Beginner


A: Do you like Barry?

B: No, not very much. He's too ambitious and dishonest.

A: I agree. I like his brother Paul. They are not alike.

B: Yes. They are completely different. Paul is very sociable and much more honest than his brother.

A: What kind of person do you consider yourself to be?

B: I think I'm polite, careful, relaxed and shy.

A: Oh, I don't think you're shy! You are always chatting with new people when we go to a party.

B: Well. Yes, but those people always start talking to me. I never talk to them first. Perhaps I'm not as shy as I think. Anyway, you're certainly not shy!

A: You're right. I love going out and making new friends.

B: So, you'll be at my birthday party on Friday?

A: Of course!

形容人性格的词汇

Ambitious: determined to be successful, rich, powerful, etc. 有野心的;有雄心的
a fiercely ambitious young manager 雄心勃勃的年轻经理
They were very ambitious for their children(= they wanted them to be successful). 他们望子成龙心切.

Dishonest: not honest; intending to deceive people 不诚实的;骗人的;欺骗性的
Beware of dishonest traders in the tourist areas. 在旅游区一定要谨防奸商.
I don't like him, and it would be dishonest of me to pretend otherwise. 我不喜欢他,如果假装喜欢,那就是我不诚实了.

Sociable: of people 人 enjoying spending time with other people 好交际的;合群的;友好的
She's a sociable child who'll talk to anyone. 她是个合群的孩子,跟谁都有话说.
I'm not feeling very sociable this evening. 今晚我不大想跟人应酬.
We had a very sociable weekend(= we did a lot of things with other people). 我们大伙过了一个十分热闹的周末.

Intermediate


A: How do you think people get their personalities?

B: I think it's mainly from the environment a person lives in.

A: Don't you think people get their personalities from their parents?

B: No, but parents control a lot of the environment that kids grow up in, so they certainly influence their kid's personalities a lot.

A: So why do you think many kids have personalities that are so different from their parents.

B: Maybe when they become teenagers, they want to be completely different to their parents.

A: You might be right. I guess most parents want their kids to be like them, but kids today grow up in a different environment. You know, they know much more about the world from the internet, newspapers, and tv.

B: Do you think that teenagers get a lot of their bad behaviour from tv and movies?

A: Maybe some of it. I think a lot of people blame TV and movies when the real problem is that the parents aren’t bringing their child up correctly.

B: Parents have a difficult job. They have to bring up their children and usually have to work too.

A: Yes, that's true. Your son is doing well at school, isn't he?

B: Yes, he is. He's very hardworking when he's at school. Then he comes home from school and does his homework before dinner. After dinner, he goes out with his friends.

A: So, he's not a bookworm? It's good that he has an outgoing personality. Some kids are very quiet and introverted. You wonder how they'll survive in the real world without their parents to support them.

形容子女和父母相似的表达

a chip off the old block: a person who is very similar to their mother or father in the way that they look or behave (相貌或性格)酷似父亲或母亲的人

take after somebody: to look or behave like an older member of your family, especially your mother or father (外貌或行为)像(父或母)
Your daughter doesn't take after you at all. 你女儿长得一点儿都不像你.