An Argentinian Friend

 

15 Differences Between a Normal Friend and an Argentinean Friend

1. A normal friend never asks you for food. An Argentinean friend is the reason you’re putting dinner together.

2. A normal friend asks, “How are you doing?” when he sees you. An Argentinean friend hugs and kisses you, saying “Look at you, you son of a bitch, you look so amazing!”

3. A normal friend may not have seen you cry. An Argentinean friend has cried with you a dozen times.

4. A normal friend sends you flowers and a card when you’re at the hospital. An Argentinean friend goes to see you and falls asleep on a chair next to your bed.

5. A normal friend will borrow something and give it back to you in a couple of days. An Argentinean friend borrows something and forgets in a week that it doesn’t belong to him. He will never return it and you will never ask for it.

6. A normal friend offers you her couch to sleep on. An Argentinean friend gives you her bed while she sleeps on the floor next to you, keeping you up all night talking.

7. A normal friend knows some stuff about you. An Argentinean friend could write a book with all the things you have told her.

8. A normal friend brings you store-bought medicine when you’re sick. An Argentinean friend makes chicken soup and brings all the homemade remedies her grandmother taught her.

9. A normal friend knocks at your door. An Argentinean friend opens the door and happily yells, “I’m here!”

10. A normal friend asks if you could please make her coffee. An Argentinean friend goes straight to the kitchen, helping herself to the coffeemaker and asking your neighbour for sugar if you don’t have any.

11. A normal friend plans a visit a week ahead of time and asks for a confirmation. An Argentinean friend calls anytime and says, “I’ll start cooking in five minutes, bring the vino.”

12. When you visit a normal friend at his office, he introduces you using your first and last name. An Argentinean friend says, “Man, this dude is my bro.”

13. If you’re going through hard times, a normal friend tells you, “I didn’t call you before because I wanted to give you your space.” An Argentinean friend calls every hour saying, “Boludo, let me know what you need.”

14. A normal friend could be a friend for some time. An Argentinean friend will be your friend for life.

15. A normal friend will ignore this post. An Argentinean friend will pass it along to all of his friends, because he is super proud of being AN ARGENTINEAN FRIEND.

Describe a friend

 Describe a friend

Describe a friend

 

What is _____ name?

____ old are they?

Where ____ they live?

How _____ have you known them?

Where and when ____ you meet them?

What do they look _____? ____ they attractive?

What clothes do they like ____ wear?

Do they ____ a special style?

What ____ of hair do they have? Do ____ look after their hair?

_____ are their interests?

What do they love to get up _____?

What _____ their personality like?

Do you trust this person ____ every situation?

_____ they sociable? Shy?

Are they _____-working? lazy?

_____ do you like this person?

Do they _____ any strong opinions? About anything (food? music? other people?)

Is there anything _____ them you don't like?

Have you ever ____ a disagreement or fight with this friend?

Have you _____ had a dream about this friend?

What do you ______ your friend will be like in 20 years? 

Check

What is their name?

How old are they?

Where do they live?

How long have you known them?

Where and when did you meet them?

What do they look like? Are they attractive?

What clothes do they like to wear?

Do they have a special style?

What kind of hair do they have? Do they look after their hair?

What are their interests?

What do they love to get up to?

What is their personality like? 

Do you trust this person in every situation? If you lent them money would they pay you back? If you told them something private would they keep to themselves?

Are they sociable? Shy?

Are they hard-working? lazy?

Why do you like this person?

Do they like animals?

Do they like going out?

Do they like dancing?

Do they have any strong opinions? About anything (food? music? other people?) 

Is there anything about them you don't like?

Have you ever had a disagreement or fight with this friend?

Have you ever had a dream about this friend?

What do you think your friend will be like in 20 years?

Task

Log in here to practice describing people. The AI will try to make a drawing from your description. Give as much detail as you can.

 

Personality quiz

Vocab

Quiz

Do the quiz then write down some notes on what the results say about the following things. Then share those in groups or pairs.

Your type

Your traits

Your strengths

Your weaknesses

Careers you might love

Situations

How comfortable are you in the following situations?

An elegant dinner party.

A business boardroom meeting.

A noisy party where everyone is dancing.

A beach in your swimming gear.

At the gym.

In an elevator with strangers.

In the wild with friends.

On a road trip meeting new people in the backpackers hostels.

At an art gallery opening.

Having a serious conversation with your boss.

Around a bunch of kids in the playground.

Think: what kind of language would you pick up in these different situations?

What skills might you need to use to communicate well?

Sentence starters

1. I'd say that

2. I tend to

3. Some people would say I'm

4. I'd describe myself as

5. I believe in

6. I often

7. I don't often

8. I like to

9. I don't like to

10. I'm very passionate about

writing practice – yourself!

 

Try using these words:

Because

I’d say

but

always

often

sometimes

 never

can

like to

don’t enjoy

find it hard to

so

also

for example

very

 

When I was a kid, I was very ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I‘d say my personality ________________ is quite ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I can sometimes be ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

I’m quite a _______________ person. For example, ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

IELTS speaking Part 1 - talking about family

 

 

My best friend

 

Opinion

size

age

Something else?

 

Likes to

Doesn’t like to

 

My older / younger    sister / brother

 

Opinion

size

age

Something else?

 

Likes to

Doesn’t like to

 

My older / younger    sister / brother

 

Opinion

size

age

Something else?

 

Likes to

Doesn’t like to

 

 

My dad

 

Opinion

size

age

Something else?

 

Likes to

Doesn’t like to

 

 

My mum

 

Opinion

size

age

Something else?

 

Likes to

Doesn’t like to

 

My grandfather

 

Opinion

size

age

Something else?

 

Likes to

Doesn’t like to

 

 

My grandmother

 

Opinion

size

age

Something else?

 

Likes to

Doesn’t like to

 

My favourite cousin

 

Opinion

size

age

Something else?

 

Likes to

Doesn’t like to

The Logical Song

W______ful

b_______ful

m_____cal

s______ible

l_____cal

r______ible

p______cal

d______able

c______cal

i________ual

c______cal

r_______cal

l_____al

f______cal

c_______al

a_______able

r_______able

p_______able

 

When I was young, it seemed ______ life was so ____________
A miracle, oh, it was ___________, magical
And all the birds in the trees, well they'd ____ singing so happily
Oh, joyfully, oh, playfully watching me

But _____ they sent me away ____ teach me how to be ___________
Logical, oh, _____________, practical
Then they showed me a world ______ I could be so dependable
Oh, clinical, oh, ____________, cynical

There are times _____ all the world's asleep
The questions run too deep
For ______ a simple man
Won't you please, please tell me ______ we've learned?
I know it ______ absurd
Please tell me ____ I am

I said, now, watch ______ you say, they'll be calling you a __________
A liberal, oh, ___________, criminal
Oh, won't you sign up your name? We'd like to _____ you're acceptable
Respectable, oh, _____________, a vegetable

The Logical Song

Game Of Thrones Personality Adjectives

 Theme Song

Match the photos to the character and their personality trait:

 

A. Brienne of Tarth: Loyal

B. Arya Stark: Adamant

C. Petyr Baelish “Little Finger”: Cunning

D. Jon Snow: Heroic

E. Jaime Lannister: Charming

 

 

A) to change their mind

B) revenge

C) pleasant

D) his ambitions

E) appreciate

F) by supporting and protecting

G) brave and determined

Arya Stark: Adamant

If we say that someone is “adamant”, we are saying that someone refuses to be persuaded or 1___________________. As we know at this point, Arya is adamant in her pursuit of 2__________. 

 

Jon Snow: Heroic

We all love good, old Jon Snow, don’t we? I mean, there are many things that make us like his personality. He’s honest, sympathetic and reliable, but if there’s something that really stands out from his character, it’s his “heroic” personality, which means that he is admirably 3_____________, especially in difficult times.

 

Brienne of Tarth: Loyal

Being “loyal” means to show firm and constant support to someone, which is exactly what Brienne of Tarth has done 4___________________ Arya and Sansa Stark after swearing allegiance to their mother, Catelyn Stark.

Jaime Lannister: Charming

Jaime Lannister is one of these characters who we have come to 5________________more a more as seasons have gone by. One of his obvious positive traits is how “charming” he is, and not only physically. In the last few seasons, he has become more 6___________ and likeable, apart from his obvious physical charm.

Petyr Baelish “Little Finger”: Cunning

Little Finger has been an interesting and crucial character in Game of Thrones’ convoluted plot. In fact, he’s been one of the characters working in the shadows to pursue 7______________. He’s done everything by being “cunning”, that is, deceitful and evasive. 

Match:

Positive traits      persuade       stand out      likeable      deceitful      convoluted plot

Swearing allegiance  

 

Convince      be very obvious      commit to being very loyal              pleasant                        good personal qualities     cunning      complicated story       

18 personality adjectives

Free writing for 8 minutes:

Determination

Think about the following character qualities

Humble 

Why might someone have become humble?

Is it always good to be humble?

Bad-tempered 

Why might someone have become bad-tempered?

Think of a positive characteristic this person might have to balance their bad temper.

Devious 

Why might someone have become devious?

Do you know anyone who is devious?

Discuss these characters - what are their personalities like?

Arya Stark: Adamant

If we say that someone is “adamant”, we are saying that someone refuses to be persuaded or to change their mind. As we know at this point, Arya is adamant in her pursuit of revenge. 

Jon Snow: Heroic

We all love good, old Jon Snow, don’t we? I mean, there are many things that make us like his personality. He’s honest, sympathetic and reliable, but if there’s something that really stands out from his character, it’s his “heroic” personality, which means that he is admirably brave and determined, especially in difficult times.

Brienne of Tarth: Loyal

Being “loyal” means to show firm and constant support to someone, which is exactly what Brienne of Tarth has done by supporting and protecting Arya and Sansa Stark after swearing allegiance to their mother, Catelyn Stark.

Jaime Lannister: Charming

Jaime Lannister is one of these characters who we have come to appreciate more a more as seasons have gone by. One of his obvious positive traits is how “charming” he is, and not only physically. In the last few seasons, he has become more pleasant and likeable, apart from his obvious physical charm.

Petyr Baelish “Little Finger”: Cunning

Little Finger has been an interesting and crucial character in Game of Thrones’ convoluted plot. In fact, he’s been one of the characters working in the shadows to pursue his ambitions. He’s done everything by being “cunning”, that is, deceitful and evasive. 

Discuss

Which of these characters would you like to meet in person? Why?

Maisie Williams on playing Arya Stark

1. What were Ayra's key moments in the story, according to Maisie?
2. How would you say Maisie's personality differs from her character's?
3. What is the "spoiler" that Maisie drops?

Jon Snow comes to dinner

1. What time of year is it?

2. What does Seth tell Jon to ask the other guests?

3. Where did Seth and Jon meet?

Do you remember these characters? Give them some adjectives....

Cercei Lannister     Daenerys Targaryen      Samwell Tarly     Sansa Stark

Read about one character from the series.

Get into a group of three or four and write a short dialogue.

The characters need to display their personality traits in the dialogue.

The dialogue happens at a birthday barbeque.

 

Game of Thrones Personality Adjectives

 

Match to the pics and match to the ADJECTIVE OF CHARACTER

 1. Daenerys Targaryen:

2. Tyrion Lannister:

3. Cercei Lannister:

4. Podrick:

 

Determined (never gives up)

Shrewd (thinks ahead)

Humble (modest)

Ruthless (will do anything for power)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A. Toughest

B. Purpose

C. she reaches her goal

D. modest

E. analysing every situation 

F. likeable

G. shows no compassion

H. short stature

 

Cercei Lannister: Ruthless

Cercei Lannister is probably the 1 _________character in the whole series as regards achieving one’s aims. So you can say that she is ruthless, as she 2_____________ for others in achieving her ends.

 

Daenerys Targaryen: Determined

As we all know, Daenerys’ whole 3 __________ is to take back the Seven Kingdoms, which were usurped from her family. She has wanted this and worked towards this aim since almost the beginning of the show, so we can say that she is determined, as she will not stop until 4_____________.

 

Podrick: Humble

Podrick may not be one of the key characters in Game of Thrones, at least not so far, but he’s a 5___________ guy, isn’t he? I think what makes most of us like him is how humble he is despite being courageous and hard-working. He is 6 _________ and doesn’t think much of himself.

 

Tyrion Lannister: Shrewd

Ha! Now to one of our favourites: Tyrion Lannister. His 7___________has no doubt made him develop other skills to keep alive and be of use to his family and now to the Mother of Dragons. He is capable of 8 ____________ in order for the outcome to be in his advantage. He is, we would say, shrewd.

 

Which words in yellow mean the following?

 

Stole        in relation to       certainly        until now

Cercei Lannister: Ruthless

Cercei Lannister is probably the toughest character in the whole series as regards achieving one’s aims. So you can say that she is «ruthless», as she shows no compassion for others in achieving her ends.

Daenerys Targaryen: Determined

As we all know, Daenerys’ whole purpose is to take back the Seven Kingdoms, which were usurped from her family. She has wanted this and worked towards this aim since almost the beginning of the show, so we can say that she is «determined», as she will not stop until she reaches her goal.

Podrick: Humble

Podrick may not be one of the key characters in Game of Thrones, at least not so far, but he’s a likeable guy, isn’t he? I think what makes most of us like him is how «humble» he is despite being corageous and hard-working. He is modest and doesn’t think much of himself.

Tyrion Lannister: Shrewd

Ha! Now to one of our favourites: Tyrion Lannister. His short stature has no doubt made him develop other skills to keep alive and be of use to his family and now to the Mother of Dragons. He is capable of analysing every situation in order for the outcome to be in his advantage. He is, we would say, «shrewd».

Wise 

Opportunistic 

Ruthless 

Determined 

Diplomatic 

Bloodthirsty 

Thick 

Callous 

Valiant 

Beguiling 

Humble 

Trustworthy 

Bad-tempered 

Courageous 

Shrewd 

Cold-blooded 

Devious 

writing practice

 

Try using these words:

Because

And

but

always

often

sometimes

 never

can

like to

don’t enjoy

find it hard to

so

also

for example

very

 

When I was a kid, I was very ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

My friend ________________ is quite ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

My father can sometimes be ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

I’m quite a _______________ person. For example, __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

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