Recommended topics for final exam

1. Give a character sketch of a person you like (using the Outlines given in Ex. 17).

2. Give a character sketch of a person you don’t like.

3. What kind of people you get on best with.

4. Speak about appearance and character of a famous person (actor/actress, politician, singer, musician, etc.) or of a fiction or film personage you like.

5. Speak about appearance and character of a famous person (actor/actress, politician, singer, musician, etc.) or of a fiction or film personage you dislike.

6. Speak about one sign of zodiac, either yours or of a friend of yours, say how well it reflects the real character of a person it describes.

7. Speak about an imaginary sign of zodiac, which you invented yourself. Say what were the reasons to create it, what qualities are characteristic of persons born under this sign and who of the well-known people in your opinion can belong to it.

8. Give your Self-Portrait.

Supplement Group Work

Exercise 1. Role-Playing

The class is divided into four groups. Each group is in a different mood.

Group A. You are all in a bad temper.

Group B. You are all depressed

Group C. You are all in a good mood.

Group D. Your are all bored and indifferent.

When each group has established its mood by talking together, everyone goes round the class talking to different people. Try to make the people you meet share your mood! At the end tell everyone what you did and how successful you were. Did anyone manage to change your mood?

Exercise 2. Group Discussion.

Topic 1. Negative feelings seem to change character with intensity.

Talking points:

1. A certain amount of fear can almost be fun.

2. Pre-game anxiety for a competitive athlete, while still anxiety is an excitement he often relishes.

3. Shame and guilt are essential for the development of some noble qualities such as generosity, unselfishness, duty.

4. Many teachers recognize that the excitement of anxiety and challenge is the very zest of teaching.

Topic 2. Emotions are perfectly permissible signs of the healthy body’s response to distress

Talking points:

1. When we feel anger, physical tension develops spontaneously, automatically. We need to release this tension through action of some kind – to run, bang, even to hit.

2. Anger that is expresses spontaneously clears the air, can both remove the tension and the disturbing cause.

3. Accumulation of irritation, annoyance and stress leads to headaches, sickness of various kinds and proverbial ulcers.

4. People’s inner feelings have no claim to public recognition. We have a responsibility – not only to the social unit, but also to our personal dignity – to keep “it” in

Topic 3. Who has never tasted bitter, knows not what is sweet.

Talking points:

1. The fact of succeeding despite difficulties excites us, contributes to our self-confidence and self-esteem.

2. A removal of pain or revival of hope makes us feel good.

3. Most things that involve great pleasure also involve sweat, toil, perseverance and agony.

4. satiation and easy gratification ultimately destroy pleasure.

Exercise 3. Have a close look at this cartoon by Bidstrupp “Four Temperaments”. How do different people react to one and the same incident? What type of temperament does their reaction reveal? Take turns in describing the pictures.

Exercise 4. Crosswords

Across: 2. мстительный; 4. благосклонный, добрый; 7. справедливый; 9. скромный, порядочный; 10. высокомерный, надменный; 11. ревнивый; 12. благородный, достойный; 15. откровенный; 17. честный; 18. спокойный; 19. суетливый; 20. состоятельный, процветающий; 21. глупый; 23. сдержанный, скрытный; 27. беспокойный; 28. грубый, суровый; 29. узких взглядов; 33. дружелюбный; 36. гордый; 37. надежный; 38. пристрастный; 39. остроумный; 40. добрый; 41. самодовольный; 42. неотзывчивый, безразличный; 43. щедрый

Down: 1. смелый; 3. жадный; 5. серьезный; 6. спокойный, тихий; 8. кроткий; 9. подлый, низкий; 10. приветливый, ласковый; 13. трудолюбивый; 14. сердечный; 16. почтенный, уважаемый; 18. аккуратный; 22. терпимый; 24. хвастливый; 25. творческий; 26. искренний; 30. скромный, умеренный; 31. неискренний; 32. эгоистичный; 33. честный, справедливый; 34. общительный; 35. упрямый, своенравный

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Exercise 5. Read and translate the following text. Say what you think of it.