个性品德Personality and Character篇

 　　Personality and Character

　　I: What kind of personality do you think you have?

　　C: I'm easy to approach and friendly to everyone. / I'm inclined to think independently. / Frankly¹, I have a inquiring mind. / I think I'm a cooperative worker. / Well, I approach things very enthusiastically. I don't like to leave something half-done. I can't concentrate something else until the first thing is finished. / I believe I'm imaginative and creative. / I feel that I'm initiative and aggressive. / To dome² justice I'm always conscientious³ and responsible in doing things. / To tell you the truth. I'm an honest and reliable (dependable) man.

　　I: Do you think you are introverted or extroverted⁴?

　　C: I think I'm introverted (extroverted). / I'm quite outgoing, I think. I enjoy mixing and doing things with others. / I'm quite outspoken⁵ (frank, candid). I enjoy calling a spade a spade and hate talking in a roundabout way. So I'd call myself outgoing. / I wouldn't call myself introverted though sometimes I'm reserved and enjoy staying all by myself, often and often I like sharing activities with others.

　　I: Would you describe yourself as more i outward-looking or more inward-looking?

　　C: I like being around .people and doing things with people, so outward-looking, I guess. / Well, I'm not very outward-looking, so I'm afraid you'd have to'sayi'm a fairly reserved person. / I'm not really sure maybe partly both. In class, I was always active, but around my friends I'm pretty

　　quiet.

　　I: Are you more of a follower⁶ or a leader?

　　C: I don't agree with someone else's opinion if I think he's wrong, but when I understand his thinking and see he has some good ideas, then I'm very happy to go along with him. / I don't try to go ahead of people and lead them. I'd rather cooperate with everybody else, and get the job done by working together.

　　I: What are your weak points (faults, weaknesses) and strong points (strengths)?

　　C: People say that I tend to do a thankless business. I can take on jobs that bother other people and work at them slowly until they get done. I enjoy that sort of thing that's a good point, I suppose. But the reverse of that is I tend to be withdrawn⁷. I need to go out and be with other people more, so I'm working on that. / Sometimes I lack patience in what I am doing. However, I'm very careful with my work. / As a young girl, I'm a bit shy around people. That's my weakness. But I'm patient both with people and my work. / Well, I'm afraid I'm a poor talker, and that isn't very good, so I've been learning how to speak in public. I suppose a strong point is that I like developing new things and ideas.

　　I: What do you think is the most important thing for you to behappy?

　　C: For me, this would be having good relationship with my family members. My family has always been very closeknit and we still spend a lot of time together. We all depend on one another for spiritual support and without that I would be much less happy than I am. / In my opinion, having a good wife is the most important thing for one's happiness. As the old saying goes: a good wife makes a happy husband. / I maintain that the most important thing is having good friends. A person can't live all by himself, I think. It takes a lot of people working and cooperating together. A friend in need is a friend indeed. So the more really close friends I have, the better.

　　I: Do you have any people you'd call really close friends?

　　C: Yes, I'd call several of my former classmates really close friends. We often get together and talk with each other. Whenever I meet with difficulties they're always ready to lend me a hand. / Yes, but they've all moved to distant places, and we rarely have the chance to meat. Still, we keep in contact through letters and phone calls, so our friendship remains⁸ as close as ever.

　　I: Would you say you have a lot of friends, or just a few?

　　C: Not so many, but not really a few, either, I suppose.There are about seven people that I see quite a bit of now. They're all my good friends. .

　　I: Can you name one person you respect very much?

　　C: I respect the late Premier⁹ Zhou Eixlai very much. He devoted¹⁰ his whole life to serving the people by working hard and living simply. / My philosophy professor in the university. She had so much humor and vitality¹¹ and I was deeply impressed with her tactfulness. She could make a person see the contradictions in his thinking without making him feel foolish. I learned a lot from watching the way she applied¹² herself to her teaching, and how she led studentsto see things. / Our monitor. He studies well and is capable of organization. Besides, he is quite amicable¹³ to everyone.

　　I: What attitude do you take towards life?

　　C: Time is money and efficiency is life. That is the motto I

　　live by in my life. Whatever I do, I always seize the hour and attach importance to efficiency. / Time and tide wait for no man. So we mustn't put off till tomorrow what can be done today. I've found out that time and money get away very easily you think you are in possession of them, and they're gone! Putting things off just makes it worse later, so even if it's hard at the time, I try to get things done that day and not to let them go.

　　I: What basic principles do you apply to your life?

　　C: Working hard and being frugal¹⁴ are both virtues¹⁵. I strive to practise these two virtues ifi mylilte. / Itry to keep to a regular schedule every day. When I don't, my body isn't in good shape, and neither is my mind, so I've been. sticking to regular schedule for more than ten years.

1 frankly   

adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说

参考例句：

• To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
• Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。

2 dome   

n.圆屋顶，拱顶

参考例句：

• The dome was supported by white marble columns.圆顶由白色大理石柱支撑着。
• They formed the dome with the tree's branches.他们用树枝搭成圆屋顶。

3 conscientious   

adj.审慎正直的，认真的，本着良心的

参考例句：

• He is a conscientious man and knows his job.他很认真负责，也很懂行。
• He is very conscientious in the performance of his duties.他非常认真地履行职责。

4 extroverted   

a.性格外向的

参考例句：

• Do you think you are introverted or extroverted? 你认为你性格内向还是外向？
• Are you introverted or extroverted? 你个性内向还是外向？ 来自轻松英语会话---联想2000词(上)

5 outspoken   

adj.直言无讳的，坦率的，坦白无隐的

参考例句：

• He was outspoken in his criticism.他在批评中直言不讳。
• She is an outspoken critic of the school system in this city.她是这座城市里学校制度的坦率的批评者。

6 follower   

n.跟随者；随员；门徒；信徒

参考例句：

• He is a faithful follower of his home football team.他是他家乡足球队的忠实拥护者。
• Alexander is a pious follower of the faith.亚历山大是个虔诚的信徒。

7 withdrawn   

vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出

参考例句：

• Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
• All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。

8 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

9 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

10 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。

11 vitality   

n.活力，生命力，效力

参考例句：

• He came back from his holiday bursting with vitality and good health.他度假归来之后，身强体壮，充满活力。
• He is an ambitious young man full of enthusiasm and vitality.他是个充满热情与活力的有远大抱负的青年。

12 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

13 amicable   

adj.和平的，友好的；友善的

参考例句：

• The two nations reached an amicable agreement.两国达成了一项友好协议。
• The two nations settled their quarrel in an amicable way.两国以和睦友好的方式解决了他们的争端。

14 frugal   

adj.节俭的，节约的，少量的，微量的

参考例句：

• He was a VIP,but he had a frugal life.他是位要人，但生活俭朴。
• The old woman is frugal to the extreme.那老妇人节约到了极点。

15 virtues   

美德( virtue的名词复数 )； 德行； 优点； 长处

参考例句：

• Doctors often extol the virtues of eating less fat. 医生常常宣扬少吃脂肪的好处。
• She delivered a homily on the virtues of family life. 她进行了一场家庭生活美德方面的说教。