Unit 6 It’s your turn     

Lesson 6.8  See from the outside

Talk about giving impressions in a description

Speak and read

1. Write three sentences about your personality.
2. Read the description. Who do you think Sonia is?

If you’re wondering who the boy in the picture is, his name’s Danny. He’s medium height, blond, and according to him, blue-eyed, but the truth is his eyes look gray. He looks like me, giving the impression we’re alike, but we aren’t.

What’s he like? Well, he’s very popular, and he comes across as friendly and easygoing when you meet him. It looks as if nothing bothers him, but he’s actually self-conscious, which he hides by avoiding being the center of attention. He behaves as if he could do no wrong at school, but despite appearing to be a little angel, he transforms into a bad-tempered monster at home. He also has a really annoying habit. He tries to talk like a rapper to sound cool, but he just sounds silly. In class, he doesn’t say much, so he seems uninterested at times, but in reality he’s very curious and open-minded-just as long as the subject is Computers. He’s computer-crazy, in fact, and his secret ambition is to come up with a groundbreaking new gadget. A remote control for his bad moods would be good.

Sonia

Study

3. Read the description again. Tell whether the statements are False (F) or it depend who you ask (D).
4. Danny has blue eyes.
5. He looks like Sonia.
6. He’s easygoing.
7. He always behaves well.
8. It’s cool when he talks like a rapper.
9. He loves computers.

 Practice

4. A Write one word in each blank to complete a friend’s description of Sonia.

as      appears      look            impression           across         seems

          What’s Sonia like? She 1) ________ very short-tempered, and she can come 2) ________ across as bossy, but that’s because she has such an annoying brother. If she didn’t give the 3) ________ she was in charge, Danny would behave even worse. They 4) ________ similar when you see them, but that’s where the similarity ends. She 5) ________ to be very self-confident and she is, except when she has to talk in public. Then she looks and sounds 6) ________ if she wasn’t at all nervous, but inside she’s terrified. But that’s something she keeps secret.

          B       Outside looking in

From the outside Marvin 1) ________ human. The trouble with him is that although he

2) ________ like a human, there’s something wrong. He 3) ________ across as not being interested in you. His answers all give the 4) ________ that they have been preprogrammed, so he never says anything original.

All he can do is respond with phrases you’ve heard before. His voice doesn’t 5) _______ as if there’s any emotion behind it. The look in his eyes is blank. It’s as if there’s nothing there. The lights might be on, but, to be honest, there’s nobody home.

Androids 7) ________ us, but they are not the same as us. They don’t 8) ________ like us in social situations. They might look the part and play the part, but the only 9) ________ to be human. It’s what’s inside that counts. Although our brain is like a computer, we have something special that an android can never have – a soul.

Discuss and write

5. Talk about how you think other people see you.

How would they describe your looks and behavior?

1. Imagine how one person in your life would describe you.
2. Makes notes about different ways this person sees you.
3. Write a description of your self from the point of view of another person.
4. Share your description with classmates.