Task 3 ：

1. Fill in the missing words according to what you hear from the video clip.

 

So one issue with other personality test is that they really want to put you into a given category. You are either this or you are that. But that’s not really helping a lot. You shouldn’t have to be “either or”. In fact, most people want to be “either or”. Our main personality survey is based on the big five personality traits: openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and emotional stability. The big five model is a great place to start when it comes to personality research. But in addition to that, it is those factors that actually make up of the different traits.

 

2. Discuss the topic with your group members: What is their way to assess one’s personality according to the video clip? Do you know yourself well? Would you please share your personality traits with us? 

Task 4：Focusing on the Main Ideas: Turn to Page 129. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences according to the information contained in the listening passage.  

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1) The first main point the speaker talks about is ________.

A) what personality means

B) when a person’s personality starts to develops

C) how to express one’s personality

D) how to solve personality problems

 

2) According to the speaker, psychologists ________.

A) often emphasize the importance of friendship

B) often like to find similarities among people

C) usually find it hard to explain personality

D) usually interpret personality differently

 

3) People can be roughly put into ________.

A) 5 categories

B) 4 categories

C) 3 categories

D) 2 categories

 

4) To put people into different categories and compare them, psychologists often ________.

A) use tests

B) talk to people

C) observe people

D) do a lot of reading

 

5) With the aid of knowledge about personality, we can ________.

A) provide more help to each other

B) conduct some research on our own

C) improve our relationship with others

D) have better communication with others

Section C  Task Two: Zooming in on the Details

▇Listen to the recording again and fill in each of the blanks according to what you have heard.

1. Different psychologists ____________ personality in different ways.

2. Introverts are people who are ____________ or like to ___________ reading and doing their ________________whereas ____________ are those who enjoy ______________________.

3. If we know a person’s personality, we will be able to ____________ him/her better, which will help to make our relationship with this person ____________.

4. One way to help an introvert is to make him/her feel ____________ when he/she is with a group of people he/she has never met before.

5. We can change and ____________ ourselves if we know our own personality.