B) Read the text below and say whether it confirms your opinion.

1. Meeting people for the first time we always make a judgement based on their appearance though the proverb tells us not to make this mistake. Still we look at the face, try to guess the person’s age or profession, listen to the way they speak. The same way other people may judge us. Let’s try to look at ourselves as if we are strangers and this criticism might help us improve our character.

2. Certainly, the very first look is at your face and build or figure. If your face has a rosy complexion and your bright eyes shine at the world, you are a person who spends a lot of time outdoors, doesn’t sit in front of the TV and combines work and fun reasonably. The well-combed hair and neatly cut nails will tell everyone that you are a tidy person who respects yourself and the people around you. A stooping back and badly cleaned teeth won’t be considered positive and will betray your laziness and dislike of physical exercise. Now, what can you say about your appearance?

3. The world of emotions has an effect on appearance, too. What emotions are the most frequent in your life - joy, sorrow, anger, excitement, shame, pride, enthusiasm, loneliness, misery, love?

4. If you are a determined and strong-willed person, you will never give up and will behave coolly and calmly whatever happens in your life. Only weaklings will scream or fly into a rage. Good-humoured people take things as they are and think of ways out of difficulties.

5. Much is connected with your attitude to people. If you are communicative and sociable, people will appreciate you and you will have lots of friends. On the contrary, hostile, tactless, false and deceitful people are repulsive and doomed to stay alone.

6. Certainly, there is no ideal person in reality, but if we tried to portray such a person, they would possess the following qualities: they must be kind-hearted and friendly, but modest at the same time. Generosity and sincerity are the traits that would attract everybody. A good friend is definitely a person who is interesting to speak to – he must be witty and intelligent. Vain and impudent people are very difficult to deal with, they consider themselves the hub of the universe and never try to look at themselves critically. Today’s idea of courage has changed and it’s not necessary to fight with wild animals or travel to unknown lands. But diligence and industry are the qualities that are always valued.

7. There are no ideal people. We should take the world as it is but try to improve it starting with ourselves.

Read the text again. For each paragraph (1-7) choose the most suitable heading from the list A-H. There is one extra heading which you do not need to use.

List of headings:

A. Features most and least appreciated.

B. Nobody’s perfect.

C. Opposites meet.

D. Different patterns of behaviour.

E. A clue to your personality.

F. Good and bad mixers.

G. Forming an opinion.

H. You and your feelings.

Vocabulary

A. Find a word or phrase from the text that means:

Para.1 a) an opinion _____________________

b) make something better ____________

c) an opinion that is incorrect _________

Para.2 d) show that something exists__________

e) physical activity____________________

Para.3 f) a strong influence____________

Para.4 g) a way to escape a difficult or bad situation_________

h) to suddenly get extremely angry_________________

i) someone who is not physically strong_____________

Para.5 j) to understand how good someone or something is ___

k) extremely unpleasant_________________________

Para.6 l) have_______________________________________

m) make someone like or admire something___________

n) have a particular opinion________________________

o) the most important person_______________________

Date: 2015-12-17; view: 815