1.8. Appearance

Vocabulary

appearance – зовнішність

beauty – краса

attractive – приваблива

handsome – гарний

an age – вік

young/middle-aged/aged/old – молодий/середнього віку/у віці/старий

to make a good/bad impression on smb. – справляти гарне/погане враження на когось

an attitude – відношення

a mood – настрій

a nose – ніс

straight/turned up – прямий/кирпатий

a mouth – рот

lips – губи

an ear – вухо

a head – голова

a hand – рука

a finger – палець руки

a leg – нога

a knee – коліно

a toe – палець ноги

freckles – веснянки, ластовиння

Exercise 1. Complete these sentences using new vocabulary:

1. These are five fingers of my … .

2. These are five toes of my ….

3. I've got an … above my eye.

4. I can smell with my … .

5. I can hear with my ….

6. I can taste with my … .

Exercise 2. Fill in the blanks:

Exercise 3. Read and translate the text:

My Appearance.

Modern youth does not pay much attention to its own inner world, its character, and behavior. Unfortunately nowadays it becomes better to be good-looking, fashionable and rich than to be kind, honest, generous etc.

I don’t like to discuss myself: either my character or my appearance. I am sure that nobody’s perfect and I am not perfect as well. Many young people as wella as I, of course, pay much attention to people’s appearance, realizing in the same time that it is wrong.

And now I will try to describe you my appearance. First of all I want to tell you about my height and build. I am medium height – 162 cm. But I would really like to be taller. And my mother says that it is not very good to be tall because it is more difficult to find a boy-friend for tall girls. Maybe it is really so. Secondly I’ve got medium build. I’m not slim but I always dreamt about this. My younger brother says that I am overweight. Of course I feel insulted a little bit but in summer it is really so. When I’m in the village I just can’t refuse delicious dishes my granny prepares.

I have a round face, straight nose, big brown eyes and small lips. My hair is short because last week I was in the hairdressing saloon where I’ve got a new hair-do. Generally I like it. My nature color of hair is light brown. But a few days ago I dyed my hair and now it is dark-brown with a cherry shade. My grandfather does not like either my hair-do or the color of my hair but I don’t care. My hair is straight and thick, but when I was a little girl I had curly hair. I like to be different and occasionally to change something in my appearance.

I am often told that I look like my granny. But it seems to me that I look like my mum a bit. Generally I can’t say that I am beautiful but I also don’t consider that I am ugly. Maybe I am pretty for somebody and plain, ordinary for others. Everyone thinks in his own way.

Vocabulary

inner world – внутрішній світ

character – характер

behavior – поведінка

to be good-looking – мати гарний вигляд

fashionable – стильний

honest – чесний

generous – щедрий

height – зріст

tall/of medium height /short – середнього зросту

build – будова тіла

lips – губи

to dye – фарбувати (волосся)

shade – відтінок

to look like – виглядати

pretty/beautiful – гарний

ugly – потворний

plain/ordinary/common appearance – звичайна зовнішність

Exercise 4. Complete the sentences with the words from the text:

1. Modern youth does not pay much attention to its own ….

2. Unfortunately nowadays it becomes better to be …, … and rich than to be …, …, … etc.

3. First of all I want to tell you about my … and ….

4. I’m not … but I always dreamt about this.

5. I have a round face, straight nose, big brown eyes and ….

6. I … my hair and now it is dark-brown with a cherry ….

7. I can’t say that I am … but I also don’t consider that I am ….

Exercise 5. Agree or disagree with the following statements:

1. Modern youth does not pay much attention to its own inner world, its character, and behavior.

2. It becomes better to be good-looking, fashionable and rich than to be kind, honest, generous etc.

3. I am sure that everybody’s perfect and I am not perfect.

4. I dyed my hair and now it is black with a cherry shade.

5. I am often told that I look like my grandpa.

*Exercise 6. Read and translate the text: