it tak es to get the job done, sometimes working 10-hour days.” (Para. 6) whatever 引导的从句作do的宾语。

it是形式主语，指代to get the job done；引导词whatever在从句中作take的宾语。

take意为“需要”，例如：◆It takes two men to do this.做这项工作需要两个人。

◆Repairs take time.维修需要时间。

sometimes working 10-hour days为现在分词短语作伴随性状语，其中10-hour days是指“每天工作十小时”。

9. “I am a person who can bring order to chaos.” (Para. 9)order的意思是“秩序”，bring order to chaos意为“使混乱变得有秩序”。

bring order to chaos 10. “I pride myself on my record of never missing deadlines.” (Para. 10)miss deadlines意为“错过最后的期限”。