Comprehension/Interpretation

Exercise 1. Read the text once again. Find three-five sentences showing what the author thinks about appearance.

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Exercise 2. Tick the statements that you believed to be true. Explain your point. Use the following expressions: I think …; I find it …; Personally, I feel …; It can be … .

1. Everyone wants to be good-looking.

2. Beautiful people are always the happiest people.

3. N owadays, a person who doesn't like his appearance can have it changed with plastic surgery.

4. A ll women think that beard on a man's skin makes him look friendly and attractive.

Language focus

1. Give English equivalents of the words and word partnerships used in the text.

Внешность; красивый; быть заинтересованным в чём-то; хорошенький; красивый (о мужчине); непривлекательный; с другой стороны; уродливый; даже; смотреть на что-нибудь; легко забывается; богатый; найти счастье; сделать кого-то счастливым; беспокоиться о чём-то; пытаться, стараться; разговорный язык; уши; глаза; рот; следовать за движениями; чтение по губам; расстояние между; лоб; в наше время; пластическая хирургия; щёки; хирург; сломать челюсть; кожа; морщины; удалить морщины; не соглашаться; борода; усы; дотрагиваться до чего-то; макияж; наносить тушь на ресницы; наносить тени на веки; свежий.

2. Identify the word by its meaning. Make your own sentences with these words.

1. The part of the face above the eyebrows.

2. The part of the face between the nose and the ears

3. The part of the face with which we smell

4. Attractive, good-looking (of men)

5. Showing lack of thought

6. The act of moving the body or part of the body

7. Substances used by women to make their faces look more attractive

8. To have smth on your body as a piece of clothing

9. A line in your skin, especially on your face, that forms as you get older

10. To put your hands or a finger onto somebody or something.

3. Insert prepositions where necessary.

1. Follow ... these directions, please.

2. ... the other hand attractive appearence can help you ... your career.

3. He was looking .... the picture … silence.

4. Don`t worry .... him, Bill.

5. The distance .... these two buildings is 100 meters.

6. .... nowadays, plastic surgery helps people to look .... younger.

7. A plastic surgeon can take your wrinkles .... and make you look 20 years younger.

8. When I came into the room, she was putting a little mascara .... her eyelashes.

9. Don`t touch ... this vase!

4. Fill in the blanks with the suitable words in a proper form from the list below.

1. He is always __________ _________ his weight.

2. There were some __________ around her eyes.

3. The snake sheds its _______ once a year.

4. He is the most ________________ man I have ever met.

5. Medical operations to repair injury to a person`s _________ or to improve somebody`s appearence are called __________ _____________.

6. __________ me, please. I`ll show you the way.

7. He ________________ with them about the need for change.

8. He has decided to _________ a __________ and ___________.

9. Let`s go and get some __________ air.

10. I like John, but I don`t find him __________ physically.

Wrinkles; handsome; to worry about; to follow smb.; plastic surgery; skin (2); to agree; to grow one`s beard; fresh; attractive; moustache.