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PODCAST 1
Describing a Person
First, listen to the Podcast once or twice to fully apprehend what is being said.
Then answer the following questions, going over the podcast as many times as
necessary, to enable you to pick out the required information:
1. The audio text consists of factual description and personal opinions. Give
two examples of each.
factual description:
She’s in her late 50’s. She has never married.
personal opinions:
She’s quite young in spirit. She has a kind face.
2. Describe:
Her face
She has a fair complexion and brown eyes.
Her body
Doesn’t say.
Her character
She’s very active and you can go to her when you have a problem.
Her likes
She likes reading and gardening.
Her dislikes
She dislikes people who don’t agree with her.
Her habits
One habit she has is going for long walks over the hills.
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3. List FOUR adjectives used in the podcast, and say if they describe the
person’s character or appearance:
1 fair – appearance (fair complexion)
2 kind – character or appearance (the text describes her face – kind face)
3 brown – appearance (brown hair)
4 dark – appearance (dark brown eyes)
4. Sometimes an adjective is qualified. For example, the text says ‘she isn’t
very tolerant’. Find the other examples where adjectives are qualified.
1. Generous – “she’s extremely generous”
2. Quite – “quite young”
3. Little – “a little wrinkled”
4. Very – “very active person”
5. ‘She isn’t very tolerant’. This is a nice way of saying ‘she is intolerant’.
Sometimes we avoid saying a negative quality by saying ‘not very’ + the
opposite adjective. How could you tactfully describe someone who is
cruel/mean//rude/stupid/boring?
1. cruel
He’s not very kind.
2. mean
He’s not a very nice person.
3. rude
She’s a little impolite.
4. stupid
She’s not very clever.
5. boring
He can be slightly uninteresting sometimes.
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THAT’S ALL!
THANK YOU.
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