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Faces,
like fingerprints, are unique. Did you ever wonder how it is possible for us to
recognize people? Yet a very young child – or even an animal,
such as a pigeon, can learn to recognize faces. We all take this for granted.
When we talk about someone’s personality, we mean the ways in which he or she
acts, speaks, thinks and feels that make that individual different from others.
Like
the human face, human personality is very complex. But describing someone’s
personality in words is somewhat easier than describing his face. But
if you were asked to describe a “nice person”, you might begin to think about
someone who was kind, considerate, friendly, warm, and so forth.
There
are many words to describe how a person thinks, feels and acts. Gordon Airport,
an American psychologist, found nearly 18,000 English words characterizing differences
in people’s behavior. Bookworms, conservatives, military types –
people are described with such terms.
People
have always tried to “type” each other. Actors in early Greek drama wore masks
to show the audience whether they played the villain’s or the hero’s role. In
fact, the words “person” and “personality” come from the Latin persona, meaning
“mask”. Today, most television and movie actors do not wear masks.
A,If
you were asked to describe what a “nice face” look like, you probably would
have a difficult time doing so.
B,But
we can easily tell the “good guys” from the “bad guys” because the two types
differ in appearance as well as in actions.
C,We
also tell people apart by how they behave.
D,People
have difficulty in describing the features of fingerprints.
E,And
many of us use this information as a basis for describing, or typing one`s
personality.
F,Experts
say that actors differ in their behavioral and physical characteristics in
acting.
G,Even
a skilled writer probably could not describe all the features that make one
face different from another.