Learn to discuss different people. Make use of the following.
1. What kind of person will never arrest anyone's attention? (take a risk, spend more than he can afford, take anything to heart, lose his temper, do a silly thing, disobey instructions, wave in the face of danger, fail his friend).
2. What kind of people are often lonely (are usually surrounded by people, friends, are easily forgotten, are quick to see the point, think only for themselves, feel uneasy in company, keep their thoughts to themselves, easily lose their patience, enjoy other people's confidence).
3. What kind of people are called good mixers, poor mixers, colourful, discreet, just, business-like, levelheaded, sympathetic, revengeful, squeamish, persistent, haughty, humble, placid, broad-minded, vulgar, vain, ambitious.
4. What do you call a person who can't keep a secret? (can appreciate a piece of art, feels deeply, pokes his nose into other people's affairs, intrudes his views on others, is always sure of himself, is mostly in high spirits, gets annoyed easily, keeps on forgetting things, is unlike others, says what he thinks, has no moral principles).
7. Work in pairs. Use expressions dealing with moods and feelings.
JOY AND ENTHUSIASM: Great/That's great; Marvelous! Terrific! Fantastic! How wonderful! How exciting! How thrilling!
ANNOYANCE: How annoying! What a nuisance! What a bore! That's just what I needed! I've just about had enough of...
DISTRESS: I'm worried. I just don't know what to do... I feel terrible. I've got a lot on my mind. I don't feel at all happy. I'm fed up. I can't take much more of this.
INDIFFERENCE: I can't say I'm interested... I couldn't careless... Please yourself... I don't mind what you do. The whole thing bores me to death.
REASSURANCE: Cheer up. Take it easy. Don't you think you're overreacting a bit? There's no need to get so upset. Don't let it get you down. It's not as bad as all that, surely? Oh, come on, it's actually quite interesting. I see what you mean, but on the other hand…
8. Work in pairs. Make up different dialogues as if you were in different moods.
9. Read the text and discuss Bill’s mother’s emotional condition after he had gone away.
A LONELY EVENING
By the time she had finished tidying up, Bill was almost ready to go. He was looking for his gloves. "You needn't worry about me, Mum," he declared. "If the fog thickens, Harold will put me up for the night. In that case I promise I'll give you a ring as soon as we decide. I give you my word I'll take no risks."
"I hope not," she said. "I shall be waiting up till you call." "I'll see," he said affectionately.
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"How about your dropping in to see Aunt Maggie when I've gone? She'll be only too pleased." He kissed her good-bye and moved off noisily down the road. He turned, waved and disappeared into the mist. She had always enjoyed being alone. Bill had repaired the wireless so she could listen to it. And inevitably there was a pile of washing that needed ironing; there were clothes to be mended and patched, socks to be darned.
"By the time Bill returns I'll have done the whole work," she thought. She couldn't get rid of the feeling that her son was in danger. "It's so absurd to be having such fancies," she said to herself. "I've obviously overworked and am tired out. I could do with a sleep. I shall feel better when I wake up. "She made up the fire with a few logs of wood and lay back in the rocking chair. She had never thought she would feel so lonely. The clock ticked rhythmically, her eyes closed and she slept peacefully. She woke up with a sick feeling of dread.
The room was in darkness. Before turning on the light, she came up to the window. She could see almost nothing through the yellow fog. Her uneasy feeling of coming catastrophe was increasing; she pulled herself together firmly and went to stoke the fire. Heavy steps were approaching the house; there was a single commanding knock. She went to open the door. On the threshold stood a tall grave-faced policeman.
Suggest your own ending of the story.
10. Play a game.
SIX EYES
Write your names on small pieces of paper. Take one of the pieces of paper and try to imagine that you are that person. Then you must complete the sentences:
I always..; I often..; I usually..; I occasionally..; I rarely..; I never... Try to guess who some of you have pretended to be.
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