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Практические задания. Physiological Identity. Psychological Identity. Try it – You’ll Like it
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Практические задания
Physiological Identity
1 Here are some ideas for describing a person’s appearance and some expressions you might use if someone asked you these questions:
– What’s special or remarkable about him or her?
– How would someone else recognize?
First impression and personality:
He or she looks a bit like / reminds me of… (name of a well-known person)
He or she strikes me as / comes across as…
ambitious glamorous easy to get along with insensitive self-conscious
Age:
He / she is …
thirty-something in her mid-twenties middle-aged in his teens over sixty in her early / late thirties / forties
Face, hair eyes and complexion:
He / she has…
an open face curly / wavy / straight hair a pale / dark complexion
bushy eyebrows a good tan wrinkles a double chin laughter lines
Height and build or figure:
He / she is quite / very / fairly / rather…
athletic / well-built slim / skinny plump / chubby
Clothes:
He / she usually wears…
casual / smart / conventional clothes a formal suit a sweater a jumper a pullover a cardigan a sports jacket
He / she takes …
pride in his / her appearance a lot of trouble with her appearance
Family background and past achievements:
He / she …
is an only child the eldest child single a single parent
has a pilot’s license once spent a year in the States has two kids
Job and interests:
He / she is…
a lawyer / solicitor /attorney works in the city used to be an engineer
enjoys sailing spends a lot of time reading / surfing the Internet is quite sporty a workaholic
2 Describe the appearance of an American, Russian, Belarusian, English, African American, Spanish, German, Italian, using the words and expressions given above.
3 Describe the people in the photo. Judging by the appearance define what culture they are representatives of. Try to guess (рисунок 3. 6)
What is the most important in the life of this person?
How does (s)he spend his / her free time?
What is her / his favourite book / movie?
What is his / her attitude to his /her friends?
What will (s)he do if (s)he wins 1 million dollars?
What’s special or remarkable about him /her?
How would someone else recognize him /her?
Рисунок 3. 6
Psychological Identity
4 Read the following text and answer the question:
What is the main difference between Americans and English?
Try it – You’ll Like it
The great American novelist and humourist Mark Twain describes the typical Englishman or woman as a “person who does things because they have been done before”. Americans love to try something new out of curiosity and a belief that newer may be better.
As a nation of immigrants, the U. S. has had a continual influx of people with a pioneering spirit. In the nineteenth century, this spirit led American settlers to make the long, difficult, and dangerous journey westward in search of gold or free land. The desire to make a fresh start in a new place is still noticeable throughout the nation. About 42 million Americans change residences every year. Some people move because they change jobs or go off to college. Others move to find adventure or a more pleasant climate.
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The pioneering spirit of Americans can be seen in the working world too. Employees change jobs and even careers as opportunities change. Americans love science and technology because these fields involve new discoveries.
(Mamontova N. Y. Insights into Cross-Cultural Communication)
5 Describing People – Character. Check out the definitions of the expressions.
Intellectual ability
Ability: intelligent bright clever smart able gifted talented brainy (col)
Lacking ability: stupid foolish half-witted simple silly brainless daft dumb dim (the last four are colloquial)
Clever, in a negative way, using brains to trick or deceive: cunning crafty sly
Attitudes towards life
Looking on either the bright or the black side of things: optimistic pessimistic
Outward-looking or inward-looking (i. e. to the world around one or to one’s own inner world): extroverted introverted
Calm or not calm with regard to attitude to life: relaxed tense
Practical, not dreamy in approach to life: sensible down-to-earth
Feeling things very intensely: sensitive
Attitudes towards other people
Enjoying others’ company: sociable gregarious
Disagreeing with others: quarrelsome argumentative
Taking pleasure in others’ pain: cruel sadistic
Relaxed in attitude to self and others: easy-going even-tempered
Not polite to others: impolite rude ill-mannered discourteous
Telling the truth to others: honest trustworthy reliable sincere direct
Unhappy if others have what one does not have oneself: jealous envious
One person’s meat is another person’s poison
Some characteristics can be either positive or negative depending on your point of view. The words in the right-hand column mean roughly the same as the words in the left-hand column except that they have negative rather than positive connotations.
determined → obstinate stubborn pig-headed
thrifty / economical → miserly mean tight-fisted
self-assured → self-important arrogant full of oneself (colloquial)
assertive → aggressive bossy (colloquial)
original → peculiar weird eccentric odd
frank / direct / open → blunt abrupt brusque curt
broad-minded → unprincipled permissive
6 Match these words with their opposites.
1) clever introverted
2) extroverted tight-fisted
3) rude courteous
4) cruel gregarious
5) generous kind-hearted
6) unsociable half-witted
7 Do you think that the speaker likes or dislikes the people s/he is talking about?
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1) Di’s very thrifty. 5) George’s quite bossy.
2) Molly’s usually frank. 6) I find Dave self-important.
3) Liz’s quite broad-minded. 7) Don’t you think Jim’s nosy?
4) Sam can be aggressive. 8) Jill is very original.
8 Magazines often publish questionnaires which are supposed to analyse your character for you. Look at the words below and then match them to the question which aims to decide whether a person is like that.
Example: If you arrange to meet at 7 p. m., do you arrive at 7 p. m.?
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