- Từ vựng IELTS Speaking: Chủ đề Personality. - Hãy đọc những câu hỏi và câu trả lời mẫu của chủ đề này và chú ý những từ và cụm từ được bôi đậm. - Sử dụng phần 'Definition' ở cuối trang để kiểm tra nghĩa của các cụm từ đó.. - Part 1-style questions. - Paula: Everyone tells me I take after my mum as I’m quite laid-back … I think I’m good company but you should ask my friends if they agree. - Examiner: In which ways are you similar to your friends?. - Manuel: I seem to be attracted to introverts … not people who are painfully shy but most of my friends are a little reserved … and I think that’s what I’m like. - Examiner: Are you similar or different to your brother(s)/sister(s)?. - Mira: I think my brother and I are very similar … I’d say we’re fun-loving and tend to be a bit extroverted … my brother is certainly the life and soul of the party … I’m not sure that applies to me. - Part 2-style task. - You should say who this person was. - when they were your teacher which subject they taught you. - and describe what it was about their character that you liked.. - Carolina: I’d like to describe my English teacher from school … Miss Thomas … this was a few years ago now and she was my teacher at a time when I was getting a little bored with being at school … unlike some of the other teachers Miss Thomas never lost her temper … she was very calm and easy-going … she was also very broad-minded… we were able to ask her questions about lots of subjects that some other teachers would refuse to discuss which made us respect her even more … she had a great sense of. - humour too … she’d laugh at our jokes as well as making us laugh … and she would also bend over backwards to help us with our work … she always put us first and often stayed around at the end of class to talk with anyone who needed help … apparently she was highly respected within her field but you would never know as she was the type that hid her light under a bushel … she was very modest and self-effacing … so yes … Miss Thomas was a teacher I have fond memories of. - Part 3-style questions. - Examiner: Which personal qualities do you think we most want to pass on to our children?. - Martin: I certainly would want my children to be self-confident and self-assured … I really believe that people who feel good about themselves are in a good position to face what life has to offer them … and I’d hope they wouldn’t be self-centred … but remembered to think about others. - Examiner: Which characteristics do you think are the least appealing in a person?. - Marianne: Well … people who are very narrow-minded are difficult to get on with … it’s nice when someone is open to other people’s opinion and willing to think about their own views … and people who. - are two-faced can be a little irritating … relationships are built on trust and without honesty there’s not much left. - Examiner: Which personality types do you think are less likely to suffer from stress or anxiety?. - Sol: Probably people who are thick-skinned … who don’t let people or problems affect them too much … and if you are fair-minded you’ ll be less likely to overreact to situations or be quick-tempered. - to be the life and soul of the party: a fun person, someone who is the centre of activity to bend over backwards: to try very hard to help someone. - broad-minded: prepared to accept other views or behaviours easy-going: relaxed and not easily worried about anything extrovert: an energetic person who likes the company of others fair-minded: to treat people equally. - fun-loving: to enjoy having fun. - to hide one’s light under a bushel: to hide one’s talents and skills good company: enjoyable to socialise with. - good sense of humour: the ability to understand what is funny introvert: someone who is shy. - laid-back: see ‘easy-going’. - to lose one’s temper: to suddenly become angry. - narrow minded: opposite of ‘broad-minded’ (see above) painfully shy: very shy. - to put others first: to think of others before yourself quick-tempered: to become angry quickly. - self-assured: confident. - self-centred: thinks only of oneself. - self-confident: believes in one’s own ability or knowledge. - self-effacing: to not try to get the attention of others (especially in terms of hiding one’s skills or abilities). - to take after: to be like (often another member of the family). - thick-skinned: not easily affected by criticism trustworthy: can be trusted. - two-faced: not honest or sincere. - Will say one thing to someone to their face and another when they are not present.