4.4 Match the parts.

1 nobody calls me 2 of medium 3 about five feet 4 quite muscular and well- 5 blue- 6 fair- 7 that’s me in 8 a born musician- 9 they gonna shoot something 10 it’s mostly me who does 11 I’m looking down 12 I just enjoy being the driving force behind 13 Talking is indeed my 14 They call me easy-going and

a) eyed b) person c) turned-lawyer d) haired e) this way f) height g) all the talking h) four inches i) free-wheeling j) each talk k) cup of tea l) on people m) wise n) shaped

5. Reading for detail. Read the text carefully.

5.1 Correct the following statements using the expressions from the text.

1. Everybody calls me by my full name.

2. My middle name came from the place where my parents lived when I was born.

3. I’m a high school student.

4. I’m in my early teens.

5. I’m not ambitious about my future life.

6. My looks are so extraordinary that you would notice me in the crowd at once.

7. I want to be a musician.

8. I’m a bit shy and awkward.

9. I’m fishing for words each time I gonna say something wise.

10. I’m looking down on people.

11. Driving is indeed my cup of tea.

12. They say I am a bad mixer.

5.2 Answer the questions.

1. What is the guy’s (full, first, middle, family) name?

2. What does he do?

3. What are his ambitions?

4. What does he look like?

5. What is he like?

6. What is special about him?

6. Speaking. Without looking at the text fill in the blanks with the information from the text.

1. … to be exact.

2. … birth certificate ...

3. But never mind it, … this way, just … for short.

4. …, whether you like it or not.

5. … a freshman …

6. … a turn for the better … I’m eager to do … in the adult world.

7. … stick to the topic …

8. Are … curious … looks?

9. … a bit on the talkative side.

10. … a chatter-box …

11. … especially those who are shy or awkward.

12. … are fishing for … gonna …, but they never make it.

13. … not to stick my neck out too far.

14. … have their say in …

15. … I’m looking down on people, …

16. … the driving force behind each talk.

18. … my cup of tea.

19. … feel ill at ease … strangers, let alone … peers.

20. … easy-going and free-wheeling.

7. Development.

7.1 Read the text about Tom’s fellow-students. Meet My Fellow-Students

It’s Tuesday at 8 a. m. I’m sitting in the lobby of the University. Jan is sitting next to me. He is one of my fellow-students. Jan is Polish. He is not only very clever, but he is also a very hard worker and likes to do everything well. He has dark brown hair and good grey eyes. He is not very tall, but he is strong, swims well and is a good footballer. He is generally early for classes. He doesn’t like to be a minute late. Neither do I. We often sit here and wait for the others to come. There they are! They are coming out of the elevator. Let me introduce them to you.

The first one to come out is Lucille. Lucille is American. She is beautiful and rich. She is tall and slim, with big dark eyes and black straight hair which she wears loose. She cares about her appearance very much. No wonder, with girls, it’s instrumental, or №1, as I put it. This is what they themselves say. Lucille goes out to a dinner or a club or a movie almost every evening, and doesn’t get to bed until very late at night – or rather, early in the morning. She doesn’t do very much work.

And this is Olaf. He is a big fellow – six feet three tall. He can walk all day and he never feels tired. He is as strong as a horse. He is strong both in body and in character. His eyes are blue and his hair is yellow. He doesn’t talk much but he thinks a lot. Olaf comes from England.

Here is Pedro. He is very handsome, tall and dark and well-dressed. He is rich and clever too. He is Spanish, but he speaks English and can talk about almost everything – music, pictures, other countries, literature, politics and life.

The next one to come out is Frieda. She has blond curly hair and big grey eyes. She doesn’t talk much; she is rather quiet, kind and nice. We all like her. I think that she is pretty and so do all the other students, except Jan. He thinks that she is beautiful.

And here is the last one. This is Hob. He is generally the last one to come for classes and the first to go away. He is neither handsome nor clever. But he thinks that he is all these. He doesn’t like swimming or football. He thinks they are too much like hard work. He doesn’t like studying. He says it makes him tired. He isn’t polite and he isn’t well-dressed. He doesn’t always listen to lectures in class (he sometimes goes to sleep there). He is a good eater and a good sleeper. But he is good-hearted and loves a joke. He knows a lot of funny stories and always wants to tell them to you.