Intermediate - Online Personality Test (C1606)

A: 亲爱的,你要不要做性格测试?
qīn'ài de, nǐ yào bu yào zuò xìnggé cèshì?
Honey, do you want to take a personality test?
B: 怎么测试?
zěnme cèshì?
How do you take it?
A: 先回答问题,然后看结果。我把网址发给你。
xiān huídá wèntí, ránhòu kàn jiéguǒ. wǒ bǎ wǎngzhǐ fāgěi nǐ.
First answer some questions, then look at the results. I'll send you the web address.
B: 你测试过了?
nǐ cèshì guo le?
Have you taken it?
A: 嗯,说我外向,乐观,有幽默感。
ng4, shuō wǒ wàixiàng, lèguān, yǒu yōumògǎn.
Yeah. It said I'm extroverted, optimistic and have a sense of humor.
B: 挺准的,你就是这样的人。
tǐng zhǔn de, nǐ jiùshì zhèyàng de rén.
That's really accurate. That's exactly the kind of person you are.
A: 那你也做一下吧。
nà nǐ yě zuò yīxià ba.
You take it too.
B: 好,我做做看。
hǎo, wǒ zuòzuo kàn.
OK, let me give it a shot.
A: 什么结果?我看看。你比较内向,对人不够热情和真诚。
shénme jiéguǒ? wǒ kàn kan. nǐ bǐjiào nèixiàng, duì rén bùgòu rèqíng hé zhēnchéng.
What were your results? Let me see. You're quite introverted and you're not friendly or sincere enough with people.
B: 不准不准,这怎么会是我呢?
bù zhǔn bù zhǔn, zhè zénme huì shì wǒ ne?
That's not right. How could this be me?

Key Vocabulary

性格 xìnggé personality
测试 cèshì to test, to survey
xiān first
然后 ránhòu and then
回答 huídá to answer
结果 jiéguǒ results, as a result
to take
网址 wǎngzhǐ internet address
发给 fāgěi to send to
外向 wàixiàng extroverted
乐观 lèguān optimistic
幽默感 yōumògǎn sense of humor
zhǔn accurate
做做看 zuòzuo kàn to have a try at doing
比较 bǐjiào relatively
内向 nèixiàng introverted
duì towards
不够 bùgòu not enough
热情 rèqíng friendly
真诚 zhēnchéng sincere

Supplementary Vocabulary

经历 jīnglì experience
完成 wánchéng to finish doing
cháng to have a taste
shì to try
幽默 yōumò humorous
悲观 bēiguān pessimistic
心理测试 xīnlǐ cèshì psychological test
流行 liúxíng popular
报纸 bàozhǐ newspaper
杂志 zázhì magazine
网络 wǎngluò internet

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