Разговорные темы по английскому языку. Яшина Е.А. - 38 стр.

         Listening
         Work in pairs. Listen and check your answers. Listen again and practise saying
         the dialogues together.

         Part B

         Describing character

         Intellectual ability
         Ability: intelligent, bright, clever, smart, shrewd, gifted, talented, brainy (collo-
         quial)
         Lacking ability: stupid, foolish, half-witted, simple, silly, brainless.
         Clever in the negative way, using brains to trick or deceive: cunning, crafty, sly.
         Attitude 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: relaxed, tense
         Practical, not dreamy: sensible, down-to-earth
         Feeling things very intensely: sensitive
         Attitude towards other people
         Enjoying others’ company: sociable, gregarious
         Disagreeing with others: quarrelsome, argumentative.
         Taking pleasure in other’s pain: cruel, sadistic
         Relaxed in attitude to self and others: easy-going, even-tempered
         Not polite to others: impolite, rude, ill-bred, ill-mannered, discourteous
         Telling the truth to others: honest, trustworthy, relible, sincere
         Unhappy if others have what one does not have oneself: jealous, envious.
         Some characteristics can be either positive or negative depending on your point
         of view. The words in the left-hand column 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
         assertive                        aggressive, bossy (colloquial)
         original                         peculiar, weird, eccentric, odd
         frank / direct/ open             blunt, abrupt, curt
         broad-minded                     permissive
         inqiring                         inquisitive, curious, nosy (colloquial)
         generous                         extravagant
         innocent                         naive
         ambitious                        pushy (colloquial)

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