UNIT 7

### GOOD HABITS

### Lesson 1. Build Your Own Character

Getting ready for the task:

• What is a character?
• What do characters show?
• Can you build your own character?How?

Key words:

a trait - a particular quality of your personality
a diary - a book in which one keeps a daily record of events and experiences
a habit - a thing that you often do
to spill - to flow over the edge of container
to concentrate - to give all attention to something
exhausted - very tired
painstaking - diligent, careful
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CW. Talk about characters.

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GW. Listen and fill in the gaps using the correct tense form of the given verbs. Make your comments on the statements below.

a) to become b) to write c) to think d) to talk e) to be f) to care g) to start h) to feel i) to do j) to keep k) to continue l) to say

Many people like (1) ... a diary. Some people (2) ... their diaries from time to time and some write every day. They write about their lives. Keeping a diary is especially interesting for girls. Sometimes boys also do it. This is what a boy of thirteen, Max wrote, “Everybody (3) ... a lot what other people (4) ... about them. Today Bernard (5) ... to Ben, “He is a great guy.” I thought, “Who does he mean? Maybe they are (6) ... about me?” We all want (7) ... great. My grandfather is a great man to me. Yesterday he said, “Being great (8) ... inside you. It is the way you (9) ... toward yourself and others. You must always try (10)... good. When you do something many times, it regularly (11) ... a habit. When you (12) ... doing it, it becomes a trait of your character. People with good character traits are always happier than people with bad traits

• How everybody cares about other people’s opinion;
• How you can build your own character;
• How you must behave toward others;
• How you can build habits.

LISTEN AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS! Read Listening Material
Listen to the passage and answer the following questions.

1. What is the passage mainly about?
   A) An important person
   B) The people around us
   C) The tourist places
   D) The good words and behaviour
   E) The children and their parents
2. Choose the correct statement according to the passage.
   Good manners … .
   1. don’t make people gentle
   2. aren’t so important in life
   3. make a good impression on people
   4. help people to remain positive

   A) 1, 2 | B) 2, 3 | C) 3, 4 | D) 1, 3 | E) 2, 4

3. Complete the sentence according to the passage.
   Parents should help their children … .
   1. to practice “magic words”
   2. to behave well
   3. to be impolite to others
   4. to teach good manners

   A) 1, 2 | B) 2, 3 | C) 3, 4 | D) 1, 3 | E) 2, 4

4. Answer the question according to the passage.
   Why should we respect other people?
5. Which words in the passage are opposite in the meaning to “rude”?

A person lives in society. Good manners make a person gentle and polite. That is why they are very important in our daily life. Good manners – words and behavour make a good impression on the people around us. We must use good manners everywhere – at home, school, office, tourist places, or with our parents and children, friends and colleagues. They help us to remain positive.

We must use “magic words” like “Sorry”, “Please”, “Thank you” and “Excuse me”. When it is necessary. Parents should help their children to practice such word and to behave well every day. We should respect other people to create good relationships and help them when they need it.

There is for limit for learning good manners. Remember: when you are kind to others, you always make a place in their hearts.

1. What is the passage mainly about?
   A) An important person
   B) The people around us
   C) The tourist places
   D) The good words and behaviour
   E) The children and their parents
2. Choose the correct statement according to the passage.
   Good manners … .
   1. don’t make people gentle
   2. aren’t so important in life
   3. make a good impression on people
   4. help people to remain positive

   A) 1, 2 | B) 2, 3 | C) 3, 4 | D) 1, 3 | E) 2, 4

3. Complete the sentence according to the passage.
   Parents should help their children … .
   1. to practice “magic words”
   2. to behave well
   3. to be impolite to others
   4. to teach good manners

   A) 1, 2 | B) 2, 3 | C) 3, 4 | D) 1, 3 | E) 2, 4

4. Answer the question according to the passage.
   Why should we respect other people?
   Answer: “to create good relationship”
5. Which words in the passage are opposite in the meaning to “rude”?
   Answer: “gentle, polite, kind”