
- •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 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:
- •V. Read the short conversations and match the phrases in bold type with the meanings below.
- •I. Match the pairs of sentences with the pictures:
- •Vocabulary notes
- •II. Express the height of these people in metres and centimetres:
- •III. Answer the questions:
- •IV. Read the short conversations and match the phrases in bold type with the meanings below.
- •V. Practise the dialogues in Exercise IV for good reading and learn them by heart.
- •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
- •I.Transcribe and translate the words:
- •II. Arrange these hair colours from the fairest to the darkest:
- •III. Give English equivalents of the following Russian words:
- •IV. Decide whether these statements are true or false:
- •Vocabulary notes
- •IV. Give English equivalents of the following Russian words:
- •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
- •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:
- •V. Give English equivalents of the following :
- •Vocabulary notes
- •I.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
- •V.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:
- •VII. Practise the dialogues in Exercise VI for good reading and learn them by heart.
II. Match the words below to the parts of the head and face in the pictures:
hair
eyebrow
eyelid
cheek
lips
teeth
neck
moustache
forehead
eyelashes
nose
mouth
tongue
chin
beard
ear
III. Combine the nouns in a with the adjectives in b. With some adjectives more than one combination is possible.
A. B.
1. hair a) narrow
b) snub
2. face c) sleek
d) double
3. lips e) hooked
f) thinning
4. forehead g) fair
h) full
5. nose i) straight
j) thin
6. chin k) pointed
l) long
m) curly
n) high
o) receding
p) prominent
IV. Give antonyms of the following word-combinations:
thin lips, long face, square face, high forehead, long nose, straight nose, prominent nose, small mouth, receding chin, prominent chin
V. Give English equivalents of the following :
вытянутое лицо, овальное лицо, скуластое лицо, высокие скулы, узкий лоб, высокий лоб, вздернутый нос, крючковатый нос, тонкие губы, полные губы, наморщенные губы, маленький ротик, большой рот, яркий рот, раздвоенный подбородок, острый подбородок, двойной подбородок, срезанный подбородок, выступающий вперед подбородок
СOMPLEXION
pale/fair
sunburned (sunburnt)
suntanned (tanned)
dark/brown/black
fair-skinned
olive-skinned
dark-skinned
oriental
healthy/ruddy
unhealthy/sallow
Vocabulary notes
complexion n [C] the skin on a person’s face, e.g.a pale/fair/ruddy etc complexion / He said I had a good complexion. Compare: skin n [U], e.g. She had dark skin.
pale adj having a skin colour that is very white; Syn. fair, e.g. If you are fair-skinned, you should try to stay out of the sun.
sunburned (sunburnt) adj having skin that is attractively brown as a result of spending time in the sun; Syn. brown; suntanned (tanned), e.g. He had a tough tanned face and clear eyes.
dark adj if your skin is dark, it is brown or black in colour, e.g. The young man had thick black hair and smooth dark skin. Ant. fair
black adj someone whose skin is black belongs to a race of people from Africa, e.g. Over half the students are black. Ant. white . We say that people are black or white but not black-skinned or white-skinned. We can say people are dark-skinned or fair-skinned. We sometimes say that somebody has got a pale complexion or that they are pale-skinned but if we just say that somebody is pale or looks pale, it is because they aren’t feeling very well.
olive adj olive skin/ complexion is typical of people from countries such as Greece, Italy, or Turkey
oriental adj of or from the eastern part of the world, especially China or Japan
ruddy adj reddish in colour usually because of good health, anger or hard work, e.g. ruddy cheeks/ a ruddy complexion
sallow adj sallow skin looks slightly yellow and unhealthy, e.g. a woman with dark hair and a sallow complexion
EXERCISES