Make new words by adding suffixes or prefixes to the italicized words. Translate into Russian.
ry/ cal/ ly
My friend is a heart surgeon.
He will require … on his left arm.
Where are my … gloves?
The lumps will need to be … removed.
Dis / able /ly / ment
He agreed with them about the need for change.
He seemed extremely … .
They were … surprised by the quality of the food.
The two sides failed to reach …. .
No, I …. I don`t think it will be a good idea.
Ician / ful/ ly
She is a woman of great beauty.
What a … dress!
She sings …. .
My mother is a …. . She works in a … saloon.
ity/ ly
It was a pretty stupid thing to do.
I … agreed to lend him the money.
I couldn`t believe my own … .
ly / ing / ed
Don`t worry. We have plenty of time.
It must be … for you not to know where he is.
I`m not … about her – she can take care of herself.
… , the plan contains few details on how spending will be cut.
er/ ing
She followed her mother into the medical profession.
My sister is a … of fashion.
They arrived on Monday evening and we got there the … day.
6. Translate the following sentences into English.
1. Она никогда особо не беспокоилась о своей внешности.
2. Его мечта – стать хирургом.
3. Моя сестра никогда не красится.
4. Вчера она купила простое, но элегантное платье.
5. Вы всегда обращаете внимание на внешность?
6. Он так постарел. На его лице появилось много морщин.
7. Ты решил отрастить бороду?
8. Ты следуешь моде? – Да, я всегда ношу элегантные платья.
9. Я не согласен с тобой. Я думаю, только пластический хирург может ей помочь убрать эти морщины.
10. Ты такая хорошенькая в этом платье!
11. Сначала я его не узнала, т. к. он отрастил бороду и усы.
12. Он согласился, что женщины больше интересуются модой, чем мужчины.
13. Сегодня, если человеку не нравится его нос, он может изменить его при помощи пластической хирургии.
14. Назовите имена двух актрис, которых вы считаете красивыми.
15. Кто эта хорошенькая маленькая девочка? – Это моя младшая сестра.
7. What's your attitude to the problems discussed:
plastic surgery;
beards and moustache;
make-up.
Give some examples to support your opinion.
Do you know anyone who has had plastic surgery?
8. Agree or disagree with the following statements. Comment on them.
a) Beauty is only skin-deep.
Your face is your fortune.
Beauty is the eye of the beholder (i.e. the person who is looking).
9. Make up a dialogue:
a) A friend of yours is going to get married. Ask him/her about his/her fiancé/fiancée.
b) You want to know how your friend looks like after disease / a span of time/ holidays/ plastic surgery.
10.
Prepare a list of sentences (up to 10) for translation from the
British National Corpus with the use of the following words from the
above text:
appearance, to worry, plastic surgery, to agree, to touch. Use the
site www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/
.
11. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
12. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out about the appearence and character of Michael Jackson. Share what you have discovered with your partner(s) at the next lesson.
13. FILM STAR: Bring a poster of your favourite film star. Tell your groupmates some words about him/her.