
- •Family Matters
- •Two points of view on a family relationship My daughter
- •My father
- •The Royal Family
- •Princess Diana (1961-1997) the Woman We Loved
- •Resemblance
- •In his youth
- •In his mid-twenties
- •In his prime
- •In his late forties
- •In her early fifties
- •In her seventy-fifth year
- •In her second childhood
- •As You Like It
- •Violent quick-tempered clever
- •Secrets of the Oldest Man in the World
- •Vocabulary
- •Sweet Childhood
- •You Cannot Force Growth
- •Keep Anger under Control
- •Teenage Years
- •Rebels without a Pause
- •Appearance Build
- •From the Neck up
- •Advertisements
- •1. High, lined, domed forehead
- •From Shoulder to Fingertips
- •Legs and Feet
- •Appearance
- •Appearances are Deceitful
- •Character and Personality
- •Virgo (Aug 22 – Sep 22)
- •Vanity hypocrisy pomposity stubbornness
- •National Character
- •The British People as They are
- •Romance and Marriage Attitudes and relationships
- •Additional topical vocabulary
- •One Thing Leads to Another
- •Couples …by a computer
- •Becoming Husbands and Wives
- •The Secrets of Living Happilly Ever After
- •Pets and Other Animals
- •Revision topics
Character and Personality
Pre-reading
Make a class survey and find out how many people believe in horoscopes and their Zodiac Signs.
Game
Are we the kind of people we are because of the time of the year we were born? See if you can complete the adjectives below. Each one has a clue beside to help you and a dot for each letter that you need to add.
ARIES (Mar 21 – Apr 20)
You won’t find him in the corner at the party o.tg.i.g
That’s her doing the can-can on the table ex…v.rt
She has no problems c..ef . ee
He never frowns l…t-h.a.t.d
She tells no lies t.u.hf ..
He has few secrets o..n
He’ll tell you if he doesn’t like your make-up c.n.id
She’ll tell you if she doesn’t like your after-shave f…k
He’s the person to ask for that five pounds you are owed e..y-g…g
TAURUS (Apr 21 – May 20)
He knows what he wants and he usually gets it s.r.n.-wi..ed
She never gives up without a fight d.t.r.i.ed
He knows he is good s.l.-as.u..d
She knows she’s as good s.l.-co..i..nt
She likes to be the boss, the one on top d.m.n.nt
He wants to be even bigger, even better – the best am..t.o.s
and expects high standards of performance from others d.m.n.i.g
He works 18 hours a day, jogs, and plays squash e.e.ge..c
She hates to lose, in business or at tiddlywinks c.mp…t..e
GEMINI (May 21 – Jun 20)
She thinks she’s good p.o.d
He thinks he’s superior to everyone a.r.g..t
“As the most experienced and sensible person
present, I…” p.mp..s
“Of course, I could have beaten him even more
easily, but I wanted to give him a chance” b..stf.l
She won’t share her presents with her sister s..f..h
He spends half the day in front of the mirror v..n
She thinks the whole world revolves around her s..f-c.n.r.d
He thinks he’s the center of the universe e.oc..t..c
She looks down on anyone who hasn’t got a
heated indoor swimming pool at home s.o.b..h
CANCER (Jun 21 – Jul 20)
She seems to enjoy finding fault with others c.it…l
He’ll take off marks if you don’t dot your i’s p.t.y
She can only ever see one side of things na…w-m.n..d
He always likes the fat taken off his bacon f.s.y
He’s like a donkey s.u.b.r.
She’s like a mule o.s.in.t.
He loves money, loves having “things” m.t.r.a.i.t.c
Oh yes, he’ll help you – if you make it worth while m.r.en.ry
She never lets her husband out of her sight p.ss.ss..e
LEO (Jul 21 – Aug 21)
You never know what he’s going to do u.p.ed.ct..le
He never knows what he’s going to do i.d.c.s.ve
There are two things I don’t like about her - her face t.o-f…d
Be careful what he’s saying about you behind your back h.po.r.t.c.l
Be careful what she’s doing while your back is turned d.sh.n..t
He behaves like the weather in April cha.g.a.le
She behaves like the proverbial primadonna t.mp.r.m..t.l
He says what I want to hear, not what he thinks i.s.nc.r.
He never does all the things he says he’ll do u.r.l.a.l.