Find the opposites and synonyms in the chart.
Date: 2015-10-07; view: 628.
Vocabulary Focus
Fill in the following crossword
Correct the mistakes in these newspaper headlines.
All these nationality adjectives have a change in stress and/or pronunciation from the name of the country. Make sure you can pronounce them. Use a dictionary for any you don't know.
Famous names. Can you name a famous...
B) When you're ready, join another pair. Ask them to tell you what they would call a person from each of the countries on your list.
Example: Argentinian sportsman or woman? Diego Maradonna
1 Chinese politician?
2 Black Southern African political figure?
3 Polish person who became a world religious leader?
4 Italian opera singer?
5 Irish rock-music group?
Example: Iran - Iranian /I'renian/ (US = /I'renan/)
1. Panama Panamanian 4. Jordan Jordanian
2. Cyprus Cypriot 5. Egypt - Egyptian
3. Ghana Ghanaian 6. Fiji Fijian
Madonna to marry a French? Hollywood sensation!
Britains have highest tax rate in EC.
Vietnamian refugees leave Hong Kong camps.
Police arrest Danish on smuggling charge.
Iraqian delegation meets Pakistanian President
| Germans | The highest proportion of good qualities, tolerant, fashionable, ”square” |
| French | Conservative, withdrawn, chauvinistic, brilliant, superficial, hedonistic, not very friendly |
| British | Calm, reserved, open-minded, trustworthy, hidebound, insular superior, excellent sense of humour |
| Swiss | Known for lucidity and powers of self- analysis, trust-worthy, too money- minded and suspicious |
| Italians | Lazy, untrustworthy, vivacious, charming, hospitable, noisy |
| Dutch | Most admired people in Europe, hard-working, thrifty, good- natured, tolerant, business- minded |
| Belgians | Least admired in the group, easy-going, diligent workers, undisciplined, narrow- minded, lousy drivers |
2.9 Study the national stereotypes of people from seven European countries, obtained as the result of a survey and say:
a)Do these generalizations serve any useful purpose? What?
b) What can you add to the national features given in the chart?
c) What do foreigners say about your own national character?
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| Work in pairs What do you call someone who comes from each of these countries? | | | B1 First read the article quite quickly and do the following task |