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sufficient information about the characters you speak about. Use the Topical Vocabulary and the Outline for a Character Sketch of Ex. 6.
M o d e l :
honest and generous, he is a man of high morals. Moreover, he is everyone's favourite ....
according to their deeds. That's why I pass my judgement only on second thought. Very often some little things make us change our
opinion of a person for the worse ....
9. Speak about the most striking traits of people's characters. Consider the following:
1. Your favourite traits of character in a person.
2. The traits of character you detest.
3. Your own chief characteristics.
10. Read the following interview. The expressions in bold type show the way English people describe themselves and other matters. Note them
down. Be ready to act out the Interview in class.
just didn't expect. We asked them to be self-critical ... to ask themselves exactly what they thought they lacked or — the other side of
the coin — what virtues they had. Here is what we heard.
least my boss calls me hard-working, conscientious, efficient. I am a secretary by the way. As for when I look at myself in a mirror as it
were ... you know ... you sometimes do in the privacy of your own bedroom ... or at your reflection in the ... in the shop window as you
walk up the street... Well... then I see someone a bit different. Yes ... I'm different in my private life. And that's probably, my main
fault I should say... I'm not exactly — Oh, how shall I say? — I suppose I'm not coherent in my behaviour ... My office is always in order
... but my flat! Well... you'd have to see it to believe it.
kept myself respectable — that's the word I'd use — respectable and dignified the whole of my life. I've tried to help those who
depended on me. Perhaps you might consider me a bit of a fanatic about organization and discipline — self-discipline comes first —
and all that sort of thing. But basically I'm a good chap ... not two polemic ... fond of my wife and family ... That's me.
school at seven. I didn't make close friends till ... till quite late in life ... till I was about... what... fifteen. Then I became quite good at
being myself. I had no one to rely on ... and no one to ask for advice. That made me independent ... and I've always solved my