Unit 5 Who am I?

Lesson 2 Express your feelings about doing things

Read and listen

1. Read and listen to the conversation.

Reporter: How did you become interested in making your own comic books?

Diego: Well, I’m not bad at telling stories, and I was always good at drawing and good at art. But I was bored at drawing plants and things in art classes at school. And I was tired of reading bad comics books.

Reporter: You parents must be proud of you.

Diego: Well, I was really scared of showing them my first comic book. I was worried about hearing their opinion. But they loved it. Now I have a website. I’m really excited about showing other people my work.

Comprehension check

1. Who is the reporter interviewing?
2. How did Diego become interested in making his own comic books?
3. What was he bored with?
4. What was he scared of?
5. Where can other people see his comic books?
6. Complete the table.
7. bad/not so good                        at
8. bored _______________
9. excited _______________
10. good/not bad _______________
11. interested _______________
12. scared _______________
13. tired _______________
14. 8. worried                          _______________

Practice

3. Read about Rachel. Work in pairs and answer the questions.

          I’m really excited about taking a digital art class this summer. I was always interested in taking photos . Then I got some photo software. I was a little worried about using it. It looked hard. But now I’m really good at creating things with it. I never get bored with changing photos on my computer, and I’m not scared of trying new things.

1. Student A: What is Rachel really excited about?

Student B:  She is really excited about ______________.

2. Student A: What was she always interested in?

Student B: ___________________________________.

3. Student A: What was she worried about?

Student B: ___________________________________.

4. Student A: How did she feel about using photo software?

Student B: ___________________________________.

5. Student A: What isn’t scared of?

Student B: ___________________________________.

Speak

4. Tell the class what you are good at. Use the words below.

cooking dancing painting running singing skiing

Example:

I’m good at / not bad at painting.

Speak

5. Work in pairs.

     Think about your answers to these questions. Then ask and answer.

1. What are you good (or not bad) at?
2. What are you bad at?
3. What are you interested at?
4. What are you tired of?
5. What are scared of?
6. What are excited about doing in the future?