新东方笔记：PartⅡ重点话题人物篇
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PartⅡ部分重点话题精讲
一、People Topics
Appearance → Personality → Influence: values价值观 e.g.: honest…
相关词汇和句型：
1、 Appearance:
⑴ Age: over 70 years old, middle age, in her 20’s.
She looks younger than her age.
She looks fantastic for her age.
⑵ Height: fairly tall, medium height.
He’s of medium height.
He’s of average height.
⑶ Figure: overweight, heavyset (for men only), slim, in good shape, clean-shaven (for men only).
He always gives the impression of being someone who is very efficient and pretty professional/smart.
He has a pleasant face and gives the impression of being someone who is very friendly.
⑷ Hair: perm v. /n., thin v. /n. (His hair is thinning.), gray hair…
beard, moustache…
2、 Personality
⑴ Family members: understanding, supportive, respect your parents, respect each other’s privacy 1, kind…
⑵ Famous person/star: creative, sensitivity 2, attractive, original, unique style, nice personality, fighting spirit, courage, committed, devoted 3, a sense of justice, a sense of integrity 4, brave/tough, a sense of social responsibility/equality/justice…
⑶用最高级来描述：
She’s the most kind-hearted/warm-hearted and sweetest person I have ever met/seen/known.
用排比句来描述：
She’s always full of passion/enthusiasm, love and concern about /for people around her.
3、 Influence:
Values: honesty, charity, dedication 5, optimistic…
Honest is the best policy.
Card 1 : 老人题 Old Person
1. Introduction 1-2句话 : I ‘d like to talk about my grandfather, who used to be a worker in a company.
2. Appearance描述3-5句话
3. Personality描述3-5句话：①最高级句型 ②排比句型 ③ quality
4. Influence: respect n., n. & n.
Keep the family together. He/She is just like the glue(women)/Rock(men)/light(启蒙).
* 要做到：
Emotional involvement
Personal touch
Fun
Card2 : 名人题 Famous Person
Take Yaoming for an example
1. Introduction : The famous person I want to talk about is Yaoming, who is a very famous and successful basketball player. Now he lives in Houston, but his hometown is Shanghai, China.
2. Appearance : He’s famous for his height. He’s very tall and strong.
He’s not exactly/actually the handsome type, but he has very nice personalities 6.
His status in NBA is central. He’s talented and hard working. / He works very hard and has talented skills.
He also behave very modesty 7 and calmly before the public.
He shows the perseverance 8 before succeed.
He’s my role model/hero. He teaches me to be more confident.
He becomes a faith that I believe in.
Card 3 : 小孩题 Child nephew/niece
1. Introduction : The child I want to talk about is my 8-year old nephew/niece who is in the kindergarten/primary school now.
2. Appearance : cute, has curly 9 hair, pleasant face…
3. Personality : curious/curiosity, rebellious 10, love of nature…
4. Hobby : role-play, teddy bear, cartoons, watching TV
5. Stress : They’re also experiencing stress and pressure from parents, teachers and peers 11, sometimes even from the Mass Media.
New Card : the Happiest Person
Who is he/she?
Why is he/she the happiest person?
How do you feel about he/she?
Help others, faith, fighting spirit, love, optimistic/optimism
Stand up to the challenges.
Laugh at life.
Hobby : He/She’s always telling jokes, singing, smiling.
He can get great satisfaction out of life.
He’s always ready to help others.
n.私人权利，个人自由，隐私权
- In such matters,privacy is impossible.在这类事情中，保密是不可能的。
- She wept in the privacy of her own room.她在自己房内暗暗落泪。
n.敏感（性），灵敏（度）
- Hearing sensitivity declines with age.听觉因年老而衰退。
- Such is the sensitivity of the information that only two people are allowed to know it.这信息极为敏感，只允许两个人知道。
adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的
- He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
- We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
n.正直，诚实，诚恳，完整，完全，完善
- The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
- He is a man of the highest integrity.他是个极其正直的人。
n.奉献，献身，致力，题献，献辞
- We admire her courage,compassion and dedication.我们钦佩她的勇气、爱心和奉献精神。
- Her dedication to her work was admirable.她对工作的奉献精神可钦可佩。
n. 诽谤，（对某人容貌、性格等所进行的）人身攻击； 人身攻击；人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )
- There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
- Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。
n.谦逊，虚心，端庄，稳重，羞怯，朴素
- Industry and modesty are the chief factors of his success.勤奋和谦虚是他成功的主要因素。
- As conceit makes one lag behind,so modesty helps one make progress.骄傲使人落后，谦虚使人进步。
n.坚持不懈，不屈不挠
- It may take some perseverance to find the right people.要找到合适的人也许需要有点锲而不舍的精神。
- Perseverance leads to success.有恒心就能胜利。
adj.卷曲的，卷缩的
- The little boy has curly hair.这小男孩长着一头卷发。
- She is tall and dark with curly hair.她高高的个子，黑皮肤，卷头发。
adj.造反的，反抗的，难控制的
- They will be in danger if they are rebellious.如果他们造反，他们就要发生危险。
- Her reply was mild enough,but her thoughts were rebellious.她的回答虽然很温和，但她的心里十分反感。