Character 1 B

• Remember the words from the “Charlotte’s choice”

sociable

['səuʃəbl]

sociable

['səuʃəbl]

общительный,

компанейский

be into something

be into something

очень интересоваться

feel like

feel like

быть склонным; хотеть

get on well

get on well

ладить с людьми

compatible

[kəm'pætəbl]

compatible

[kəm'pætəbl]

совместимый, сочетаемый

• общительный

• быть склонным; хотеть

• совместимый

• ладить с людьми

• очень интересоваться

feel like

compatible

get on well

be into

sociable

Match the words in columns

1. _______ people are friendly and enjoy talking to other people.

2. I _____ ______ swimming.

3. Jill and I are very _______ . She's interested in the things that interest me...

4. I don't ___ ___ ___ with my cousin.

5. He ___ ___ classical music.

Complete the gaps, using the words: sociable, compatible, get on well, is into, feel like

Translate the sentences:

1. Я не прочь поплавать.

2. Я обычно хорошо лажу с людьми

3. Он очень интересуется зимними видами спорта.

4. Мы с ним совершенно не совместимы

5. Мой брат очень компанейский.

• Complete the gaps in the text

Who knows you better – your mother or your best friend?

• In our _____1 experiment, single people who are looking for a partner ask their mother and their best friend to help.

• This week’s _____ 2 person is Charlotte Ramirez, a 25-year-old web designer. Her father is Spanish and her mother is English. She lives in Brighton and she doesn’t have a ____3 at the moment. Her mother, Alice, chooses a man she thinks is ______4 for her daughter and her best friend, Katie, chooses another. Then Charlotte goes on a ______ 5 with each man. Which does she ____ 6?

1 weekly

2 single

3 partner

4 perfect

5 date

6 prefer

• ‘I love _____ 1 to the cinema, but I often ____ ___ 2 staying at home with a good book,’ says Charlotte. ‘I’m ____ ____ 3 and sociable and I ____ _____ ___ 4 with most people. I think I have a good _____ ______ ___ 5.’

1 going

2 feel like

3 quite friendly

4 get on well

5 sense of humour

• ‘What kind of men do I like? Well, I like interesting men who can make me _____ 1. _____2 , I prefer men with a really nice smile who are taller than me. And I don’t usually like men with ______3! I like men who ___ ___ 4 literature and art, and classical music.’ ‘I’m not ____5 who is going to choose better for me. ______6 my mum and my best friend know me very well. Perhaps Katie could find me a guy who is physically more ____ 7, but my mother has known me for longer!’

1 laugh

2 physically

3 beards

4 are into

5 sure

6 both

7 compatible

Vocabulary: character

• Remember the words to the definitions

• A person who is open and warm is

friendly

• A person who talks a lot is

talkative

• A person who likes giving people things is

generous

• A person who is friendly and good to

other people is

kind

• A person who doesn't want to work is

lazy

• A person who makes people laugh is

funny

• A person who is quick at learning and

understanding things is

clever

• A person who can't talk easily to people

he \ she doesn't know is

shy