Sequence 2 — Me, My Personality and Life Experiences › Listen and consider
Listen and consider : Make a profile
- الاستماع إلى مقابلة قصيرة واستخراج عناصر بطاقة الشخص منها
- التمييز بين السؤالين What are you like? وWhat do you like?
- بناء بطاقة شخص في أربعة أسئلة : الطبع، الميول، المكان، ثمّ الماضي والمستقبل
- استعمال can · used to · will في وصف شخص واحد
- تمييز النطق القويّ والنطق الضعيف لـcan أثناء الاستماع
- to be في المضارع، وcan · can't للقدرة
- النعوت التي تصف الطبع : quiet · patient · friendly
- الاستماع مرّتين : الفكرة العامّة أوّلا، ثمّ التفاصيل
Before you listen
The recordingThe recordingنصّ المسموع. ⛔ لا تفتحه قبل أن تستمع وتجيب.
At the noticeboard — Lila is filling in the talent show forms when Riad stops in front of the poster Lila: Are you signing up, Riad? Can you help me? I need all the forms before Thursday. Riad: I'd like to sign up. But I can't sing, and I can't dance. Lila: Nobody has to sing. What can you do? Riad: I can do magic tricks. Not many — three. Lila: Three is enough. Now let me fill in your profile: this sheet goes under your photograph on the board. First question — what are you like? Riad: What am I like? I don't know. Ask somebody else. Lila: Then I'll write what I see. You are quiet, you are patient, and you never arrive late. Riad: Patient — yes, I am. You need to be patient to learn one trick. Lila: Second question — what do you like? Riad: Football and swimming. And windsurfing, but only in summer. Lila: Good. “What are you like” and “what do you like” are two different questions, and you have just answered both of them. Third — where do you live? Riad: Behind the market. Five minutes from school. Lila: And now the last line, the one everybody reads. Tell me something people do not know about you. Riad: I used to be afraid of standing in front of the class. Really afraid. Lila: You? Riad: Me. Two years ago I used to go out of the room when the teacher asked me to read aloud. Lila: And on Thursday you are going to do magic tricks in front of the whole school. Riad: When school finishes, I will show my three tricks. And then I will learn a fourth one.
First listening
1. Who are the two speakers, where are they, and why?1. Who are the two speakers, where are they, and why?من المتحدّثان ؟ وأين هما ؟ ولماذا ؟
Lila and Riad, two pupils, at the school noticeboard. Lila is collecting the forms for the talent show, and she fills in Riad's profile — the sheet that will go under his photograph.
2. What can Riad do, and what can't he do?2. What can Riad do, and what can't he do?ماذا يستطيع رياض ؟ وماذا لا يستطيع ؟
He can do magic tricks — three of them. He can't sing and he can't dance. ⟹ Notice that Riad answers with what he cannot do first. Most people do. A profile that only lists talents is not believed; one line of “I can't…” makes all the others true.
3. What did Riad use to do two years ago?3. What did Riad use to do two years ago?ماذا كان رياض يفعل قبل سنتين ؟
He used to be afraid of standing in front of the class, and he used to go out of the room when the teacher asked him to read aloud. ⟹ And that is the line Lila calls “the one everybody reads”. A profile with a past in it stops being a list of qualities and becomes a person.
4. Find the four kinds of answer Lila writes down. What question does each one answer?4. Find the four kinds of answer Lila writes down. What question does each one answer?استخرج أنواع الأجوبة الأربعة التي دوّنتها ليلى، وحدّد السؤال الذي يجيب عنه كلّ منها.
- quiet · patient · never late ⟹ “What is he like?” — his character.
- football · swimming · windsurfing ⟹ “What does he like?” — his tastes.
- behind the market, five minutes from school ⟹ “Where does he live?” — the place.
- used to be afraid … will show his three tricks ⟹ “Where does he come from, and where is he going?” — his story.
Four questions, and Lila asked them in that order without hesitating once. That order is not hers — it is the order of every profile you will ever read.
Second listening — the four questions of a profile
Which structure answers which question?Which structure answers which question?أيّ بنية تجيب عن أيّ سؤال ؟
| The question | The structure that answers it | From the recording |
|---|---|---|
| What is he like? — character | to be + adjective of character | “You are quiet, you are patient.” |
| What does he look like? — appearance | to look like · to have + a physical detail | not asked here: Lila has his photograph in front of her |
| What does he like? — tastes | to like + noun · can + base verb for a talent | “Football and swimming.” · “I can do magic tricks.” |
| Where does he live? — the place | to live + preposition of place | “Behind the market, five minutes from school.” |
| Where does he come from, where is he going? — the story | used to + base verb for the past · will + base verb for the future | “I used to be afraid…” · “I will show my three tricks.” |
⭐ Read the middle column downwards. A profile is not a vocabulary exercise: it is five structures, one per question. Learn the structures and you can write a profile of anybody, in any language you have.
Now it is your turn
a. Choose one person, and ask that person the four questions. Do not guess the answers — a profile written without asking is a portrait of yourself. b. Fill in the sheet: Name … · What is he or she like? … · What does he or she like? … · What can he or she do? … · Where does he or she live? … · What did he or she use to do? … · What will he or she do when school finishes? … c. Now write eight lines, in that order. Give two adjectives of character at most, and one thing the person cannot do. ⛔ Do not write a single thing that the person has not told you.
A model — the same method applied to the recordingA model — the same method applied to the recordingنموذج : المنهجيّة نفسها مطبّقة على المسموع.
Write yours first. This model uses only what Riad said about himself — nothing has been added.
Riad is a quiet, patient boy, and he is never late. He lives behind the market, five minutes from school. He likes football and swimming, and he goes windsurfing in summer. He can do magic tricks — three of them. He cannot sing, and he says so himself. Two years ago he used to be afraid of standing in front of the class: when the teacher asked him to read aloud, he used to go out of the room. On Thursday he will show his three tricks in front of the whole school. And then he will learn a fourth one.
Count what makes this profile work: two adjectives of character, one thing he cannot do, and one past that contradicts the present. That last one is the sentence a reader remembers — and it costs one line.
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