Personality 性格
What's your personality type? 你是什么性格的人？
Some people in London said:
Presenter: “Some people are always thinking of new ways of doing things. How true is that for you?”
Man 1: “Fairly true. Yeah, I like to think of new ways of doing things. I like to use open source software on my computer. I don’t like to stick to the sort of things which automatically come on a computer.”
Presenter: “Do you think you are very conscientious?”
Woman 1: “Yeah, I would say so. Certain like aspects of my social life I do at the last minute, I come always late and stuff but when it comes to like work I tend to be quite organised cos it’s quite important.”
Presenter: “Some people feel anxious or upset more easily than others. Would you say you are easily upset or sensitive?”
Man 2: “Not really no. I am quite straight with that, like I don’t get upset very easily. I never cry when people die and I always feel guilty cos I feel like I should be feeling more but I don’t.”
Presenter: “Would you say you’re easily upset or sensitive?”
Woman 2: “Yes I would, definitely. Very sensitive. To me it’s very important to be nice to other people to be polite and so I do tend to take it personally which is not always a good thing.”
Did you know…? 你知道吗…?
Fact
According to psychologists the 'big five' personality traits are openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.
Language tip
The word 'personality' also means a famous person.
Cultural tip
52% of French companies use handwriting analysis to judge the personality of job seekers, while only 1% of UK companies do.