Higher Chinese
Theme: Lifestyles
Topics: family, friends, society
Issues in relationships with
friends/family
In this session you will:
• talk about your own and your friends’ personality
• listen to short passages on different characteristics
• read an article on the writer’s friends
• write a short passage about the personality of a friend or a
chosen celebrity.
Characteristics 1 – 性格1
Working in pairs, match the characters to their meanings.
1. 友好
2. 热情
3. 急性子
c. quick
temperament
a. weird
temperament
e. friendly
4. 慢性子
5. 好脾气
b. mild
temperament
6. 坏脾气
7. 怪脾气
g. good temperament
d. bad temperament
f. warm hearted
The answers are…
1. 友好
yǒu hǎo
friendly
2. 热情
rè qíng
warm hearted
3. 急性子
jí xìng zi
quick temperament
4. 慢性子
màn xìng zi
mild temperament
5. 好脾气
hǎo pí qì
good temperament
6. 坏脾气
huǎi pí qì?
bad temperament
7. 怪脾气
guài pí qì
weird temperament
Characteristics 2 – 性格2
Working in pairs, match the characters to their descriptions.
1. 文静
2. 亲切
a. quiet
b. witty
3. 健谈
d. approachable
4. 粗鲁
c. rude
5. 礼貌
6. 风趣
f. talkative
e. good mannered
The answers are…
1. 文静
wén jìng
quiet
2. 亲切
qīng qiè
approachable
3. 健谈
jiàn tán
talkative
4. 粗鲁
cū lǔ
rude
5. 礼貌
lǐ mào
good mannered
6. 风趣
fēng qù
witty
How well did you do?
• Excellent
太棒了
• Not bad
不错
• Need to improve
加油
Sentence structure
1. 又。。。。。。又 (is … also…)
e.g. 她又风趣又健谈。
2. 虽然。。。
。。但是 (although, but...)
e.g. 她虽然 不高但是她很漂亮。
Assessment for learning
Working in groups, practise saying the following sentences in
Mandarin.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
She is tall and also good looking.
He is witty and also friendly.
He is rude and also bad tempered.
Although my friend is not very talkative, he is very warmhearted.
My uncle is witty and also has good manners.
I think Chinese people are approachable.
In groups, use the sentence structure you have learnt to
describe the characteristics of the people below.
1
Rachel Green
in the TV
series Friends
4
2
Harry Potter
Ross Geller
in the TV
series Friends
5
3
Pheobe
Buffay in the
TV series
Friends
Hermione
Granger in the film
Harry Potter
In groups, use the sentence structure you have learnt to
describe the characteristics of the people below.
6
Cady Heron
in the film
Mean Girls
7
Troy Bolton in
the film High
School
Musical
8
Ned Gold in
the film 17
Again
9
Mr Bean
Listening
You will hear a girl talking about her friends and how different each
friend is. After the talk there are some questions in English, which
you should answer individually.
Questions
1. How many best friends does the speaker have?
2. What is the relationship between the speaker and her friend Aiai?
3. Describe what Aiai looks like. Mention two things.
4. Describe the personality of Aiai. Mention three things.
5. What is the relationship between the speaker and her friend Jiajia?
6. Describe what Jiajia looks like. Mention two things.
7. Describe the personality of Jiajia. Mention three things.
8. What is the relationship between the speaker and her friend Dingding?
9. Describe what Dingding looks like. Mention two things.
10. Describe the personality of Dingding. Mention three things.
Transcript
我有三个最好的朋友，一个叫爱爱，一个叫家家，另一个叫丁丁。
爱爱是我的中学同学。她有蓝色的眼睛和金色的头发。她喜欢唱歌。她的性格很友
好也很热情。可是她很急性子。她也很健谈，她最喜欢谈电影和戏剧。 她不喜欢谈
运动。我常常和她一起看电影。
家家是我的邻居。她有黑色的眼睛和黑色的头发。她喜欢做菜。她是中国人。 她的
性格很友好, 她的脾气也很好。可是她很慢性子。她很文静也很有礼貌。她常常请我
到她家吃饭。她最喜欢的事情就是购物，她很喜欢买法国香水。我常常和她一起买
东西。
丁丁是我的小学同学。他有棕色的眼睛和红色的头发。他喜欢运动。他的性格很友
好很亲切。不过有时候他的脾气有点儿怪。他也有点儿粗鲁。可是，他很健谈也很
风趣。他最喜欢谈运动。他常常参加游泳比赛。我经常和他一起去游泳。
我和他们都相处得很好。我很喜欢他们，也很喜欢和他们在一起。我觉得他们都不
同，交朋友要这样才有趣。
Listening and speaking activity
Pictionary
The class is divided into three teams.
Each team invents a story involving the personality
characteristics we have learnt so far. Invent a story that can
be described using Mandarin. Draw a few pictures that tell
the story.
The other two teams try to guess the story by looking at
the pictures.
Remember: the story should be described using Mandarin.
Reading - translation
Individually, translate the following passage.
•
我觉得交朋友是人的一生中最重要最令人快乐的事。
•
我有三个好朋友，爱爱是我的中学同学。她很友好也很热情。可是她很急性子。她也很健谈
，她最喜欢谈电影和戏剧。她不喜欢谈运动。我常常和她一起看电影。我们经常谈论看过的
电影。我们俩都很喜欢看记录片。 我觉得我们彼此很了解对方。每次和她看完电影后就感到
非常快乐。
•
家家是我的邻居。她待人很友好。可是她很慢性子。她又文静又有礼貌。她的脾气也很好。
她很喜欢做菜，她常常请我到她家吃饭。她最喜欢的事情就是购物，尤其喜欢买法国香水。
我常常和她一 起买东西。我们最喜欢去格拉斯哥逛街吃日本菜， 顺便买香水。 每次和家家
在一起我都觉得轻松愉快。
•
丁丁是我的小学同学。他喜欢运动。他的性格又友好又亲切。他的脾气有点儿怪，他也有点
儿粗鲁。可是，他很健谈也很风趣，他最喜欢谈运动。他经常参加游泳比赛。我平时常常和
他一起游泳。有一次他参加比赛，我还去帮他加油。在那次的比赛中，他得了一个奖杯。之
后我们在家里开了一个庆祝会。 我为我的朋友感到非常得骄傲！
•
我和他们都相处得很好。我很喜欢他们，也很喜欢和他们在一起。我觉得他们每个人都有自
己的特点，交朋友要这样才有趣。
•
你们猜猜看，我是什么性格？
Self-assessment
Swap your translation with the person next to you and check
your translation against theirs.
Mark the errors and keep a record of words you need to
remember on page ? of the learning log for this section.
Check with your teacher if you need to clarify anything.
作业
- creative writing
Write a short description (no more than 200 words) of a person
you know or a celebrity.
You need to include the following information:
- his/her name
- the relationship between you and the person
- the appearance of the person
- the characteristics the person has.
Examples:
我最喜欢的女电影明星是 Keira Knightley. 她有棕色的眼睛和棕色的头
发。她喜欢戏剧。她又瘦又高。她的性格很友好也很健谈。 她最喜欢谈
电影和戏剧。 她不喜欢谈运动。我很喜欢看她的电影。
我最喜欢的男明星是 Mr Bean. 他有棕色的眼睛和 棕色的头发。他又风
趣又友好。他不高也不矮。他很友好，他的脾气也很好。可是他很慢性
子。我觉得他是最风趣的明星 。
我最好的朋友叫云云。她有蓝色的眼睛和金色的头发。她喜欢做菜。她
是苏格兰人。她很友好。可是她很急性子。她很风趣也很有礼貌。她最
喜欢运动，我经常和她一起运动。
Assessment for learning
My learning log
1. To know the words about personality.
Done? When?
2. To understand and listen to information about personality
characteristics.
Done? When?
3. To read words and passages about personality.
Done? When?
4. To write a short passage about the personality of a friend
or celebrity.
Done? When?
5. Words I need to remember from this section: