long/ short/ thin/ thick/ good/ bad – длинными/ короткими/ редкими/ густыми/ хорошими/ плохими
Smb.’s nose can be:
straight/ aquiline/ crooked/ snub (turned up) – прямым/ орлиным/ кривым/ курносым
Smb.’s cheeks can be:
rosy/ pale – розовыми/ бледными
plump/ hollow – пухлыми/ впалыми
Smb.’s lips can be:
thin/ full/ red/ pale – тонкими/ пухлыми/ красными/ бледными
Smb.’s teeth can be:
white/ small/ large/ even/ uneven – белыми/ мелкими/ крупными/ ровными/ неровными
Smb.’s chin can be:
tiny/ round/ even/ protruding – очень маленьким/ крутым/ ровным/ выдающимся
1) What does your father (mother) look like?
2) What do you look like?
3) What is your father’s /mother’s hair like?
4) What is your hair like?
5) What does your father/ mother usually wear?
6) How is he (she) usually dressed?
7) Does your mother use mascara (nail-vanish)?
8) Do you spend much time before the mirror?
2. Look at the following words used to describe people’s character. Make two columns of 1) what you think are bad characteristics; 2) what you think are good characteristics.
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tolerant |
generous |
sympathetic |
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irresponsible |
unsociable |
cruel |
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ambitious |
intelligent |
sly |
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patient |
silly |
even-tempered |
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thrifty |
sincere |
greedy |
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shrewd |
rude |
ill-mannered |
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bad characteristics |
good characteristics |
3. What would you think of a person who says:
1) Ladies first!
2) I can’t control myself when I should keep quiet.
3) I have got used to ten hours work every day.
4) I’m not easily put off if I have made up my mind.
5) I don’t care for him. He is inferior to me, you know.
6) Whatever she may say I won’t lose my temper.
7) Darling! I never grudge you anything, be it clothes, money, a car.
8) I always feel sorry for people who are in trouble.
9) I just love cucumbers with milk, Picasso’s paintings and freckled faces.
10) I prefer to be in the company of other people and have a chat with them.
11) Whatever you may ask me to do for you, I will do it. Whatever you may say, I will forgive you.
Use: He must be… She may be… He is likely to be…
The words given below may help you:
Hard-working, original, sympathetic, quick-tempered, open-handed, arrogant, well-bred, sociable, obstinate, self-possessed, tolerant.
Pre-reading task
Work in a round
1. Think of someone in your family and tell about him/her to the group.
2. Which relative do you choose? Why do you choose that person (character, appearance, or both)?
3. Study the vocabulary and read the description of Aunt Emily.
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relatives - родственники sister - сестра to be married – быть замужем, женатым to live alone – жить одномуcomplexion – цвет лица thick hair – густые волосыwrinkle – морщина attractive – привлекательный to mend – чинить to do the shopping – делать покупки generous – щедрый tolerant – терпимый age - возраст
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TEXT I.
Of all my relatives, I like my Aunt Emily the best. She’s my mother’s youngest sister. She has never married, and she lives alone in a small village near Bath. She’s in her late fifties, but she’s still quite young in spirit. She has a fair complexion, thick brown hair which she wears in a bun, and dark brown eyes. She has a kind face, and when you meet her, the first thing you notice is her lovely, warm smile. Her face is a little wrinkled now, but I think she is still rather attractive. She is the sort of person you can always go to if you have a problem.
She likes reading and gardening, and she goes for long walks over the hills with her dog, Buster. She’s a very active person. Either she’s making something, or mending something, or doing something to help others. She does the shopping for some of the old people in the village.
She’s extremely generous, but not very tolerant with the people who don’t agree with her. I hope that I am as happy and contented as she is when I’m her age.
4. Go through the text again and underline like this:
____________the parts which describe her physical appearance
-----------------the parts which describe her character
.......................the parts which describe her habits
5. Find the following words:
How do they change the meaning of the adjectives which follow them?
1. Write a similar description of a member of your family in about 200 words.
Include the following:
- your opinion of the person
- physical description
- his/her character, habits, likes and dislikes.
2. 1) Read the following extract and use it as a model to give a short description of youself on a separate piece of paper.
My hair is thick with a copper tinge, parted in the center. My eyes are large in some lights the colour of amber. My nose is too short, my mouth is too wide. I’m not a beauty.
2) Give your description to the teacher. Ask your teacher to read all the extracts to the group, guess who is who.
3. Translate into English.
1) Сью 37 лет. Она замужем, и у нее двое детей: мальчик и девочка. Она работает медсестрой. Это хорошенькая женщина, стройная, блондинка, у нее сильный красивый голос. Она очень привлекательная, к тому же у нее очень хороший характер. Ее очень любят свекор со свекровью.
2) Джону 40 лет, но он выглядит старше. Он женат, и у него двое детей. Он небольшого роста, плотного телосложения, темноволосый. Он некрасив, но у него приятный голос. Он работает архитектором и очень любит свою работу.
Discussion
1. Now think back about what you have done in Part I and give:
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