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PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
ESSENTIAL VOCABULARY:
Face (head): round, long, oval, square, fleshy, freckled, clean-shaven, expressive, common/ plain, beautiful, handsome, (un) attractive, sallow, pretty, ugly, thin, good-looking; beautiful /delicate/ (ir)regular/ heavy bones of face; countenance, to keep ones countenance; temple, upper/ lower jaw, crown; his face was clouded; neck.
Forehead: broad, narrow, open, prominent, steep, low, high.
Nose: nose bridge; nostrils, hooked, small, long, straight, turned-up, aquiline; snub-nosed.
Chin: Adams apple, pointed, double, tiny, protruding, round, firm, massive.
Cheeks: high cheekbones, round, hollow/ sunken, dimpled.
Teeth: perfect, parted, (un)even, (ir-)regular, tightly-set.
Lips: scarlet, full, thin, painted, penciled, compressed.; to pencil, to paint.
Eyes: eyelids, hazel, black, blue, brown, faded, sparkling, almond-shaped, deep/close/ wide(apart) set, short-sighted, far-sighted, slanting, oriental.
Eyelashes: long, short, thick, thin, curving, straight; to thicken/ to colour.
Eyebrows: straight, arched, penciled, bushy, well-marked; plucked eyebrows, to knit ones brows, to frown; to darken.
Ears: lobe.
Limbs: arms, hands, legs: shoulder, elbow, wrist, finger, foot (feet), ankle, toe, fingernail (to have ones fingernails polished/ manicured), long, short, long-legged, bony, soft, slender, shapely, plump, crooked, delicate.
Complexion: fresh, rosy, pale, tanned, fair/dark (-skinned), oriental.
Distinguishing/ noticable features: beard, moustache, side-burns, scar, birth-mark/ beauty-spot, mole, dimple, freckles, wrinkles/ lines.
Hair colour, style: golden, ashy, chestnut, fair, white, grey, mousy, silvery, blond(e), dyed, natural, red, ginger, auburn, bald, a brunette, a blonde, a redhead, to grow out the colour, curly, wavy, straight, smooth, rich, closely-cropped, bobbed, a hairdo (M), a hair style (W), a crew-cut, a mop, a plait, a braid, a pigtail, pony-tail/ bunch, a bun/ knot, a flattop, dreadlocks, a fringe, a parting, highlights, silky hair, (side-) whiskers, locks/ strands of hair, to dye (to have ones hair dyed); a touch of grey in ones hair
to wear ones hair loose/ shoulder length/ parted in the middle/on the right/ left side/ combed back/ done in a knot/ plaited/ braided/ pigtailed/ swept back; to smooth down.
to pull (to put up/ wear) ones hair in a pony tail/ a pig tail/ a bun/ plaits/ braids; to plait/braid ones hair.
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Build (physique, constitution): slim (slender), plump (stout, obese, overweight, fat), skinny, lean, a bag of bones, well (powerfully, heavy, strongly, stately)-built, broad-shouldered, narrow-shouldered, delicately built (F), stocky, muscular, straight, erect, a shapely figure, graceful, robust,, bent, stooping,
Height: to be below/ above /of medium height, tall, short.
Ages and stages in life:
A baby/ infant/ child/ kid/ eight-year-old/ toddler/ adolescent/ teenager/ adult/ grown-up/ middle-aged person/ pensioner/ retired/ elderly person/ old man/ senior citizen
look ones age, look old/ young for ones age,
infancy/ childhood/ adolescence/ in his teens/ in his early (mid, late) 20s, 30s/ adulthood/ to be of age/ to be under age / to come of age/ middle age/ retirement/ in old age
Describing people in comparison:
to bear no resemblance to, to be a perfect type / image/ picture/ replica/ edition of smb., to be very much the same in appearance, to resemble smb., to look like; to be alike; to be as like as two peas; to take after, to be similar to.
E X E R C I S E S
Ex.1. Be ready to answer the following questions on the topic.
1. Describe what your friend looks like. Is she tall or short? Fat or slim? Beautiful or ugly? Does she have any noticeable features'? For example, does she wear glasses? Does she have freckles? Does she have a beauty spot on her cheek?
2. Have you got a picture of all of your family? Is there anyone who has a beard or moustache? Is there anyone well-built? Bald? Overweight?
3. Whom do you consider beautiful? Describe you ideal of beauty. Whom of the famous people do you consider an ideal handsome man? What do you like about him?
4. Were there many people in your class who had naturally blond hair? dark hair or red?
5. How did the majority of girls wear their hair: short, long, or shoulder-length? Did most girls prefer curly hair or straight hair? Was there anyone with a pony-tail or with plaits?
6. What about the boys? Was there anyone with a flattop? Crew-cut? Or may be dreadlocks?
7. Ask a partner about his/her friend, their height, their weight.
8. Try to describe yourself. How tall are you? How would you describe your build? How much do you weigh? What kind of hair have you got? What colour is it? Do you think you have any special features? Are there any special features you would like to have?
9. Do most people overestimate or underestimate their own attractiveness?
10. What influence does someone's physical appearance have on their personality? And vice versa?
11. Is beauty only a physical quality?
12. Discuss the following observations about beauty:
"Beauty is m the eye of the beholder (i.e., the observer) ' (anAmerican proverb)
Do you think this proverb is true or are there certain norms (i.e. widely accepted standards) of beauty?
Is physical attractiveness easier to identify and more important in women or
men?
13. What would you say about the people with the following appearance:
a) a woman who wears unusually heavy make-up; b) a 60-year-old man with long untidy hair
Ex. 2. Write down the transcription and translation of the following difficult words and memorise them:
Appearance [ ______________________ ]
Forehead [ ______________________ ]
Beard [______________________ ]
Moustache [______________________ ]
Eyebrows [_______________________]
Jaw [_______________________]
Crooked [_______________________]
Loose [_______________________]
Muscular [_______________________]
Masculine [_______________________]
Closely-cropped [_______________________]
Plaited [_______________________]
Ex 3. Read the words paying attention to the pronunciation of endings
Freckled, snub-nosed, dimpled, compressed, penciled, far-sighted, tanned, arched, well marked, long-legged, dyed, cropped;
[d] [t] [id]
Wrinkles, lashes, strands, whiskers, lines, eyebrows, cheekbones, eyes, lips.
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Ex.4. Find the equivalents in English to the following words:
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Ex. 5. Where can you find these parts of the body?
Breast, calf, cheek, chest, elbow, eyebrow, eyelid, forearm, forehead, heel, hip, knee, lip, little finger, little toe, mouth, navel, nose, nostril, palm, shin, shoulder, shoulder blades, stomach, thigh, thumb, tummy, waist, wrist, Adam's apple, ankle, armpit, back, big toe, bottom.
Head:
Neck:
Arm:
Hand:
Upper torso:
Lower torso:
Leg:
Foot:
Ex. 6. A person with dark hair is dark-haired. Make compound adjectives:
1.somebody with broad shoulders
2.somebody with long legs
3.a person with grey hair
4.a person with a thin face
5.a person with long arms
6.people who white with their left hands
7.people who write with their right hands
8.a person with green eyes.
9.people with short/ near sight
10.people with long/ far sight
11.a person with bare feet
