Describing a Person 1 整理课件 1. appearance try to describe your physical appearance 2 整理课件 2. personality What is the most important personality trait of a good boyfriend or girlfriend? Can you explain in details? 3 整理课件 Basics for describing a person Physical appearance: face, facial expressions, body, clothes Personality: habit, interests, manners, tastes, actions Focus on one or two aspects of a person Produce an overall impression and your feeling about the person (key word in your topic sentence) Organize in spatial order Top to bottom or bottom to top Front to back or back to front Right to left or left to right 4 整理课件 5 整理课件 Personality Adventurous Aggressive Ambitious Bright Carefree Cautious Cheerful Clumsy Confident Conservative Cynical Diligent Energetic Extrovert/ Introvert Generous Honest Humorous Innovative Liberal Mean Modest Nosy Opinionated Optimistic/ pessimistic Responsible Romantic Rude Selfish Submissive Tolerant 6 整理课件 Topic sentence Topic sentence: show the writer’s attitude or impression of the person I’m going to describe Mr. Piper, my history professor. I met a surprisingly handsome young man at the bus stop yesterday. Dr. Smith is a typical middle-aged bachelor. 7 整理课件 Exercise She has charming eyes. He was a gentle man. 8 整理课件 Her eyes were quick and bright; they were a yellowish brown, about the color of her hair. She had a way of turning them swiftly upon an object and holding them there as if lost in some inward maze of contemplation or thought. He wore glasses. He was of forty, of medium height and rather slender build; he stooped a little. His hair was brown and straight, parted on one side. His beard was neatly and closely trimmed. 9 整理课件 Details Use specific and descriptive details She has long black hair that falls down to the shoulders and surrounds her attractive face, which is usually suntanned. She has dark brown eyebrows over her charming