- •Методические указания
- •По практике устной и письменной речи английского языка
- •Для студентов 1 курса факультета филологии и журналистики
- •(Специальность романо-германская филология)
- •Part 1. Appearance
- •Vocabulary a. Parts of Human Body
- •B. Describing Human Appearance
- •1. Head and hair
- •2. Face
- •Complexion
- •Features
- •Forehead
- •Moustache
- •3. Limbs
- •Foot (feet)
- •Fingers
- •4. Building, figure and bearing
- •Build (frame)
- •Carriage (bearing, poise)
- •Stature (height, size)
- •Constitution
- •Shoulders
- •5. Manners voice and smile
- •Manners
- •6. General appraisal of a person’s appearance
- •7. Toilet articles
- •Bloodshot eyes
- •Eyestrain
- •Concussion
- •1. Mutter sigh scream yell whistle gasp
- •2. Hum groan boo whisper roar mumble
- •3. Hiss pant howl chuckle sob sniff
- •Part 2. Character
- •Vocabulary
- •1. General
- •2. Types of People
- •3. Innate Qualities
- •Virtuous (good) characteristics
- •Evil (bad) characteristics
- •Questions
- •Exercise 11. Read through the extracts below, then write the correct numbers 1-15 next to which type of person you think said the words. Choose from the following.
- •Vanity hypocrisy pomposity stubbornness obstinacy selfishness dishonesty pettiness shyness
- •What type or types of person from the list at the top of the exercise above…
- •Exercise 17. Have a look at these geometrical figures and choose the one you like most of all. Psycho-geometrical test
- •E square Rectangle xplanation
- •Psychological test
- •Body Language. From Head to Toe
- •Of the Americans surveyed …
- •Part Two
- •Who would you rather have?
- •Outline for a character sketch
- •Text 1
- •Anger Is Normal. Or Is It?
- •Recommended topics for final exam
- •Supplement Group Work
- •Improving Appearance
- •Список использованной литературы
Improving Appearance
Most women all over the world are interested in improving their appearance. Here are some passages for those who care and wish to make the best of themselves – of their features, their skin and their figure.
What have you got to realize, however, is that true beauty is not just a matter of having a pretty face. It is much more. Real beauty is the self-awareness that makes you. It is having sparkle, poise, serenity and confidence. It is having an awareness that makes everyone you come in contact with feel that you are a very special and attractive person. It is radiance that comes from good health. Beauty is being able to make the best of yourself.
Putting in another way – there really are no plain people in this world. Undoubtedly some may have better features than others, but then, very very few of us can claim to come up to the current standards of plastic beauty.
Each one of us can, or is, at least, capable of improving oneself, and exuding the radiant glow of an attractive and confident person.
Список использованной литературы
Gaynor Ramsey, Virginia LoCastro. Talking Topics. Longman, 1997
Peter Watcyn-Jones. Target Vocabulary 3. Penguin Books, 1995
Sherry Preiss. Focus on Listening and Speaking. Longman, 1998
Barbara Taylor Bradford. To Be the Best
Guy Wellman. The Heinemann ELT English Wordbuilder. Macmillan Publishers Ltd 1998
B. J. Thomas Intermediate Vocabulary. Longman, 2001
B. J. Thomas Advanced Vocabulary & Idiom. Longman, 2001
Irwin Shaw. Two Weeks in Another Town
W. S. Maugham. Cake and Ale or the Skeleton in the Cupboard
Sidney Sheldon. The Other Side of Midnight.
Гроссман Е.Я., Кричевская Е.Л. Пять бытовых тем на английском языке. М., 1960
Дроздова Т.Ю. и др. Everyday English. Санкт-Петербург, 1997
Практический курс английского языка под ред. B.Д. Apaкинa. M., 1998
Англо-русский тематический cлoвapь. M., 1994
Cлoвapь современного английского языка в картинках. M., 199З
1 Introvert and extrovert refer to behaviour while pessimist and optimist refer to attitude.