I.Transcribe and translate the words:
Hair colour, black, brown, fair, auburn, blonde, white, mousy, dyed, highlighted, brunette, redhead.
II. Arrange these hair colours from the fairest to the darkest:
black, blonde, dark brown, auburn, light brown, mousy, red
III. Give English equivalents of the following Russian words:
светлые, белокурые, русые, темные, рыжие, золотисто-каштановые, седые, крашеные, мелированные (волосы)
IV. Decide whether these statements are true or false:
1. If your hair is white, it is dyed. 2. Light brown hair is fair. 3. If your hair is grey, it is mousy. 4. Auburn hair is lighter in colour than black hair. 5. Blond hair is white. 6. Mousy hair looks attractive. 7. Redheads don’t have a natural hair colour. 8. Light brown hair looks the same as red hair. 9. Old people usually have grey or white hair. 10. Dyed hair can’t be brown in colour.
V. Choose the right variant:
1. A person who has blonde hair is a blondehead/ blonde/ blondeman.
2. A person who has black hair is a blackhead/ blackman/ brunette.
3. A person who has red hair is a readhead/ red/ redman.
HAIRSTYLE
long
short
(of) medium length
shoulder-length
straight
wavy
curly
thin
thick
sleek
spiky
neat
tidy/untidy
loose
swept / tied back
a fringe
a parting
a plait
a ponytail
a bun
dreadlocks
shaved
bald / balding
thinning
receding
to put/wear your hair in a bun/
in a ponytail/loose/in plaits etc
Vocabulary notes
shoulder-lengthadj shoulder- length hair reaches down to your shoulders, e.g. She had shoulder-length brown hair.
thick adj if someone’s hair is thick, they have a lot of hair, e.g. She ran her fingers through her thick brown hair. Ant. thin, e.g. Your hair is getting very thin.
thin v [I] if someone’s hair is thinning, they have less hair than they used to, e.g. a tall man with thinning hair
sleekadj straight, shiny and healthy-looking, e.g. a young man with sleek dark hair
spikyadj hair that is spiky is stiff and stands up on top of your head, e.g. short black spiky hair
neat adj carefully arranged and looking nice; Syn. tidy; Ant. untidy, e.g. His hair was pulled back into a neat ponytail.
looseadj hanging freely rather than being tied back, e.g. Her hair fell loose around her shoulders.
fringen [C] short hair that hangs down over your forehead, e.g. a tall girl with straight brown hair and a fringe / The girl wore her hair in a fringe.
parting n [C] BrE the line on your head made by dividing your hair with a comb, e.g. a centre parting / a side parting
bunn [C] a hairstyle in which a woman’s hair is tied in a tight round ball at the back of or on top of her head
dreadlocksn [pl] a way of arranging your hair in which it hangs in thick pieces that look like rope
shave v [I,T] your hair is shaved if it is cut off very close to the skin
baldingadj (used of a man) beginning to lose the hair on the top of their head, e.g. a balding man in his mid-thirties
baldadj (used of a man or his head) someone who is bald or whose head is bald has little or no hair on the top of their head, e.g. a bald man / You are going bald. He has a large bald patch.
recede v [I] (used of a man or his hair) if your hair recedes, you gradually lose the hair at the front of your head, e.g. He was in his mid-forties, with a receding hairline. He’s receding a bit. His hair is receding at the temples.
EXERCISES
Transcribe and translate the words:
Hairstyle, medium length, shoulder-length, straight, wavy, curly, sleek, spiky, neat, tidy, untidy, loose, fringe, plait, ponytail, bun, dreadlocks, bald, receding,
(Vocabulary Organizer: Unit 19 Ex.1)
Match the descriptions to the pictures:
short hair
curly hair
long hair
bald
wavy hair
shoulder-length hair
III. (Vocabulary Organizer: Unit19 Ex.2)
Match the hair styles to the pictures:
A ponytail a fringe a centre parting a side parting tied back dreadlocks spiky shaved
