Unit1-APPEARANCE

что, когда общаетесь с такими людьми, будьте предельно осторожны.

23.Go to http://listcrown.com/eye-colour-everything-tells- personality/, read through and write an article in Russian based on this text for an online glamour journal.

24.Choose a partner you know well. GO to http://www.socionics.com/sta/sta-1-r.html?0:::

Read the guidelines carefully before taking the test.

1)Take the test yourself, but do not show your results to your partner, save the words you’ve chosen to describe yourself and the results of the test as a screenshot or txt file

2)Take the test for your partner choosing words that characterize him/her best, save the results

3)Share the results of your tests with your partner and see what they’ve got for you! Compare the list of words that you have done for yourself and the list done by your partner for you. Are there many differences?

4)Prepare a joint written report with your partner including the lists of words and results of the test, work out a layout of the report that would present the results of the project in a clear-cut way.

25. Describing general appearance. Characterizing personality and emotions.

A. One odd word out. Which word doesn’t belong to each group?

B. Answer these remarks with the opposite description.

11A: Was that his brother, the dark-skinned, wavy-haired one?

B:No, quite the opposite, his brother’s …

12A: She’s always quite well-dressed, so I’ve heard.

B:What! Who told you that? Every time I see her, she’s …

13A: So Charlene’s that rather plump fair-haired woman, is

she?

B:No, you’re looking at the wrong one. Charlene’s …

14A: So, tell us about the new boss; good-looking?

B:No, I’m afraid not; rather …

15A: I don’t know why, but I expected the tour-guide to be middle-aged or elderly.

B:No, apparently she’s only …

C. Read the descriptions below and nominate every attitude toward life and other people in one word or phrase. In some cases two-four synonymous variants or antonyms may be used.

16enjoying other’s company;

17disagreeing with others;

18taking pleasure in others;

19relaxed in attitude to self and others;

20not polite to other people;

21 telling the truth to other people;

22 unhappy if others have what one does not have oneself; 23 looking on either the bright or the black side of things;

24 outward-looking or inward-looking (i.e. to the world around one or to one's own inner world);

25 calm or not calm with regard to attitude to life; 26 practical, not dreamy in approach to life;

27 feeling things very intensely

D.Fill in the gaps with the words from the list: build; figure 28 My elder cousin has the ______ of a rugby player.

29 The actress had a beautiful slim _____ .

30 My mum has kept her _____ quite well considering her fifties.

31 Police are looking for a young man of slim but muscular

_____.

32 I’ll lose my _____ if I eat too much chocolate.

33 We use _____ to refer to the shape and size of somebody’s body, usually in connection with strength and muscle.

E. Choose the word that suits the gap better.

34 The driver became grateful/suspicious when the customs officer started asking questions about what was in the back of his truck.

35 I was furious/offended with him. He had promised not to say anything and then went and told everyone.

36 We were delighted/enthusiastic with their decision – it was exactly what we had been hoping for.

37 She was in love and felt ashamed/reckless – not caring what anyone thought or what happened to her next.

38 My boss is emotional/ruthless – he doesn’t care about any pain he causes to other people.

39 She’s being aggressive/secretive about her exam results – we don’t know if she passed or failed.

40 All she talks about is money – she’s become so conscious/materialistic these days.

F. Choose the adjective which describes how each person feels.