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Daily Life-Describing Personalities(C0214)

A:OK class,settle down.I have the results of your individual personality tests.I am going to hand them out and if you’dlike,you can read them out loud to the rest of the class.

B:I’ll read mine!

A:OK,go ahead.

B:It says here that I am adventurous,outgoing and easy-going.It says that I am a little superstitious and occasionally naive!That’s not true!

A:The test isn’t one-hundred percent accurate.Is that all it says?

B:No!It also says that I am open-minded with great ambition but that I can also be reckless and clumsy.This is stupid!

A:Ok,anyone else want to read theirs?

C:I’ll go!It says that I am an extroverted,well-balanced person.It says I am generous,outspo-

ken,and very diligent.This is so true!It also

says that I am magnanimous,eloquent and dar-

ing!This is totally me!

A:Pfft whatever,these tests are bologna!

Key Vocabulary

naive Adjective ignorant

reckless Adjective having or showing no

regard for danger clumsy Adjective be careless;lack in skill

or physical coordinate

open-minded Adjective easy to entertain new

ideas

settle

down

phrase be quiet

superstitious Adjective showing faith in magic

or chance ignorant of

laws

extrovert Adjective a person concerned

more with practical

realities

eloquent Adjective express yourself clearly

and e?ectively Supplementary Vocabulary

Bologna phrase a term used to express

disagreement

easy go-ing Adjective someone who is easy to

get a long with

Active Adjective to be full of energy

thrill seeker Adjective a person who enjoys be-

ing daring

unsatis?ed Adjective to want more