Complimenting People

1. - You do look well, Connie!

- Do I? I'm afraid, I've gained some weight.

- Have you? It does not spoil your looks. Your complexion is marvellous,

- Thank you.

2. - You really look beautiful, Pat.

- Nice to hear it. I'm just back from my holiday.

- That explains your wonderful tan.

- Thanks.

3. - Glad to see you looking so fit, old man.

- Thank you. It's very pleasant to hear it

- My pleasure.

4. - Linda, dear! You look quite new and very charming.

- Do I? In fact I've changed my hair-do.

- Oh, you really have and it is very becoming.

- Many thanks.

One can look:

well good nice great

charming terrific beautiful marvellous smashing

smart fit lovely

elegant fantastic super

Kaleidoscope

"It's been long", "How are you", "Complimenting".

Let’s compliment each other

I - You do look well, Betty (nice, Jack charming, Nora marvellous, David)

- You really look beautiful, Alice.(fit, Jimmy elegant, Dolly , smart, Bill)

- Glad you looking so fit, (beautiful, Suzy smart, Mike)

Act out the conversations

- Do I? I'm afraid I've gained some weight.

- Thank you. It's very pleasant to hear it.

- Do I? In fact, I've changed my hair-do.

- Do I? Nice to hear it.

Ex. 3 A. Study the table below, showing adjectives and expressions we use to

describe people. In some cases, these are used only for men or only for women.

Note that we seldom use the less attractive words for people we know and like or we qualify them: 'He's not very tall.' (He's rather short.) or 'She's not very pretty.' (She's rather plain.)

	Men	Women
age	old, elderly, middle-aged, young, looks about (30)
Height	tall, of average height, short
Figure	broad-shouldered, muscular, well-built	...has a good figure
Shape	fat, thin (critical), plump,	slim (favourable)
Hair	bald, dark-haired, fair-haired, red-haired; long, short, straight, curly, wavy	blonde, brunette
Face	round, long, square, oval, wrinkled, freckled
Complexion	tanned, pale, sallow, fresh
nose	long, hooked, snub (flattered)
lips	thin, full

One can get tired of men, but never of compliments

В. Use adjectives from those listed above to complete this description of a man

He used to be quite good-looking when he was y_________He was t________and s_________- he looked so elegant in evening dress. He used to play a lot of games then so he was t_______ from spending so much time in the open air, and of course powerfully-built, m __________ and b______-s_______. He had a mass of с_______hair and h_______ people, a pleasant, f_______face, with a funny little s_______ most r______ and f_____lips, as if he wanted to kiss you. I'm afraid you wouldn't recognize now! He's only m________-a_________but he looks about 60! Of course when men their hair and go b________, it always adds years to their real age, but his face is and w______now, and since he gave up sport, he has put on a lot of weight, rather f_______. Apart from that, sitting in that office all day has given him a unhealthy complexion. Even his lips look t______now; I expect he's got false teeth.

C. The cosmetics firms spend their time trying to get people to change appearance. If girls are dark-haired, they persuade them to dye their hair and become b____. If their hair is straight, they will make it 'naturally' w____ can make s____complexions the colour of peaches and cream. If you have nose, they will straighten it. If you have t____lips you can learn to suck In с___s to make them look f____. It's the same for men nowadays. You can go to clinics where they with you from going b____. You can do exercises to become b____-shouldered. Ann a lamp you can become t____without going outdoors. But the biggest craze these days is that all girls must be Grandfather's day, men liked women to be p____; their idea of a good figure was different. But now, if I looked like that, Jack would say: 'You're getting f________ don't you go on a diet?'

Ex. 4. A. Read through the following descriptions of Janet, Donna, Colin and Robert.

Janet

She's sophisticated. Well-dressed, expensive hairstyle and so on, she is in her late thirties or early forties, but she looks younger. She's about average height and very slim. Her hair's very blonde, dyed, I think, but I'm not sure about that. It's always very neat, not long. She's got pale grey eyes with thin eyebrows. Her face is always sunburned and very well made up. It's not really beautiful, but very attractive, you know what I mean. High cheekbones, small chin ... oh and yes, there's a beauty spot on her left cheek. She’s a reliable sort of person, very sociable and always very, very polite.

Donna

Well, she's quite a lively, talkative person in her ... in her late teens. She's tall with a ... a good figure. She's got a heart-shaped face with a small, sort of turned-up nose. It's very attractive really. She's got long, black wavy hair and blue eyes with very long eyelashes. Her complexion is ... well, she's olive-skinned. Her lips are very full... and she's got dimples ... dimples in her cheeks.

Colin

He's a very big guy, you know, well-built with very broad shoulders. Not fat, really, really ... just well-built. He's in his early thirties. He's got a long face with thin lips. Oh, and a small scar on his chin. He's got very short, fair hair but with long sideburns and a moustache. Eyes ... I haven't really noticed the colour, he wears classes. He's got thick eyebrows and a kind of a long, straight nose. He's fairly reserved, thoughtful, sometimes even moody.

Robert

Robert's a wonderful person really. He's elderly but not old ... still very lively and amusing. He's probably in his early seventies. He's got white hair, receding a bit, and a small white beard. He's of medium build, a little overweight perhaps. He's got very nice, large, brown eyes and he always seems to be smiling ... lots of wrinkles round the eyes, laughter lines I think you call them. He's got a very high, lined forehead which makes him look very intelligent, which he is, of course.

B. Look at the examples. Complete the other columns.

Name	Donna	Colin	Janet	Robert
Age	Late teens
Build	Good figure
Height	Fairly tall
Hair colour	black
Hair style	Long,wavy
Face	heart-shaped, turned-up nose, full lips
Eyes	Blue, long eyelashes
Complexion	Olive-skinned
Distinguishing features	dimples
Dress
Personality	Lively, talkative

С. Now work in pairs and tell your partner if any of the descriptions remind

you of somebody you know.

Ex. 5 Read and translate the words. Try to memorise them using a dictionary if necessary.

Age	Build	Height
young	fat	1.70 m
middle-aged	thin	medium height
elderly	slim	average height
old	skinny	below average
in his/her 30rs	plump	tall
in his/her late teens .	medium-build	short
in his/her mid-20's	well-built (M)	tallish
in his/her early 40's	broad-shouldered (M)	shortish
	overweight

Hair colour	Hair style	Face	Distinguishing
			features
black	long	thin	beard (M)
brown	short	long	moustache (M)
red	straight	round	side-burns (M)
fair	wavy	oval	unshaven (M)
blonde	curly	square	clean-shaven (M)
grey	neat	heart-shaped (F)	a scar
white	untidy	high cheekbones	a beauty-spot (F)
dyed	with plaits (F)	high forehead	a mole
a brunette (F)	a fringe	thin lips	with freckles
a blonde (F)	swept back	full lips	with dimples
a redhead (F)	in a bun (F)	long nose	with spots
mousy	pony-tail (F)	straight nose	with wrinkles
dark	bald (M)	turned-up nose	with lines
dyed/coloured	balding (M)	a cleft chin	with glasses
	thinning (M)	a pointed chin	(well)made-up (F)
	receding (M)	a double chin

Personality	Eyes	Complexion	Dress
quiet	blue	pale	smart
reserved	grey	sunburned/sunburnt	scruffy
thoughtful	brown	tanned	well-dressed
calm	long eyelashes	olive-skinned	casual
moody	thick eyelashes		conservative
unsociable	bushy eyelashes	fair-skinned	elegant
sociable		oriental	fashionable
sophisticated lively		brown black
cheerful
amusing
polite
reliable
talkative
aggressive
friendly shy

Physical description and adjective order