Describe an average person

Describe someone you really like to spend time with.

Who he/she is

How you knew about this person

What you usually do together

Why you like to spend time with him/her

1: Who he/she is

扩展思路：职业 社会身份

Useful expressions：

work as an editor 担任编辑

be born and raised in 在……出生和长大

have quite different ways to see life and the world 有很不同的人生观和世界观

cultural background 文化背景

Sample:

The person I want to spend time with is one of my best friends Sussie who is now working as an editor for a fashion magazine in Shanghai. Born and raised in the United States, she has quite different ways to see life and the world because of her cultural background, and that’s what makes her so special.

2: How you knew about this person

扩展思路：描述第一次认识这位朋友的情况

Useful expressions：

chat and socialize all night 一整晚都在聊天和社交

have a lot in common 有很多共同点

scuba diving and surfing 水肺潜水和浮潜

philosophy 哲学

Sample:

I still remember the first time I got to know her was at a party. Unlike most people chatting and socializing all night, she was just drinking quietly until I came to her. Then we found we had a lot in common, we are both passionate about water sports like scuba diving and surfing, and we are interested in philosophy as well.

3: What you usually do together

扩展思路：描述日常和这位朋友在一起的活动

Useful expressions：

be busy with work most of the time 大多数时候忙于工作

get some time free 有空闲时间

hang out 出去玩

get away from daily routine 远离日常生活

facetime each other 互相视频聊天

pick each other’s brains 互相交流想法

Sample:

Since both of us are busy with work most of the time, whenever we get some time free, we’d like to hang out, like going to museum, having a brunch or just watching a movie, which can help us kind of get away from daily routine and refill energy a bit. Sometimes, we just facetime each other, coz we like to pick each other’s brains about things happening recently.

4: Why you like to spend time with him/her

扩展思路：你喜欢和这位朋友共处的原因

Useful expressions：

bring me so much positive energy and strength 带给我很多正能量和力量

keep me going on whatever happens 让我继续前进不论发生什么

She will try with whatever she has to help people around.

她会尽一切所能帮助周围的人

all my hard work finally paid off 所有的努力都得到了回报

get promotion 得到升职

Sample:

The reason why I’ve always liked being with her is that she brings me so much positive energy and strength for keeping me going on whatever happens. She is perhaps the most confident and warm-heated person I’ve ever known. She will try with whatever she has to help people around. Thanks her for telling me not to give up on my project, now all my hard work finally paid off, and I just got promotion because of that.