- •Clothes
- •Vocabulary notes
- •I.Transcribe and translate the words:
- •VI. Translate the following sentences into English:
- •II . Practice the dialogues for good reading and learn them by heart.
- •III. Make up short conversations of your own. Follow the given models (1), (2) and (3). Make use of the active vocabulary.
- •IV. 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.
- •Part III Listening I
- •In pairs, ask and answer questions about each other’s friends and family.
- •Listening II
- •2. Listen to the conversation again and complete the chart below.
- •3. Make up a conversation with your group mate who wants to know about the members of your family and the family likeness.
Part III Listening I
Listen to the descriptions and fill in the gaps in the passages below.
DONNA
Well, she’s quite a ___________, _____________ person in her … in her late teens. She’s fairly ____________ with a… a good figure. She’s got a _________________ face with a small, sort of _____________________ nose. It’s very _______________ really. She’s got long, black _______________ hair and er… blue eyes with very long __________________. Her ________________ is … well, she is __________________. Her lips are very ________ … and she’s got _________ … ___________ in her cheeks.
COLIN
He’s a very big guy, you know, ____________________ with very _______________________. Not _____________, really, really… just __________ ___________. He’s in his ___________________________ .He’s got a __________ face with _____________________. Oh, and a small _____________ on his chin. He’s got very short _______________________ but with long __________________ and a ___________________. Eyes… I haven’t really noticed the colour, he wears ____________. He’s got _____________________________ and a kind of a long, __________________ nose. He’s fairly _____________,____________, sometimes even _______________.
JANET
She’s ___________________,_______________, expensive ______________ and so on. I’d say she was in her _______________________ or ______________________, but she looks younger. She’s about ________________ and very ____________. Her hair is very ____________,_____________, I think, but I’m not sure about that. It’s always very ____________, not long. She’s got_________________________ eyes with ___________ eyebrows. Her face is always ____________________ and very ___________________________, It’s an attractive face… not really beautiful, but very attractive, you know what I mean. __________________________, a small _________... oh and yes, there’s a __________________________ on her left cheek. She’s a very ___________ and _____________________ sort of person, very __________________ and always very, very polite.
ROBERT
Robert is a wonderful person, really. He’s ____________ but not old.., still very lively and ________________. He’s probably in his early seventies. He’s got ____________________, ______________________ a bit, and a small white ______________.He’s __________________________, a little _______________ perhaps. He’s got very nice large _____________________ and he always seems to be smiling… lots of _____________ round his eyes, _______________________ I think you call them. He’s got a very high, lined ________________ which makes him look very _________________________, which he is, of course.
Practice the passages for good reading.
a) Read the following questions.
How is she?
What is she like?
What does she like?
What does she look like?
Which do we use when we want to ask:
about someone’s health?
for a physical description?
for a more general description of character?
about someone’s likes and dislikes?
Match the following questions 1-5 with answers a-e. Example: 1b
How’s your mother?
What does Peter look like?
What does Peter like?
What is Susan like?
Who does Susan like?
She is very warm and affectionate.
She’s fine, thanks.
Pubs, TV, football, that sort of thing.
Peter, I think.
He’s tall and thin, just like his brother, in fact.