Personality traits

March 10

Chinese Calendar



According to the Chinese calendar, the year you were born may determine your personality traits. Every year is represented by an animal, and legend says that people born under that animal have certain personality traits. So, just for fun, find your birth year and the year's animal, and see what it says about you. 

Find out HERE your Chinese horoscope

Do you know what the origin of the Chinese calendar is?

Take a look at the following video and learn about its origin:

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/the-great-race

Chinese tradition says that a different animal represents each year. Which is your animal?

March 5


   Female or male, what makes us different?

Take a look at the videos and discuss what are the best adjectives that can describe women and men





Personality traits

Modest, rude, shy cheerful, lazy, generous, arrogant, hard-working, patient, sociable, polite, sensitive, impatient, honest, dishonest, talkative, loyal, friendly, doubtful, complicated, relax, helpful, demanding
Which adjectives describe men better?
Which adjectives describe women better?


Men
Women









ABOUT INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY (8 MARCH)



International Women's Day has been observed since the early 1900's, a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies.

After watching the video answer the following questions:

1. What do men do in Russia?
a. They wake up early and go out to buy flowers
b. They wake up early and speak by cell phone
c. They wake up early and go to sell flowers

2. Who do men give flowers to?
a. To their wives and daughters
b. To their daughters and grandmothers
c. To their mothers, wives, daughters and grandmothers

3. Why did working women in Europe celebrate Women's Day?
a. To highlight their desire of getting flowers
b. To highlight their solidarity in their fights for equal economical and political rights with men
c. To highlight their solidarity with men

4. When did the International Women's Day start in Soviet Union?
a. It started in 1907
b. It started in 1970
c. It started in 1917

Many people have been inspired by women and one of these people is john Lennon. Go to the following page and enjoy the song he wrote for women:


16 comentarios:

  1. Alejandro Gomez Cano9 de marzo de 2015, 9:13

    Men:modest, hard working, relax, honest, polite, lazy, generous, sociable, patient, doubtful, dishonest, shy cheerful.
    Women:fiendly, sensitive, talkative, complicated, honest, impacient, arrogant, loya, helpful, damanding.

    Answers:
    1. a)
    2. c)
    3. b)
    4. c)

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  2. Luis Alberto Taimal9 de marzo de 2015, 16:47

    Men: worker, honest, lazy, generous, patient, dishonest, relax, polite, sociable, shy cheerful. doubtful, dishonest.
    Women: sensitive, honest, impacient, damanding, talkative, fiendly, arrogant, honest, loya, helpful.
    Answer:
    1). a. they wake up early and go out to buy flowers
    2). c. To their mothers, wives, daughters and grandmothers
    3). b. To highlight their solidarity in their fights for equal economical and political rights with
    4). c. It started in 1917

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  3. AndreaRojas13 de marzo de 2015, 16:18

    Men:modest, hard working, relax, polite, lazy, generous, sociable, patient, doubtful, dishonest, shy cheerful.
    Women:fiendly, sensitive, talkative, complicated, honest, impacient, arrogant, loyal, helpful, damanding.

    Answers:
    1. a)
    2. c)
    3. b)
    4. c)

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  4. David gomez15 de marzo de 2015, 17:31

    Men:Modest, rude,generous, arrogant, hard-working, patient,relax
    Women:fiendly, sensitive, talkative, complicated, dishonest, impacient,helpful, damanding,loyal

    Answers:
    1. a)
    2. c)
    3. b)
    4. c)

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  5. Andrea Vargas P.15 de marzo de 2015, 22:40

    Men: Rude, lazy, some arrogant, hard-working, cheerful, sociable, impatient, sometimes honest or dishonest, relax.
    Women: Modest, some shy, cheerful, generous, hard-working, patient, sociable, polite, sensitive, sometimes honest or dishonest, talkative, friendly, complicated, helpful and demanding.

    Answers:
    1. a: They wake up early and go out to buy flowers
    2. c: To their mothers, wives, daughters and grandmothers
    3. b: To highlight their solidarity in their fights for equal economical and political rights with men
    4. c: It started in 1917

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  6. Paulina Ortiz16 de marzo de 2015, 11:50

    MAN: Modest, rude, cheerful, lazy, hard-working, patient, sociable, polite, honest, , talkative, relax.
    WOMAN: Shy, cheerful, generous, hard-working, patient, sociable, polite, sensitive, impatient, honest, talkative, loyal, friendly, doubtful, complicated, helpful, demanding.

    1. a.
    2. c.
    3. b.
    4. c.

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  7. Unknown16 de marzo de 2015, 13:31

    Men: Modest. Relax. Honest. Polite. Lazy. Worker. Generous. Patient. Doubtful. Dishonest. Sociable. Shy. Cheerful.

    Women: Fiendly. Sensitive. Honest. Impacient. Arrogant. Loyal. Talkative. Helpful. Demanding. Complicated.


    1. a)
    2. c)
    3. b)
    4. c)

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  8. Weimar Avila Suarez16 de marzo de 2015, 16:00

    Men: modest, rude, cheerful, lazy, generous, arrogant, hard-working, sociable, impatient, honest, loyal, friendly, relax and helpful.

    Women: shy, lazy, generous, arrogant, patient, polite, sensitive, honest, talkative, loyal, doubtful, complicated, helpful and demanding.

    1. a
    2. c
    3. b
    4. c

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  9. Unknown16 de marzo de 2015, 19:46

    Men: Cheerful, shy, arrogant, hard-working, honest, impatient, loyal, relax and lazy

    Women: complicated, doubtful, polite, shy, talkative, sensitive, helpful, generous, demanding, honest and beautiful

    1.A
    2.C
    3.B
    4.C

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  10. Fredy Soto16 de marzo de 2015, 21:09

    Men:Modest, rude,generous, arrogant, hard-working, patient,relax

    Women:fiendly, sensitive, talkative, complicated, dishonest, impacient,helpful, damanding,loyal

    Answers:
    1. a
    2. c
    3. b
    4. c

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  11. Unknown17 de marzo de 2015, 0:08

    Men: Modest, rude, generous, shy, hardworking, sociable, polite, honest, loyal, friendly, relax, helpful.

    Women: Cheerful, lazy, arrogant, patient, sensitive, impatient, dishonest, talkative, doubtful, complicated, demanging.

    Answers:
    1. a)
    2. c)
    3. b)
    4. c)

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  12. luisa cely18 de marzo de 2015, 8:37

    women:
    cheerful, generous, arrogant, hard-working, patient, sociable, polite, sensitive, honest, talkative, loyal, friendly, doubtful, complicated, relax, helpful, demanding
    men :
    rude, shy cheerful, lazy, generous, arrogant, hard-working, sociable, polite, sensitive, impatient, honest, dishonest, loyal, friendly, relax, helpful,
    1. a
    2. c
    3. b
    4. c

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  13. Unknown18 de marzo de 2015, 18:34

    Men:Modest, rude, hard-working, friendly, impatient, polite, relax, generous, doubtful, honest.
    Woman:Loyal, shy, cheerful, demanding, generous, arrogant, complicated
    1. a
    2. c
    3. b
    4. c

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  14. Unknown20 de marzo de 2015, 17:41

    Woman: neat , talks a lot , sensible, eats little , impractical , go all together to the bathroom , indecisive.
    Men: speaks little, insensitive , adventurer , traveler, eater, timely , practical.
    Answers:
    1. a)
    2. c)
    3. b)
    4. c)

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  15. Carolina Mejia Portilla23 de marzo de 2015, 8:20

    Woman:modest,shy cheerful,sociable,polite sensitive,honest,talkative,loyal,friendly,demanding,impatient,complicated,
    Men: modest,rude,arrogant,lazy,generous,helpful,polite,hard-working,doubtful.

    Answers:
    1). a
    2). c
    3). b
    4). c

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  16. luisa cely18 de mayo de 2015, 17:54

    In the Chinese Calendar I´m ox

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