UNIT 4. SELF-EXPRESSION

 

4.3 How People Express Themselves

 

4.3.6

 

1. Erm, yes, I think I do tend to, yes, not say anything and yes, they do, they build up and build up and then, suddenly – yes (laughs), you think ‘I’ve got to let this out,’ and it all comes out in one go, yes.

2. I don’t think so, no. My, my mother’s a very old lady, and erm, I don’t think that erm, she’d easily be able to cope with it if I told her about a serious problem.

3. Yes, I do. I don’t let everybody around me know how I feel about everything, but I’m generally fairly open to, to the people who are around me about how I’m feeling.

4. Yes, I would let my children know. I think it’s important that they know if there’s something that’s troubling me, which would involve them.

5. Well, most of the time I’m usually easy-going, but sometimes I do let small things upset me.

 

4.4 Attitudes, Likes and Dislikes             

 

4.4.2

 

Speakers talk about the following interests: 

Liz Bullock: horse-riding, baby-sitting, reading books

Vera: music, bird watching, art, theatre, opera

Basil: shooting, dogs, gardening

H-A: music (especially opera), drawing, some time ago – stone polishing, travel, reading, collecting children’s books, cooking

Jeanette: gardening, watching cricket, travel

Lindsay: houses, countryside, horticulture, jazz, Handel, interior design, reading, dancing, swimming

Tony: worrying about money, motor cars, glass, antiques, sport

Liz Parkin: walking, pool, sign language, driving

Ian: harmoniums.

Accents: Liz Bullock and Basil have regional southern English accents; Jeanette has a slight northern accent; Tony is Australian.