IV. Give English equivalents of the following Russian words:

лысый, лысеющий, с залысинами на висках, с хвостом, с пучком, с косами, с челкой, с пробором, волосы до плеч, распущенные (волосы), зачесанные назад, прямые, волнистые, кудрявые, лоснящиеся, густые, редкие, редеющие, чистые, грязные.

V. Decide whether these sentences are true or false:

1. If your hair is sleek, it looks good. 2. Spiky hair doesn’t look neat. 3. Young girls like to put their hair in a bun. 4. Elderly ladies prefer to wear their hair in dreadlocks. 5. Nowadays women are not allowed to wear their hair loose in public places. 6. If your hair is receding, you are losing the hair on the top of your head. 7. Men don’t usually wear their hair tied back.

8. A person’s hair thins with age.

VI. Combine the adjectives in A with nouns in B:

A. bald, balding. thinning, receding, curly, wavy, spiky, shaved;

B. hair, man.

VII. Describe your groupmates’ hair style and hair colour.

VIII. Answer the questions:

1. Are you happy with your natural hair colour? If not, what hair colour would you like to have? Why? 2. Have you ever dyed your hair? What colour? Did it make you look more attractive? 3. What hair style do you prefer? Why? 4. In what way did you put your hair when you were a child? 5. What hairstyle would you like to have when you become older?

IX. Choose the closest description from the list for each person. Make each description more accurate.

1. She’s middle-aged, quite tall, and looks a bit old-fashioned. She’s got short grey hair.

2. He’s about 1, tall, and seems to be some kind of a businessman.

3. She’s quite young, about 20, and has long hair. She’s also got glasses, and she’s wearing fashionable clothes.

4. He doesn’t look very old, about 15 maybe. He’s got shortish hair, and looks quite strong.

5. She’s got short hair, and is about 40 or possibly younger. She looks like a secretary maybe. She’s about average height.

FACE

thin

long

round

square

oval

prominent

high cheekbones

a high/low forehead

a wide/ narrow forehead

a long/short nose

a large/small nose

a snub/ turned-up nose

a straight nose

a hooked nose

a pointed nose

thin lips

full lips

pursed lips

a small/large mouth

a vivid mouth

a cleft chin

a double chin

a pointed chin

a jutting chin

a receding chin

Vocabulary notes

squareadj if somebody’s body or a part of their body is square, it looks broad and strong,

e.g. a square jaw/face

prominentadj something that is prominent is large and sticks out, e.g. a prominent feature/ nose/chin; prominent cheekbones/teeth

cheekbonen [C usually pl] one of the two bones above your cheeks, just below your eyes,

e.g. She had high cheekbones and green eyes.

foreheadn [C] the part of your face above your eyes and below your hair, e.g. a man with

a high forehead

a snub nose is short and points slightly upwards, e.g.She had an interesting face with a snub nose and large appealing eyes. Syn. a turned-up nose (= an upturned nose)

full lips are large and rounded in an attractive way, e.g. Her full red lips parted in a faint smile. Ant. thin lips

pursed lips are brought together tightly into a small circle, especially to show disapproval or doubt; purse (up) your lips, e.g. She pursed her lips and shook her head. Her little mouth was pursed up tight.

vividadj very bright in colour, e.g. a vivid mouth

cleft chin n [C]a cleft chin has an area on it that goes slightly inwards

double chinn [C] a fold of loose skin between the face and neck that looks like a second chin

pointedadj having a sharp end, e.g. a pointed nose/chin/beard

a jutting chin is further forward than normal; Ant. a receding chin

receding chinn[C] a chin that slopes backwards

EXERCISES

1. Transcribe and translate the words:

Round, square, oval, cheekbones, forehead, narrow, snub, turned-up, straight, hooked, pointed, pursed, mouth, vivid, cleft, double, pointed, chin, jutting.