Ex.26. Fill in the blanks with the words given in brackets.

(white, turned-up, rosy, soft, fair, age, grey, small, tall)

1) Alice is thirteen years old. She is … for her …. Her hair is … and …. Her eyes are … and her cheeks are …. She has a … mouth and pretty … teeth. But she has a … nose and she does not like it.

(freckled, yellow, long, eyes, thin, turned-up)

2) The girl was between nine and ten years old. She had … legs and … arms, two … pig-tails, a … nose that …, and … that were almost green and almost brown.

(wavy, dark, beard, tall, long, thin, large, shining, smile, neck, forehead, eyes)

3) Near the park I saw a man on horseback. I saw at once that he was a stranger. He was very …, dressed in rich clothes, with a gold chain hanging about his … and seemed to be about forty years old. His face was … and …, the … were … and black, the mouth was small with a cruel … on it, the … high and marked with a scar. The man’s complexion was …, his hair like my own was …. He had a … and moustache.

Ex.27. Read and translate the passages.

1) The colonel is a fine-looking man. His hair is white. So is his moustache. His face is cleanly shaven showing a bronzed complexion. The expression of his face is kind though firm.

The colonel has three sons. Basil, the eldest of the boys, is seventeen years of age. He is a fine-looking lad though not handsome. He looks very brave and strong. His hair is straight and black. He is, in fact, the son of his father.

How very unlike him is Lucien, the second of age. Lucien is delicate, with a light complexion and very fair hair. he is more like what his mother was, for she was a blonde. The colonel’s youngest son is quick-witted, curly-haired boy – cheerful at all times.

2) Among the passengers there were two who interested me very much. One, a man of about thirty, was one of the tallest men I ever saw. He had yellow hair, a thick yellow beard, a handsome face and large eyes. His face made me think of someone I had seen before but at the time I could not remember who it was. The big man’s name was Sir Henry Curtis.

The other man was short, stout and dark. He was always very neat and clear-shaven; he always wore an eye-glass in his right eye, and he never took it out. At first I thought he even slept in it, but afterwards found that this was not so. He put it in his trousers pocket when he went to bed, together with his false teeth, of which he had two beautiful sets.

3) Cedric was not tall but broad-shouldered, long-armed and powerfully-made. His face was broad with large blue eyes, open and frank features, fine teeth and well-formed head. He was frank but of a nasty temper. There was pride and jealousy in his eyes, for his life had been spent in maintaining his rights. His long yellow hair was not very grey, although he was almost sixty.

(W. Scott)

Ex.28. Give the description of the people in the pictures using the following scheme:

General look

Build, bearing, constitution, figure, stature.

Body limbs (shoulders, legs, arm, hands, fingers).

Head, neck.

Hair (general appraisal, colour), hairdo.

Face (form, complexion).

Face features in general

Face features (particular): forehead, nose, mouth, lips, teeth, jaw, cheekbones, cheeks, chin, eyes, eyebrows, eye-lashes, eyelids, ears.

Profession or occupation this person can have

Your attitude to him/her

Ex.29. Render in English close to the text.

1) У деда моего были огненно-рыжие волосы и обычная для рыжих людей красноватая в веснушках кожа. Когда я впервые увидела его, это был пятидесятилетний мужчина худощавый, с грустным выражением лица. Говорил он всегда негромко и спокойно.

Жена его была маленькой женщиной с черными глазами навыкате. Ее гладкие тусклые (dull) волосы были тщательно затянуты в тугой узел. Лицо у нее было вытянутое, как у овцы, но она не производила впечатления глупой. Быстрые птичьи движения. Самым примечательным в ней был голос – высокий, металлический, лишенный интонаций. Выглядела она старше своих лет.

Дед мой был очень общительным человеком (a good mixer). В его доме бывали разные люди. Я запомнила особенно хорошо одного. Это был его друг. Человек добрейшей души. Внешность его была своеобразной (singular). Он был высок и тощ, с длинными, словно развинченными (loosely jointed) руками и ногами, впалыми щеками и торчащими скулами. Лицо его было таким бледным, что его полные чувственные (sensual) губы казались особенно удивительными. Он носил длинные волосы. Его темные, глубоко посаженные глаза были большими и печальными, а руки с большими длинными пальцами были красивой формы и придавали ему вид человека, обладающего большой физической силой.

2) Ее глаза под густыми ресницами кались совсем темными. Цвет ее глаз поражал еще и потому, что был совершенно необычен для блондинки. Веки были полуопущены, что было характерным для нее, когда она была поглощена своими мыслями. У нее были четко очерченные, довольно густые брови.

С первого взгляда ее лицо с чуть выступающими скулами и мягкими линиями казалось классически правильным. Но стоило присмотреться и оказывалось, что нос у нее несколько неправильной формы, рот большой, а губы полные и крепкие. Лицо ее было удивительно женственно и вместе с тем энергично. Волосы она гладко зачесывала назад и повязывала вокруг головы черную ленточку.

Discussion and Speech Exercises

Ex.30. Answer the following questions:

1) What colour of eyes do you like most?

2) What is the difference between a near-sighted person and a far-sighted one?

3) How do you wear your hair?

4) What can happen to a person’s voice if he shouts too loudly or too long?

5) What complexion do blond people usually have?

6) With which fingers do we hold a pen or a pencil?

7) What happens to a child’s milk teeth?

8) How does hard manual work affect people’s hands?

9) What do we call people who lost their hair?

10) To what part of the ear are earrings attached?

11) What does a person deserving to be called well-preserved look like?

12) When do men’s cheeks become stubby?

13) What is the difference between a sunburnt and swarthy face?

14) What kind of gate do old people often have?

Ex.31. There was a bank robbery in Western London. Suppose you are a witness to this crime and help the Police to identify the robber. Use the following key words and phrases to describe him.

1) Age: elderly, middle-aged, young, under 30, past 40 ….

2) Height: tall, short, over 5 feet 6 inches, of middle height ….

3) Build: slim, stout, thick neck, broad-shouldered ….

4) Face: long, round, thin, wrinkled, oval ….

5) Hair: long, straight, curly, blond, bald-headed, bobbed ….

6) Eyes: close-set, dark-eyed, bulging, small ….

7) Nose: straight, hooked, blunt ….

8) Ears: stick out....

9) Distinctive marks: freckles, hunchback, a mole on his right check, beard, moustache ….

Ex.32. Act out a dialogue between a policeman, who will investigate the crime and a man, who saw the criminal. The policeman asks the man about the criminal’s appearance.

Section IV

Vocabulary and Pre-reading Work

Ex.1. Read and translate the following words:

Figure: fat, slim, graceful, lovely, pretty, clumsy, ugly, thin, slender, graceless

Eye: eyelid, iris, pupil, deep, eyebrow, white, oriental, clear, wide, to wink, to blink, eyelash

Nose: straight, aquiline, snub, flat, to breathe, to smell, to sneeze, to blow one’s nose

Hair: wavy, straight, curly, bald, to plait, to dye, to cut, to have a hair-do, to style the hair

Ex.2. Fill in the blanks using the vocabulary above:

1) The little girl’s hair was ….

2) The witch had an … face.

3) Her sister has a … figure.

4) Your uncle doesn’t have any hair, he is ….

5) The child is … and ….

6) An eye consists of …, …, and ….

7) Her hair is not wavy, it is ….

8) She … her hair in chestnut colour.

9) This … girl with … hair has oriental … under thick long eyelashes.

10) The child was ill and often … his nose.

Ex.3. Translate the following sentences into Russian:

1) He caught a cold and was badly sneezing. 2) She used to style her hair at the hairdresser’s. 3) She was as clumsy as can be. 4) Her nose was snub and very funny. 5) Babies are usually fat. 6) A wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse. 7) He winked towards Nicholas with a degree of familiarity. 8) Without even batting an eyelid a rich gentleman lost all his property playing cards. 9) Steve had such a high opinion of his own abilities that he hardly blinked at winning the first prize. 10) Soon you'll leave school and go out into the big wide world. 11) A dog just takes a smell at a missing thing and can easily find it. 12) They don't want inexperienced young things for the job. They want people who have had a smell of powder. 13) In the morning I open the window wide and breathe in deeply. 14) A sense of calm breathed from the landscape. 15) A better fellow does not breathe. 16) Don't worry; I wouldn't breathe a word of your secret. 16) This offer may not be what you desire, but it's not to be sneezed at.

Ex.4. Say what can be: straight, ugly, clear, wavy, curly, bald, fat, stout, snub, aquiline.

Text I

Ex.5. Read and translate the text:

A Visit to the Country

Last summer Nick decided to spend his vacation at his cousin’s who lives in the South of Pridnestrovie. It was at the beginning of July when he left for the village of Sofia. The weather was fantastic and the surroundings were full of greenery. The beauty of the countryside impressed him very much. When meeting his cousin Kate at the railway station he got surprised at her change. It was two years ago when he saw her last. This time he found her rather attractive. Instead of a short and clumsy child, now there was quite a different person in front of him: a tall, slim and graceful young girl. He couldn’t but notice her big blue eyes with long and thick eyelashes and dark eyebrows. Most of all he liked her long, curly and fair hair that shone in the sun. She was the sort of person, who seemed to attract everybody, especially when she smiled.

The aunt’s house wasn’t far from the station, so it didn’t take them long to get there. When they approached the house his aunt greeted him. Nick was happy to see her. He stayed at his aunt Maria’s for two weeks. He had a good opportunity to learn a lot of things about the life on the farm and make new friends.

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