درس هفدهم People: character and behaviour

Question 1

Your month of birth and your character

Answer 1

Astrological Forecast

Question 2

January: You are good company (1) but you may have a
selfish streak (2).

Answer 2

1. good company: people enjoy being with you
2. selfish streak: you sometimes act in a selfish way

Question 3

February: You have an outgoing personality and a
good sense of humour.

Answer 3

outgoing personality: Friendly sociable خوش برخورد
good sense of humour: شوخ طبعی

Question 4

March: You have a vivid imagination, but you tend to
lose your temper too easily

Answer 4

vivid imagination: If you have a vivid imagination you are able to imagine ided, images, etc. خیالپردازی روشن
Lose your temper:عصبی شدن

Question 5

April: You are highly intelligent with a razor-sharp
mind.

Answer 5

highly intelligent: خیلی تیزهوش
Razor sharp mind: کسی که مطالب رو خیلی زود میگیره، یا اصطلاحا آدم تیزیِ

Question 6

May: You set high standards for yourself and are
fiercely loyal to your friends

Answer 6

Set high standarads: استاندارهای بالایی برای خود گذاشتن
Fiercely: stronger than extremely

Question 7

June: The best aspect of your personality is the way you always
put others first.

Answer 7

aspect of your personality: وجهه شخصیتاتن
Put others first: اولویت رو بقیه گذاشن

Question 8

July: Although you can be painfully shy in social situations, at work you** give the
impression** of being supremely confident

Answer 8

painfully shy: خجالتی
Give the impression of: به بقیه این تصوررو نشون میدی که

Question 9

August You have a tendency
to make snap decisions

Answer 9

snap decisions: quick decisions

Question 10

September You have a strong sense of responsibility
and always keep your word

Answer 10

Keep your word:
do what you say you will do, keep your promises

Question 11

October= You are good at keeping secrets and never bear a
grudge.

Answer 11

Bear a grudge: resent for a long time bad things others have done to you
کینه شتری از کسی داشتن

Question 12

November You find it hard to keep your temper if you think someone is making a fool out of you .

Answer 12

keep your temper: not get angry
Make a fool of you: trying to deceive or trick you احمق فرض شدن ، احمق جلوه دادن ، مجسّمه بلاهت ساختن ، اسباب خنده شدن ، مضحکه خاص و عام شدن

Question 13

December: You can be brutally honest and sometimes
hurt others’ feelings

Answer 13

Brutally honest: honest in a way that may hurt
زیادی رک بودن و جریحه دار کردن بقیه

Question 14

Behaviour: verb + noun collocations
play a joke/trick

Answer 14

The children played a joke on the teacher by hiding under their desks
before she came into the room.
سربهسر کذاشتن کسی

NOT make a joke/trick

Question 15

take a joke

Answer 15

= didn’t mind a joke being played on her
جدی نگیر، جنبه داشت

Fortunately, the teacher could take a joke and didn’t punish them.

Question 16

swallow your pride

Answer 16

Isabella swallowed her pride and admitted that she was wrong.
= she did it even though it was embarrassing for her

Question 17

throw a tantrum^1

Sudden period of uncontrolled anger like a young child’s

Answer 17

The child threw a tantrum when I wouldn’t buy him any sweets.
= behaved in a very uncontrolled manner

گریه و زاری بچه گانه

Question 18

lose your patience

Answer 18

Finally I lost my patience and shouted at her.
= lost my temper, became angry

Question 19

**come to terms with **

Answer 19

Nick has found it hard to come to terms with his illness.
= accept something psychologically
دست و پنجه نرم کردن، کنار اومدن، به مصالحه رسیدن،
کلنجار رفتن برای ( یادگیری چیزی، یا پذیرفتن شرایطی یا گذر از یک سختی )

Question 20

reveal your true character

Answer 20

Daniel’s failure to support her has certainly** revealed his true character**.
opposite = conceal/hide your true character

Question 21

I know that I have a tendency to bear a grudge, but I just can’t forget something bad a friend did to me recently. She has a selfish streak and doesn’t care sometimes how much she hurts my feelings.
I am finding it increasingly hard to keep my temper with her. But perhaps it might be better to **lose my temper **and let her know how I really feel?

Question 22

I have always tried to **put others first **and not to think of myself. I believe you should not lose your patience with your friends, but if someone seems to enjoy making a fool out of you in front of other people, do those rules of friendship still apply?

Question 23

I’m a little shy, though not painfully shy, but sometimes I think I give the impression that I’m unfriendly. How can I convince people that I’m good company and worth getting to know?

Question 24

Should I talk about personal matters to my closest colleague at work? She is not very good at
keeping secrets and she has a very vivid imagination. She always promises not to tell other people, but I’m not sure she always keeps her word

Question 25

My boyfriend has a really friendly, outgoing personality and a great sense of humour. He’s highly intelligent and has a** razor-sharp mind**. The perfect man. We’ve been together now for a year, and I like him a lot, but don’t love him any more. Should I be brutally honest with him and tell him?

Question 26

I think a friend is destroying himself with drugs. I feel a sense of responsibility towards him. He has always been fiercely loyal to me in good and bad times, which is a wonderful aspect of his personality. I feel I ought to contact the police or social services, but I don’t want to make a snap decision which I’ll regret later.