Unit 1 People With Personality
Lessons 1-2
What We Look like
Speaking
- Joan Edison moved to … from … in March.
- She had a … … with something of a … … … and … … … like a … .
- Everybody hated her with her … … and her … hanging down the back of her sweater and her having the crust to … with teachers.
Vocabulary
Describing
Hair
appearance
beautiful
In general
Face
handsome
long
curly
oval
good-looking
Eyes
square
pretty
beautiful
Body
big
ugly
long
ugly
small
long
lovely
lovely
beautiful
beautiful
beautiful
lovely
ugly
pretty
short
short
tall
lovely
ugly
enormous
thin
lovely
of medium height
thick
thin
round
fat
plump
ice-blue
wavy
plump
kind
shoulder-length
thin
muscular
slim
short
fat
dark
fat
slim
muscular
round
tidy
plump
enormous
light brown
enormous
(in a ponytail)
odd
plain
fragile
overweight
skinny
fragile
Test
1. Body can’t be … .
a. lovely b. oval c. thin
2. Face can’t be … .
a. square b. round c. short
3. Hair can’t be … .
a. thick b. straight c. fat
4. Eyes can’t be … .
a. long b. small c. beautiful
5. A person can’t be … .
a. tall b. short c. straight
Be Polite!
fat overweight
long longish
skinny slim
stupid not very clever
… …
Make these descriptions more polite. Think of different ways.
- 1. I think Bob’s girlfriend is ugly .
(not very beautiful, plain)
- 2. Most people want to stay slim, but not as skinny as that girl over there.
(thin)
- 3. Have you seen Jane’s boyfriend? He has an enormous nose.
(biggish)
- 4. Mary’s eyes are cruel .
(not very kind)
- 5. A new girl has joined our class. She is short and fat .
(not very tall/shortish; plump/overweight)
-ish
(except black and white )
Listening
Ex. 2 p. 4
- … is going to teach … in the … grade.
- She is ….
- She has … .
- She is wearing … .
Yevgenia Petrovna
is going to teach Chemistry in the 9 th grade.
She is tall.
She has long light brown hair in a ponytail.
She has beautiful blue eyes.
She is wearing a white sweater, black trousers and a short black leather jacket.
Natalia Fedorovna
is going to teach almost all subjects in the 1st grade.
She is small and slim.
She has very short hair.
She has very kind brown eyes.
Lydia Ivanovna
is going to teach Literature in the 5 th grade.
She is not very tall, a bit plump ish .
She has shoulder-length blonde hair.
She has ice-blue eyes.
She is wearing a long, black jacket, a knee-length skirt and shoes with low heels.
Can you do me a favour ?
Ask for a favour.
Can you do me a favour?
Can I ask you a favour?
Express why.
I’ll …
Agree.
Sure.
Ask for personal information .
What does she/he look like?
Is she/he …?
Give personal information.
She/He is …
She/He is …
Well, what‘s she/he like?
What does she/he like?
Well… she/he is hard to please…
Take her/him to…
Promise.
Thank.
All right . I’ll …
Thanks
Reply.
No problem.
Remember!
What does she/he look like?
Как … выглядит?
What is she/he like?
Какой … характер?
What does she/he like?
Что … любит?
ADJECTIVES: WORD-ORDER
1 2 3 4 5 6
how
opinion
how
where
what is it
what
big
adj
old
colour
from
made of
NOUN
shape,
size,
width
length
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2
a nice sunny day
an intelligent young man
a beautiful large round table
a small black plastic bag
an old white cotton shirt