1.2 Qualities.

Vocabulary list.

Check what you know.

hard-working	трудолюбивый
lazy	ленивый
punctual	пунктуальный
late	опаздывающий
reliable	надежный
unreliable	ненадежный
clever	умный
flexible	гибкий
inflexible	негибкий
ambitious	амбициозный
unambitious	не амбициозный
sensible	разумный
stupid	глупый
friendly	дружелюбный
unfriendly	недружелюбный
kind	добрый
nice	милый
pleasant	приятный
optimistic	оптимистичный
cheerful	жизнерадостный
pessimistic	пессимистичный
generous	щедрый
mean	скупой
sensitive	чувствительный
insensitive	нечувствительный, равнодушный
honest	честный
dishonest	нечестный
self-confident	уверенный
helpful	готовый помочь, отзывчивый
shy	застенчивый
use one’s initiative	инициативный
easy-going	легкий, общительный
emotional	эмоциональный
responsible	ответственный

Exercise 5

Delete the qualities of character which, in your opinion, the people below should not have:

Personal assistant (hard-working, punctual, flexible, reliable, clever, talkative, friendly).

Bank manager (honest, clever, ambitious, cheerful, generous, emotional, sensible).

Stock broker (hard-working, flexible, reliable, clever, emotional).

Write your own (1-2) similar tasks.

Exercise 6

Complete the sentences:

Your receptionist is very helpful and (дружелюбная).

The accountant is (честный и пунктуальный).

The stock broker is (умный, амбициозный и трудолюбивый).

This manager is (надежный и инициативный).

This girl is too (застенчивая) to work as Sales Manager.

Work in pairs and make up 3 similar sentences for your group mate.

Exercise 7

Which qualities do you find positive? Negative? Write two columns of 7-8 qualities.

Exercise 8

Try to guess about your group mate’s character, write 5-6 leading qualities. Let him (her) write his (her) own list. Compare your lists. Now change the roles.

Exercise 9

Write 2-3 descriptions or situations for a quality of character; let your group mates to guess the quality.

E.g.:

He often promises to do things and forgets about it (unreliable).

He can work with different people, both in a team and on his own (flexible).

Exercise 10

Make up a list of 3-4 qualities necessary for the following professions:

• an accountant

• a manager in a bank

• a receptionist

• a stock broker

• a lawyer

• a PR manager.

Exercise 11

Add prefixes to form the opposites of the following words:

• pleasant

• honest

• kind

• friendly

• reliable

• flexible

• sensitive

• ambitious.

Exercise 12

Discuss the following with your group mate; present briefly your common conclusion:

1 What, in your opinion, is the worst quality (from the Vocabulary list)?

2 What qualities, in your opinion, should most people in a society have?

3 Which qualities, in your opinion, are born and which can be developed?

4 Have you ever heard about cross-cultural differences in management? How different, in your opinion, are qualities of American, German, Japanese, Chinese and other managers?

Exercise 13

Write a short essay on the topic:

Are there any qualities you do not have but would like to have? Why do you want to have them? How are you going to develop the qualities if that is possible?