2D- Describing Personality and Appearance

 D  People's profiles

1 Reading

A Read the webpage profiles. What is each person like?

ONLINE PROFILES

Name: Luc

Home: Montreal, Canada

Appearance: I’m tall and have long brown hair. I wear only black.

Personality: I’m a very creative person. I like to make different things from paper. I do it just for fun. I can make airplanes, birds, boats, and flowers.

Name: Bea Home: London, U.K.

Appearance: I'm 60, with red hair. I always wear green glasses.

Personality: I think I’m a very generous person. I have a lot of free time, so I do a lot of volunteer work at local schools. To me, it’s very important to give back to my community.

Name: Suchin

Home: Bangkok, Thailand

Appearance: I’m 30. I’m medium height, and I have short hair.

Personality: I’m friendly and hardworking. I work as a salesclerk in a clothing store. We sell clothing from northern Thailand there. In my free time, I play the seung, a traditional musical instrument.

Name: Marco Home: Iquitos, Peru

Home: Iquitos, Peru

Appearance: I’m tall and handsome, with long black hair.

Personality: I'm talkative and friendly. I have a part-time job. Iquitos is in the Amazon, so piranha fishing is very popular. I take tourists fishing, but we never keep the fish.

B Read the webpage again. Luc, Bea, Suchin, and Marco later uploaded these photos to their profiles. Write the name of the person under the correct photo.

C Who wrote each sentence? Write the names.

1.                  But there’s one problem - I can’t swim!

2.                 My neighbors complain about the noise.

3.                 I especially like to work with children.

4.                 I spend a lot of money on paper!

D Pair work Which person do you think is interesting? Why? Tell your partner.

2 Listening Starting a profile

A Listen to Brian help his mother join a social networking site. Check the picture that Linda posts on the site.

Script:

Page 23, Exercise 2, Listening, Starting a profile

LINDA: Brian, can you help me? Listen to my profile so far. Appearance ... I'm tall and have short hair. Is that OK?
BRIAN: That's fine. Don't write too much.
LINDA: All right. Now, age.
BRIAN: Don't write your age.
LINDA: Really? OK. So ... personality. Hmm ... this is difficult. How about talkative and funny ... do you think I'm funny?
BRIAN: Um, not really, Mom.
LINDA: Serious?
BRIAN: How about friendly?
LINDA: OK. Now, interests. Music and dance. And my favorite singer is Justin Timberlake, and my favorite actor is -
BRIAN: Mom! Justin Timberlake is not your favorite singer. It's Elton John.
LINDA: I know, but -
BRIAN: Write Elton John.
LINDA: Oh, all right. Now, what photo do I use? This one of your father and me is nice.
BRIAN: Just use one of you. How about this one? You look very pretty.
LINDA: But my hair is black in that photo. My hair is gray now. And I have glasses in that picture.
BRIAN: Lots of people use old photos. It's OK.
LINDA: All right. Now, how do I upload it?

B Listen again. Check the information Brian's mother includes in her profile.

□ Age

□ Appearance

□ Favorite actress

□ Favorite singer

□ Personality 

3 Writing and speaking Guess who!

A Think about your appearance and your personality. Answer the questions.

• How old are you?
• What do you look like?
• What are you like?

B Write a description of yourself, but don't write your name! Use the model and your answers in Part A to help you.

Guess Who!

I’m 18 years old. I’m thin and medium height. I have short black hair and glasses. I’m a friendly and talkative person, but sometimes I’m shy. I’m creative and very interested in art and fashion.

C Group work Put your papers facedown on the table. Take one paper and read the description. Your group guesses who it is. Take turns.

A: This person is interested in art and fashion.

B: I think I  know. Is it Marta?

A: No, Marta has long hair.

    This person has short hair.

B: Oh, OK.

C: Is it. . .?

 I can  describe my personality and appearance.