- •Unit 1 what do you look like?
- •In this unit we are going to learn how to give a physical description of a person.
- •Vocabulary
- •Vocabulary notes
- •I. Give English equivalents of the following Russian words and word-combinations:
- •II. Match the expressions on the left with those on the right:
- •IV. Use these words to complete the expressions with ‘age’ below:
- •Vocabulary notes
- •I. Match the pairs of sentences with the pictures:
- •II. Transcribe and translate the words:
- •III. Give English equivalents of the following Russian words:
- •IV. Decide whether these statements are true or false:
- •V. Choose the right word:
- •Vocabulary notes
- •II. Express the height of these people in metres and centimetres:
- •III. Answer the questions:
- •V. Practise the dialogues in Exercise IV for good reading and learn them by heart.
- •VI. Make up short conversations of your own. Follow the given models (1), (2), and (3). Make use of the phrases in bold type.
- •VII. Read the conversation and pay attention to the meanings it expresses (e.G. Agreement, disagreement, doubt, surprise etc.)
- •VIII. Think of a new dialogue in which the speakers express their personal opinion, surprise, doubt, agreement, disagreement etc. About someone’s height and build. Get ready to act it out.
- •Vocabulary notes
- •II. Give English equivalents of the following Russian words and word-combinations:
- •III. Replace the underlined word in each sentence with a word which is either more suitable or more polite.
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Vocabulary notes
- •VI. Read the short conversations and match the phrases in bold type with the meanings below.
- •1. Expressing your opinion (2) 2. Disagreement 3. Surprise
- •4. Stopping an argument 5. Agreement (2)
- •VII. Practise the dialogues in Exercise VI for good reading and learn them by heart.
- •VIII. Make up short conversations of your own. Follow the given models (a), (b) and (c). Make use of the phrases in bold type.
- •IX. Read the conversation and pay attention to the meanings it expresses
- •X. Think of a new dialogue in which the speakers express their agreement, disagreement etc. About someone’s appearance. Get ready to act it out.
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Transcribe and translate the words:
- •II. Match the words below to the parts of the head and face in the pictures:
- •III. Combine the nouns in a with the adjectives in b. With some adjectives more than one combination is possible.
- •IV. Give antonyms of the following word-combinations:
- •Give English equivalents of the following:
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Transcribe and translate the words:
- •II. Give English equivalents of the following Russian words and word-combinations:
- •III. Match the synonyms:
- •IV. Decide whether these sentences are true or false:
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Vocabulary notes
- •I. Read the short conversations and match the phrases in bold type with the meanings below.
- •1. Doubt 2. Surprise 3. Agreement (3)
- •II. Practise the dialogues in Exercise I for good reading and learn them by heart.
- •III. Make up short conversations of your own. Follow the given models (a), (b) and (c). Make use of the phrases in bold type.
- •IV. Read the conversation and pay attention to the meanings it expresses (agreement, disagreement, doubt, etc.)
- •Think of a new dialogue in which the speakers express their agreement, disagreement, etc. About someone’s appearance (especially their face, complexion, eyes). Get ready to act it out.
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Vocabulary notes
- •II. Give English equivalents of the following Russian words and word-combinations:
- •III. Give the opposite of the following word-combinations:
- •IV. Combine the adjectives in a with the nouns in b. Give as many combinations as it is possible.
- •V. Decide whether the following statements are true or false:
- •Expressing your view 2. Surprise (2) 3. Doubt 4. Stopping an argument
- •VII. Practise the dialogues in Exercise VI for good reading and learn them by heart.
- •VIII. Make up short conversations of your own. Follow the given models (a), (b) and (c). Make use of the phrases in bold type.
- •IX. Read the conversation and pay attention to the meanings it expresses (surprise, agreement, etc.)
- •I can’t believe my ears!
- •I’m of the same opinion.
- •X. Think of a new dialogue in which the speakers express their surprise, agreement etc. About someone’s appearance (especially their features or distinguishing features). Get ready to act it out.
- •Vocabulary notes
- •V. Complete the following dialogues with these words:
- •VI. Translate the following sentences into English:
- •Fill in the gaps with the words best suited to the context from those in brackets.
- •II. Practice the dialogues for good reading and learn them by heart.
- •Make up short conversations of your own. Follow the given models (1), (2) and (3). Make use of the active vocabulary.
- •Read the conversation and pay attention to the meanings it expresses.
- •V. Think of a new dialogue of your own. Get ready to act it out.
- •Look at the following extracts of written language and match them to their sources below:
- •Which of the people in Exercise 1 (a – d) answer the following descriptions?
- •Part III Listening I
- •Practice the passages for good reading.
- •A) Read the following questions.
- •In pairs, ask and answer questions about each other’s friends and family.
- •Write questions about Donna to which the following sentences are the answers.
- •Listening II
- •Make up a conversation with your group mate who wants to know about the members of your family and the family likeness.
- •1. Listen to dictations 1-10 and write them down.
- •2. Making use of the scheme describe your favourite relative/ group-mate/ friend.
- •Unit II what are you like?
- •In this unit we are going to learn how to describe a person’s character.
- •Vocabulary notes
- •Transcribe and translate the words:
- •II. Give English equivalents for the following:
- •III. Match the synonyms:
- •IV. Match the opposites:
- •VI. Match the words with their definitions:
- •VII. Arrange these words in pairs of opposites:
- •VIII. Fill in the gaps with appropriate words from exercises VI and VII.
- •IX. What prefix forms the opposite of each of these words?
- •X. What nouns can be formed from these adjectives? Use a dictionary to help you.
- •XII. Arrange all the adjectives from both personality word lists in three groups: a) adjectives describing positive qualities; b) adjectives describing negative ones; c) adjectives describing both.
- •XIII. A) Do the personality quiz to discover what type of person you are. Write Yes, No, or Sometimes.
- •XIV. A) Work with a partner. Ask your partner to do the quiz about you. Compare your ideas and your partner’s ideas about you. Are they the same or different?
- •Say what you and your partner agree/ disagree about. Follow the scheme:
- •XV. Describe someone in the group, but don’t say their name. Can your group mates guess who it is?
- •XVI. Translate these sentences into English:
- •XVII. Revision translation.
- •Vocabulary list
- •Transcribe and translate the following words:
- •In the text find the English equivalents of the following Russian words and phrases:
- •A) Do you think a person’s appearance and character are related in any way? Explain your viewpoint.
- •Read the text again. For each paragraph (1-7) choose the most suitable heading from the list a-h. There is one extra heading which you do not need to use.
- •Vocabulary
- •Find a word or phrase from the text that means:
- •Learn the following words and word-combinations. Provide the context in which they were used in the text. Use them in situations of your own.
- •Questions and tasks:
- •Read the text below and answer this question: “Why are our first impressions of the people we meet often wrong?”
- •Read the text again. For each gap (1 - 8) choose the most suitable word or phrase from the list a – I. There is an extra one which you do not need to use.
- •Vocabulary
- •Compare your results with a partner's. Try and assess each other. Do the same in a group. How well do you think the signs work?
- •Look at the famous names given for each sign. How many of their characteristics match the ones you have heard of?
- •Draw up a table on a separate sheet of paper. Divide it into columns, labelled as follows:
- •Read through the lists of qualities again, and mark all the words beginning with: un-,dis-, mis-, non-.
- •I. Read the text and say why Charles is always the first person the author invites.
- •II. Questions for discussion.
- •Read the article again. For questions 1 - 12 choose from the parts a – g.
- •Decide if the statements are true or false.
- •Vocabulary list
- •Verbs and Phrases
- •Vocabulary notes
- •6. Use the derivative of the word given in brackets to make each sentence grammatically correct:
- •7. Using the negative prefixes im-, un-, dis-, etc change the meaning of these adjectives into the opposite one. Make use of the dictionary.
- •8. Make use of the adjectives from the previous exercise to fill in the gaps:
- •9. Match the synonyms:
- •10. Find the odd one out:
- •Transform the structure of the sentences as shown in the example.
- •Say what the following features denote. Make use of the structures in ex. 10.
- •Translate the following sentences into English.
- •Is the information given true about you? Do you make a good student?
XVII. Revision translation.
1.Интересно, как выглядит новый парень Анны? – Он высокий, широкоплечий, очень привлекательный. У него густые каштановые волосы, зачесанные назад, и карие глаза. Если я не ошибаюсь, он носит усы, бороду и очки. –А его характер такой же замечательный, как и его внешность? – Ну да, он добродушный и немного застенчивый.
2. ПРОПАЛ РЕБЕНОК: девочка шести лет, довольно полная, прямые короткие рыжие волосы, длинная челка, курносый нос, на лице веснушки, одета в белую футболку и красную юбку. 3. Миссис Дарби – высокая, полная женщина, обладающая настоящей зрелой красотой. У нее крупные правильные черты, высокий лоб, свежий цвет лица. Она укладывает свои седеющие волосы в тугой узел. У нее почти нет морщин, хотя ей уже за пятьдесят. У нее тонкий вкус, и она носит изысканную одежду. Люди восхищаются, когда смотрят на нее. Некоторые считают, что она выглядит несколько сурово. Но, по-моему, она выглядит благородно. 4. Эти девочки – лучшие подружки. Они даже похожи друг на друга: обе маленькие, голубоглазые, с косичками. Они живые и веселые, постоянно болтают или смеются.
Part II
Reading I
1. Read the text and formulate its main idea.
Study the vocabulary list and the notes after the text.
All people are different. Some are rich, some are poor. Some are smart and active, some are silly and inert. There are those who care about other people, and those who are totally inconsiderate.
Sympathy, kindness and generosity of some are opposed to jealousy, cruelty and greediness of others. We are not born angels, but we are born naturally good and friendly.
As we live, we learn to be cunning, insincere and rude. But we also learn to be gentle, responsible and polite. Much depends on our attitude to ourselves though. Lack of will-power is rooted in self-pity. On the contrary, people with a high level of self-respect are more likely to be determined and strong-willed. Excessive arrogance though brings no success. Unsuccessful people cannot be happy.
Success favours the most hard-working and the most reliable individuals. Those who are prone to laziness and passivity cannot be trusted.
People are different. There are leaders and those who are easily-led; those who do and those who do nothing; daydreamers and those whose dreams come true.
This is not in our power to change all people around us for the better. But each of us can try to be a little more tolerant, a little less aggressive and more or less optimistic!
Vocabulary list
Adjectives:
Friendly
Considerate\inconsiderate
Polite\rude
Aggressive
Cunning
Sincere\insincere
Tolerant
Optimistic
Determined
Strong-willed
Smart
Active
Gentle
Inert
Easily-led
Hard-working
Responsible
Nouns:
Generosity
Cruelty
Jealousy
Sympathy
Kindness
Greediness
Will-power
Passivity
Laziness
Arrogance
Self-pity
Self-respect
Verbs and verbal phrases:
To care about
To come true
To favour
To be rooted in
Notes
friendly adj behaving in a pleasant, kind way, e.g. Russian people are believed to be friendly.
Ant. Unfriendly, hostile
considerate adj thinking about other people’s needs, e.g. Paul is very considerate.
Syn. thoughtful Ant. Inconsiderate
aggressive adj 1. behaving in an angry and rude way that shows that one wants to fight, attack or argue with sb 2. someone who is aggressive is very determined to win, Syn. Ambitious, e.g. A successful businessman has to be aggressive.
determined adj if you are determined you continue to do sth even though it is difficult, e.g. a determined effort to stop smoking
reliable adj a reliable person is someone you can trust to behave well, work hard or do what you expect them to do, well. Syn. Dependable, trustworthy Ant. unreliable, e.g. Sarah is a charming and reliable girl.
polite adj someone who is polite has good manners and behaves in a way that is socially correct. syn. well-mannered ant. impolite
smart adj intelligent, e.g. he is smarter than his sister
syn. bright
inert adj (fml) without power to move or act, e.g. she lay inert all day long.
gentle adj calm and kind; doing things in a quiet and careful way, e.g. she is the gentlest person i have ever met.
to come true to become reality, e.g. her dream eventually came true.
to care about sth/sb to feel that sb/sth is important and worth worrying about
to favour v to give an advantage, help, e.g fortune favours the brave.
to be rooted in sth to develop from, to be influenced by sth
sympathy n a feeling for sb showing that you understand and care about him\her, e.g. he’s well-known for his sympathy and generosity.
EXERCISES