Today the focus is on
- People in our lives
- How important they are to us
- How they see us
- How we would like them to see us
Here are the questions to think about:
Personality adjectives
EASY-GOING
TALKATIVE
FUSSY (Likes to complain about everything: nothing is good enough)
BORING x EXCITING
FUNNY
ANNOYING = IRRITATING
FRIENDLY
INTELLIGENT
ORGANIZED x DISORGANIZED
Some people don’t seem/look easy-going
look + adjective
look like + noun
What I like about … is …
The first thing that people see when they meet me is …
When you are young you usually …How do you say
- levado? NAUGHTY
- fiscal? AUDITOR
- doutorado? Ph. D (doctorate)
- imparcial? IMPARTIAL/UNBIASED
- vira-lata? MIXED BREED/HOUND DOG/STRAY DOG/STREET DOG
- castrado? CASTRATED
- intercâmbio? EXCHANGE e.g. Teenagers usually go on an exchange program to improve their language learning experience
- interagir? INTERACT
- conviver com alguém? GET ALONG/LIVE WITH SOMEONE
- crèche? KINDERGARTEN (PRONOUNCED /”GARDEN”/)
- Vamos pular essa pergunta? LET’S SKIP THIS QUESTION
- Vamos mudar de assunto? LET’S DROP THE SUBJECT
- enrolar alguém? TO FEED SOMEBODY A LINE, TO CON SOMEBODY, TO DECEIVE SOMEBODY
- teimoso? STUBBORN
- enroladores? DECEIVERS, CON ARTISTS, SCAM ARTISTS
- careca? BALD
- antipática? UNPLEASANT, MEAN
- lidar com algo/alguém? TO DEAL WITH SOMETHING/SOMEONE pão-duro? STINGY, CHEAP, TIGHT-FISTED
- ficar com pé atrás? TO BE WARY, TO HOLD BACK
- e.g. I am a little wary when I meet someone for the first time. I don’t open up so easily
- ditadura? DICTATORSHIP /dik-tei-ta-ship/
- palavrão? BAD WORD
- arrogante? ARROGANT, CONCEITED, STUCK-UP
- TOC? OCD - Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- egoísta? SELFISH, EGOTISTICAL
ARE YOU A PEOPLE PERSON?
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