- My son is pupil.
- You have pen. Give me pen.
- These are books. books are good.
- Do you like ice-cream?
- winter this year is very cold.
9. . .
Appearance.
The ideas about a family are often influenced by its members' appearance. That is why the Nechaevs try to look nice every day.
Alexander Dmitrievitch is a tall, handsome, broadshouldered and strong man with dark clever eyes and a very great forehead. He's always clean-shaved and immaculately dressed: a white shirt, a dark well-creased suit with a matching tie and black leather shoes.
Anna Victorovna is a slim, elegant and charming| middle-aged woman who does her best to look younger than she is. She has rather small features and a fair complexion. She likes to be well dressed. She uses an expensive make-up: her long eyelashes are usually darkened with French mascara. She prefers to wear simple jewelry small earrings, a matching necklace and rings. She likes pink nail-varnish, high-heeled shoes and fashionable clothes. Her favourite colours are green and light blue.
Volodya is tall enough for his age. He has a high forehead, a straight nose and a protruding chin. But unlike his father he doesn't like formal clothes, he prefers to dress causually, in jeans, pullovers, sweaters and trainers.
His sister Natasha is neither tall nor small. She is middle-sized and plump. She has an oval face touched with freckles in summer. When she smiles two pretty dimples appear in her rosy cheeks. Natasha has big hazel eyes and thick long eyelashes. Her eyebrows are dark and pencilled, her nose is turned up. Her hair is rather long, chestnut, thick and plaited. When she's home alone she spends much time before the mirror changing fantastic hairstyles and trying her mother's best dresses on.
Vocabulary
1. A person can be:
of fair (dark) complexion - ()
handsome , ( )
charming , ,
( )
pretty ( )
elegant
strong
broadshouldered
middle-aged
unlike smb. else -
elderly
young
2. A person can:
have freckeles
have dimples ( )
have moles
be influenced by smth.
be tall/short/middle-sized //
be lean (thin)/slim (slender)/plump/plumpish ///
be clean-shaved
be well-dressed
be immaculately dressed
darken one's eyelashes with mascara ()
look nice
do one's best to do smth.
dress causually (in jeans, pullovers, ,
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sweaters, trainers) ( , , , )
wear formal dress ,
(a white shirt, a well-creased suit, ( ,
a matching tie, black leather shoes) , , )
wear fashionable clothes
wear simple jewelry
wear high-heeled shoes
like pink nail-vanish
spend much time before the mirror
try smth. on -
use expensive make up
3. Smbs face can be: :
oval/square/round //
wrinkled/pleasant/unpleasant //
4. Smb.'s eyes can be: :
grey/green/blue/hazel (brown) ///
large/small/clever //
5. Smb.'s eyelashes can be: :
long/short/thick/thin ///
6. Smb.'s eyebrows can be: :
pencilled/bushy /
7. Smb.'s forehead can be: :
broad/narrow/high/low/great ////
8. Smb.'s hair can be: :
fair/black/chestnut/red /// long/short/thin/thick/good/bad ///
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straight/curly/plaited //
parted in the middle
9. Smb.'s nose can be: Hoc :
straight/aquiline/crooked/snub (turned up) / //
10. Smb.'s cheeks can be: :
rosy/pale /
plump/hollow /
11. Smb.'s lips can be: :
thin/full/red/pale ///
12. Smb.'s teeth can be: :
white/small/large/even/uneven // /
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13. Smb.'s chin can be: :
tiny/round/even/protruding ///
Answer the following questions:
What does Volodya's father (mother, sister) look like?
What does your father (mother, sister, brother, friend) look like?
What do you look like?
What is his/her hair (eyes, forehead, nose,...) like?
What is your father's (mother's,...) hair (...) like? What is your hair (...) like?
What does Alexander Dmitrievitch usually wear? How is he usually dressed?
What does your father (mother,...) usually wear? How is he (she) usually dressed?
Do you usually wear formal dress? Are you always dressed immaculately?
What's Anna Victorovna's favourite colour? What's your mother's favourite colour? What is your favourite colour?
What kind of mascara are her eyelashes usually darkened with?
Does your mother (sister, girl-friend) use mascara (nail-vanish)?
Do you use nail-vanish?
Are your eyelashes often darkened with mascara?
What kind of jewelry does she wear?
What kind of jewelry does your mother (sister,...) wear?
Do you usually wear jewelry?
What does Volodya's sister usually do when she is home alone?
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What does your sister do when she stays alone?
Do you spend much time before the mirror?
Dialog.
Jane: Could you do me a favour and meet my cousin Kitty at 5? I'm very busy
and haven't any time to meet her at the station.
Nora: Yes, with pleasure, I have time all right, but I've no idea what she looks
like. Try to describe her.
Jane: Oh, that's easy. She is rather tall. Her hair is fair and curly. She has a
high forehead, large green eyes, dark pencilled eyebrows and a straight
nose.
Nora: I'm afraid it's not much.
Jane: Oh, I forget! She likes loud colours and wears widebrimmed hats and
shoes with extremely high heels.
