Read the text about Ben Winston and give short answers to the questions as in the example.

Ben Winston is thirty-five years old. He works as a sports writer for a newspaper in Manchester. He writes stories about British football, basketball, and volleyball. He goes to the games regularly in the afternoons and evenings. Then he goes home on foot and writes about the games on his computer. He e-mails his stories to his boss at about midnight. Ben writes 10 or 15 stories a week. People like Ben’s stories because they are very exciting. Ben likes writing about sports because he is a sport fan himself.

Example: Is Ben forty years old? No, he isn’t. Does Ben work in

Manchester? Yes, he does.

a) Does he work for a football team?
b) Does Ben watch the games in the afternoon?

c) Does he go home by taxi?
d) Does Ben write about the games at home?
e) Does he send his stories to his friend?
f) Does Ben write 20 stories every week?
g) Do people like Ben's stories?
h) Are his stories boring?
i) Does Ben like his work?

j) Is Ben a sport fan?

Unit 2 Appearance

Dialogue

Listen and read the dialogues.

Dialogue 1

Peter Have you seen our new computer programmer?

Jack Not yet. Why?

Peter She is a very pretty girl.

Jack Really?

Peter Yes, she is tall and slim. In my opinion, she has a very good

figure. Her eyes are blue. Also, she has full lips, and long hair.

Jack What’s her name?

Peter Rose Brown. She’s about twenty-five years old.

Jack I see!

Dialogue 2

Aliya Hi Lena!

Lena Hi Aliya! What has happened?

Aliya I am looking for my cousin; he has come from Chelyabinsk.

He went shopping an hour ago and I am afraid he has lost his way.

Lena I am just coming from the grocery; I might have seen him. What

does he look like?

Aliya He is quite good-looking, of medium height with light-brown

wavy hair and hazel eyes.

Lena How long is his hair?

Aliya Shoulder-length.

Lena I think I saw him in the street; he was asking the way.

Aliya Ah, there he is, at last!

Vocabulary

General description –общее описание
Positive - положительное
beautiful	красивый (обычно о женщине)
good-looking	красивый
handsome	красивый (о мужчине)
pretty ['priti]	хорошенький, прелестный (о женщине)
Negative - отрицательное
plain	некрасивый
ugly	уродливый
Height and built - рост и телосложение
fat	толстый
medium built	среднее телосложение
medium height [hait]	средний рост
muscular ['mÙskjulə]	мускулистый
overweight [,əuvə'weit]	полный
short	невысокий
slim (slender)	стройный
tall [to:l]	высокий
Hair - волосы
blonde	блондин / ка
brunette [bru:'net]	брюнет / ка
curly ['kə:li]	кудрявые
dark	темные
dark brown	шатен / ка
fair [feə]	светлые
light brown	темно русые
straight [streit]	прямые
wavy	вьющиеся
Special features – особые черты
beard [biəd]	борода
broad (narrow) shoulders [bro:d] ['nærəu]	широкие (узкие) плечи
fair (dark) skin	светлая (темная) кожа
moustache [mə'sta:ò]	усы
tattoo [tæ'tu:]	татуировка

Pronunciation

Дата добавления: 2015-10-23