3. Answer the questions.

1. When did the Olympic Games begin?

2. When did the first recorded Olympic festival take place?

3. Why is the festival called the Olympic Games?

4. Was sport only one part of the festival?

5. What did the festival celebrate?

6. What athletic competitions were included in the ancient Olympics?

7. Could athletes compete if they were only physically fit?

8. What oath did competitors have to swear at the start of the games?

9. What could an Olympic winner receive in ancient Greece?

10. What are Olympic winners awarded nowadays?

The two ronnies

(video 03:39)

1. The Two Ronnies was a British sketch show which aired on BBC1 from 1971 to 1987. It featured the double act of Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett, the "Two Ronnies" of the title.Watch the video and answer the questions (the man in the sports clothes is Ronnie Corbett and the man in the suit is Ronnie Barker).

1. What game have the characters just finished playing?

2. Was Ronnie Barker an experienced sportsman?

3. What was the score?

4. What equipment is needed for the game?

5. Why does Ronnie Corbett get infuriated?

6. What game is Ronnie Barker going to play next time?

UNIT 7. APPEARANCE

THE RIGHT LOOK

(01:37/01:43)

1. Listen to two conversations and complete the summaries.

1. A woman is unhappy about her husband’s 1) _____ and she persuades him to 2) _____ . However, he insists on wearing 3) _____ this evening.

2. A man suggests to his wife that they 4) _____ He wants her to buy 5) _____ but she is not interested. In the end, she decides to 6) _____ with a friend.

2. Listen again and answer the questions:

Conversation 1

1. Why does the woman want her partner to look smart than evening?

2. How long has the man had his fleece?

3. What color does the man not like?

Conversation 2.

1. Why is the woman surprised by the man’s suggestion?

2. What has the woman seen in the shop window?

3. What does she not want to buy a skirt?

EXPRESSING PERSONAL OPINION

(00:54)

1. Look at two photos of Brad Pitt and listen to a man and a woman discussing them. Do you agree with the woman?

2. How does the woman express her opinion? Listen again and pay attention to the vocabulary and intonationshe uses. Make up similar dialogues discussing photos of celebrities.

WHAT MAKES A MAN ATTRACTIVE

(01:05)

1. Put the following characteristics in order of importance in determining how attractive a man is.

• above-average height

• attractive hair

• fashionable clothes

• interesting facial structure

• kind of intelligent eyes

• muscular physique

• tanned, healthy complexion

• warm smile

2. Now listen and mark the sentences as true or false. Correct the false ones.

1. In all societies women prefer men who are taller than them.

2. Women have similar tastes concerning men regardless of the culture.

3. There was a time when muscular legs were more important than chest or arms.

4. Nowadays tanned complexion suggests that a man is an uneducated farmworker.

3. Do you think it is important for a man to be handsome? Why/why not?

WANTED!

(01:28)

1. You are going to hear a radio announcement about two suspects. Listen and fill in the table below.

	suspect 1	suspect 2
height	short
build		skinny
age
complexion	tanned
face
hair	thick,…grey
eyes		slanting
nose		curved
lips	thin
special features, clothes	walks with a limp

2. Make a similar announcement about one of your group mates. Let the other students guess who the suspect is.

INTERVIEW WITH A MODEL

(04:48)

1. Before you listen, discuss in pairs the following topics:

• The different kinds of work that a model can do

• The best things about being a model

• The worst things about being a model

• Becoming a model

• The impressions that models have of themselves

• The attitude of other people towards models

2. Now listen to an interview with a model and put the six topics from above in the order she discusses them.

3. Listen to the interview again. Write down the most important words (four maximum) in the model’s answer to each question.

4. Pay attention to slang expressions the model uses. What do they mean?

Airhead, dumb, beat, grand, blow, nuts, a drag, psyched up.

5. Replace the words in italics with a slang expressions from above.

1. You have to be mentally prepared to do catwalk work.

2. Sometimes, she could make two or three thousand dollars in one week.

3. She used to spend all the money.

4. She thought the photographer’s idea was stupid.

5. The photographer went crazy when she disagreed with him.

6. Some of the photographers can be boring or annoying.

7. Some people treated her like an idiot.

8. She was feeling very tired because she’d been working non-stop.

6. Discussion. 1. Compare you answers in ex. a) with those of a model. Were there any coincidences? Has the model said anything unexpected?

2. Do you think supermodels deserve the high salaries they receive?