when one is strongest and most successful
youthful juvenile junior in the springtime of life in the prime of sl. when one is young and one’s life in one’s salad doesn’t have much days experience aged grey-haired very old and senior weak due to senile old age
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Resemblance
look like somebody resemble take after somebody have someone’s eyes/nose/hair… remind someone of someone else be similar to bear a resemblance to be like mirror echo
Task 1: Fill in the blanks with words and expressions your hear. Task 2: Answer the questions on page 2.
The following words in the recording may be new to you: arch enemy: it refers to the main enemy, the chief foe, the person you hate or dislike clash: fight, quarrel
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Personal Appearance/One’s Looks
Size
thin slim slender big large small little stout plump fat fattish robust athletic muscular skinny short and chubby slightly fat tubby strong weak short, round slight and fat well-rounded roly-poly heavy overweight
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Hurting relations
laugh at mock at criticize ridicule quarrel with split with look down upon interfere with one’s affairs break up with have a bad relationship with there is bad blood between…and… be difficult/hard on somebody
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People We Know or Meet
friends strangers acquaintances colleagues classmates schoolmates roommates playmates fellow students/ workers neighbors alumnus (pl. alumni) alumna (pl. alumnae) relatives comrade
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Neutral adjectives:
complicated reserved silent quiet talkative sophisticated ambitious aggressive timid impulsive sociable/unsociable curious quick-witted slow-minded out-going shy unapproachable aloof introvert extrovert communicative uncommunicative
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Negative adjectives:
arrogant dishonest difficult narrow-minded boring loathsome unpleasant selfish rude cowardly self-loving cocky boastful vain greedy prejudiced cruel patronizing mean pretentious jealous hostile self-admiring
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Task 1: Take notes of the questions the interviewer asked.
Interviewer: I'm doing a survey, and I’m interested in how brothers or sisters relate to each other. Do you have any brothers or sisters? How are you getting on? 3 years older Well, I have a brother. He’s____________ than me, but a shorter little_______. He, er, he’s__________, and looks very_______. We well-built strong are both married and get on quite well right now, but we were very hostile ________to each other in our early teens. In fact, I was very afraid demanding of him. He was too___________. He used to ask me to do this or that for him. If I refused or didn’t do well, he would either hit me, or ________ not to take me to places I wanted very much to go to. threaten You can’t be very ____________if you have an elder brother or independent sister, you know what I mean? You would follow them around; they take you here and there. They’re sometimes kind enough to show off do things for you, perhaps they want to _________ but you become more ___________ on them, and you appear "weak". You dependent see what I mean? Book 3-Unit 1
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Managing Relationships
Improving relations
get along with have a good or friendly relationship with be on good terms with live happily with be kind/nice/ agreeable to compliment praise appreciate one’s help/advice encourage be tolerant to approachable
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Adjectives for Describing Personality/Character
Positive adjectives:
easy-going honest open-minded humorous interesting pleasant pleasurable frank sympathetic helpful loyal polite reliable selfless considerate faithful trusty versatile tasteful warm-hearted modest enthusiastic zealous generous
Part I
Listening and Speaking
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Listening and Speaking
Brainstorming Listening Speaking
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Work with your group to think of as many words/phrases/expressions as possible regarding the following topics. Personality/character Personal appearance/one’s looks Likes and dislikes Managing relationships People we know or meet
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Age
old young look young/old don’t/doesn’t look one’s age look old/young elderly middle-aged in one’s thirties/ forties/fifties…, teenage adolescent
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feel/be sick about something dislike hate be indifferent to don’t care for be disgusted with be uninterested in