Appearance/Character

1. curly- кудрявые;
2. smooth - гладкие;
3. straight/wavy - прямые \волнистые;

e.g.: straight shoulder-length hair прямые волосы по плечи.

You can wear your hair:

In colour it can be:

beautiful long wavy brown hair
old red French car

Face can be:

What can be found on the face

You smell scents and odors with a nose which can be:

You look at the world around you with eves which can be:

Your lips can be:

Your figure and features can be:

General

1. Match the words from the right column with the descriptions in the left column.

2. Give Russian equivalents to the following.

1. mischievous almond hazel eyes
2. turned up nose
3. pointed chin
4. short, dark, curly hair
5. wavy shoulder-length hair
6. good-humored round face
7. darken eyelashes with mascara
8. slanting eyes
9. skinny figure
10. deep scar
11. short curly fringe
12. hair fastened with barrettes
13. a man with a long moustache
14. charming smile
15. wrinkled face
16. expressive features
17. silvery hair
18. to have a long face
19. to wear a wig
20. fashionable stubble

My father is tall. He has large hands and his feet are size 45. He has short, dark, curly hair and a small beard. His arms, legs and chest are hairy. He's a cheerful person and when he laughs, you can see even white teeth. He wears spectacles (glasses) and you can't see his eyes, but I know they are steel gray. He's 43. He usually wears jeans and checked shirts or sweaters. But for work he wears a suit and a tie and looks every inch a teacher.

My mother is a very different person. She's short and plumpish. She has small hands and feet. She has long, strong, fair hair. She has dimples and rosy cheeks. She has long eyelashes which she darkens with mascara. She likes pink nail-varnish, high-heeled shoes and fashionable clothes. Her favourite colours are red and light blue.

My 20-year old sister likes to be well-dressed. She used lots of make-up, is always going to the hairdresser's and has fantastic hairstyles. She's tall and slim, with slender arms and elegant legs. Her full lips are always red. She's open-minded and nice. She is married and has a baby.

My baby nephew is still just a toddler; he can't speak yet, but he's very selfish and bores me.

My boss is an elderly man, rather short and stout. His hair is grey and thin and he's bald on top. He's clean-shaven. He has a double chin. He's always immaculately dressed: a white shirt, a dark well-creased suit with a matching tie and black leather shoes. He's a serious and punctual man, doesn't talk much and seems to be not overgenerous.

a) a disease;
b) a span of time;
c) holidays;
d) plastic surgery.

How to ask for an opinion. What do you think of/about...? How do you find ...?

How to save an opinion. Speaking personally, I think... In my opinion/ From my point of view.. .If you ask me/ If you want my opinion.. .As far as I am able to judge...

How to agree with the opinion: I'd go along with you on that. I take your point. I entirely agree with you. That's exactly how I see it. Perhaps, you are right.

7 . Use your imagination and describe Cleopatra (Nephertiti's) appearance. Do you think our perception of the ideal face and figure has changes with the centuries? What makes you think so? Do you think people's idea of beauty is different in different cultures? We know that in France heads held high are called 'les femmes girafe'. But in Burma the women with elongated necks (sometimes up to ten inches long) are thought beautiful. Do you think the idea of beauty will be different in 2500?

8 .Expand the following statements giving the description of an imaginary person.

1. He looks like a bear.
2. She looks like a wild flower.
3. She is as ugly as a sin.
4. Sue is as pretty as a picture.

ACTIVE VOCABULARY (2)

Intellectual Ability:

Attitudes towards life:

Innate features:

Relations with other people:

You don't want to be:

You and your work:

Jack is popular with his fellow-students and most of his teachers. He works hard in his classroom, but sometimes he can be noisy. He is not deliberately disruptive, but he does find it difficult to sit still for long periods. He is full of energy. He is late for his classes more often than most students but he is always willing to help teachers and students.

Jack is generally good-tempered, but he has been in two fights since he left school. He is quite happy at school and doesn't seem to have any strong opinions about how things could be changed. He gets on well with his parents although he frequently quarrels with his younger sisters.

Jane plays netball for the school team for her year, she is very popular with her fellow students. She takes the lead in arranging extra netball practices and group parties. She has a lively personality and a sense of humour. Her teachers like her but they complain about her unpunctuality and sometimes lateness of her homework.

There is one particular teacher she does not like; she has been accused of being insolent to this teacher, but Jane denied it strongly.

She has strong opinions about how the university should be run. Out of school she is dressed in very up-to-date clothes and collects all the latest records. She is a keen sportsman.

Len is a very intelligent boy. He is not very good at games, in fact he shows little interest in sport in general. He is no weakling however. He reads book after book, plays chess well and is very good at Physics. He is a friendly person but perhaps does not make friends as easily as some of the other students.

Whatever he gives his mind on, he does with great determination. His parents are very proud of him. He lives in a flat on a housing estate near the University. He is not very talkative, but when he does speak, the other students tend to listen to him.

Maggie thinks there are many things wrong with the University. She has ideas about changing the rules; for instance, she rebels against doing homework and believes that being punished by detention is wrong.

Some of her teachers think she is a troublemaker. Some of her groupmates think she is loud and bossy; others think she is a very lively person. Maggie's mother is a councilor so she is accustomed to hearing her parents talk about important matters. She is intelligent, full of energy and seems to have opinions about everything.

1. Пользоваться популярностью среди одногруппников .
2. Намеренно нарушать дисциплину .
3. Опаздывать на занятия .
4. Хорошо ладить с кем-либо .
5. Жаловаться на непунктуальность .
6. Обвинять в дерзости .
7. Страстно увлекаться спортом .
8. Постоянно нарушать дисциплину .

3. Use the patterns from Ex.2 to build your own examples.