Model 4. Appearance

My father is tall. He has large hands and his feet are size 45. Ile has short, dark, curly hair and a small beard. His arms, legs and chest are hairy. He's a cheerful person and when he laughs, you can see even white teeth. He wears spесtacles /glаsses and you can't see his eyes, but I know they are steel gray. He's 43. He usually wears jeans and checked shirts or sweaters.

My mother is a very different person. She's short arid plumpish. She has small hands and feet. She has long, straight, fair hair. She has dimples and rosy cheeks. She has long eyelashes, which she darkens with mascara. She likes pink nail-varnish, high-heeled shoes and fashionable clothes. Her favourite colours are red and light blue. Mу baby brother is still just a toddler; he can't speak yet, but he's very selfish and he bores me.

My 20-year-old sister likes to be well dressed. She uses lots of make-up, is always going to the hairdresser's and has fantastic hairstyles. She's tall and slim, with slender arms and elegant legs. Her full lips are always red. She's open-minded and nice.

My boss is an elderly man, rather short and stout. His hair is gray and thin and he's bald on the top. He's clean-shaven. He has a double chin. He's always immaculately dressed: a white shirt, a dark well-creased suit with a matching tie and black leather shoes. He's a serious and punctual man, doesn't talk much and seems to be not overgenеrous.

Consolidate the vocabulary

1. Put the words in the box under the following headings:

- appearance

- personality

pear-shaped energetic muscular plump aggressive self-centred thin insensitive fleshy slim brainy well-built self-confident charming calm nervous intelligent bony tense thickset overweight tough cheerful

2. Find words in the box that can be used to describe:

• a strong person

• a pleasant person

• an unpleasant person

3. Underline the odd word in each group:

1. nose 2.hair 3.ears 4.face 5.lips 6.forehead 7.body 8.eyes

pointed frizzy small long fleshy prominent well-built slanting

flat deep sticking out round full round skinny round

straight curly pointed low thick high stocky close together

curly wavy prominent pear-shaped wavy low slim high

long straight turned-up thin thin wide bushy small

4. Guess the words by their descriptions:

1. You may feel like this before an exam or a visit to the dentist.

2. People who get into fights very easily are …

3. Her face is shaped like a fruit, but it’s not an apple.

4. He does a lot of body-building so he is very…

5. He’s not thin, he’s not fat, he’s quite muscular – so he’s …

6. Relax, you are too…

7. That was a very … remark to make; I don’t think you should have mentioned her divorce.

8. The opposite of stupid is…

9. Anna is so…; she never thinks of anyone but herself.

10. He is too… He must put himself on a diet.

5. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line.

People have for a long time held the (0) ___belief___ that the face is in some way a reflection of (1) ____________. There is nothing (2) _____________ or mysterious about it: we all have different physical (3) _______________ and therefore our (4) ____________ is unique. How you feel about yourself also has a direct influence on your facial (5) ________. If, for example, you have a lot of (6) self-___________, this will show in your face. From ancient times, this (7) __________ between particular features and aspects of personality was made, and a systematic study of the (8)__________ developed and became known as physiognomy. Physiognomy has proved that people’s faces (9) _________ reflect people’s characters. For those who don’t find the idea convincing, let us take the example of (10) _________twins, who not only look alike but also behave in a similar way.

believe person magic character appear express confident connect relate accurate identity

VI. Give English equivalents to the following:

1. хoрoшо cлoженный, широкоплечий парень; 2.cвeтлыe кудрявые волосы;

3. пpямыe кaштaнoвые волосы; 4. смуглый цвет лица; 5. полный мужчинa сpеднeго роста; 6.выrлядeть мoложe cвoих лет; 7. пойти в отца внешностью и характером; 8.курносая девочка; 9.гладковыбритое загорелое лицо; 10.стройная фигура; 11. обычное лицо; 12.вырaзительные глаза; 13. правильные черты лица; 14.усталое морщинистое лицо; 15.милые ямочки на щеках; 16.обаятельная улыбка.

VII. Match the antonyms:

a) clever b) sociable c) polite d) industrious е) kind f) honest g) generous h) tolerant i) optimistic j) talkative k) cheerful

I)1azy 2) сгuеl 3)pessimistic 4) simple 5) unsociable 6) impatient 7) impolite 8) shy 9) greedy 10) dishonest 11) miserable

9. What would you say of a person who:

1) always says what he thinks; 2) always reaches his goals; 3) is hard to get along with; 4) makes Friends easily; 5) works a lot; 6) cannot be trusted; 7) takes care about other people; 8) doesn't like to do any kind of work; 9) believes everything he is told; 10)behaves aggressively towards others; 11 )tells the opposite to what he really thinks; 12) always hopes for the best; 13) bеlievеs that everything will turn for the worst; I4)you can rely on; I5) decides things for himself; 16) is never late; 17) is ready to do anything to make a career.

IX.Translate into English:

1. Ты великолепно выглядишь. Ты из отпуска? — Да, я только что вернулась из Сочи.

2. Близнецы очень похожи друг на друга. Я не могу отличить их. Оба черноглазые, широкоплечие, стройные. Т

3. У нее правильные черты лица и прекрасные глаза. Но больше всего мне нравятся её волосы, густые, длинные и волнистые.

4. Мой брат среднего роста, но хорошо сложен. Y него хорошие манеры, он очень нравится девушкам.

5. Ты растишь бороду? — Да, a что? — Я не очень люблю мужчин c бородой. — O вкусах не спорят.

6. Моей маме за сорок, но она выглядит очень молодо. Y нее светлые волосы, карие глаза и красивый цвет лица. Она очень энергичная и улыбчивая.

7. Красота, как с богатство, не всегда делает человека счастливым, поэтому лучше не волноваться o том, как ты выглядишь, a попытаться быть интересным человеком. Y интересных людей всегда интересные лица, в то время как интересные лица не всегда привлекательны