Vocabulary and Speech Exercises

Ex.6. Find in the text synonyms for the following words:

Holiday, start, wonderful, village, before, high, to observe, fortnight, glad, to come to, blond, kind, amazed, to find out, to enjoy, chance

Ex.7. Find in the text antonyms for the following words:

Winter, to die, end, dull, empty, first, ugly, behind, short, straight, cry, near, sad, little, parting, thin, light, a few, death, bad, small

Ex.8. Answer the questions on the text:

1) Where did Nick decide to spend his holiday?

2) Where does Nick’s cousin live?

3) What was the weather like?

4) What impressed Nick very much?

5) Why was he surprised when meeting his cousin?

6) When did Nick see his cousin last?

7) Who was he met at the station by?

8) How much time did it take him to get to his aunt’s house? Why?

9) What did his aunt do when he approached the house?

10) How long did he stay there?

11) What did Nick learn about?

Ex.9. Ask questions referring Kate’s appearance.

Ex.10. Describe Kate’s appearance.

Word Guide

Ex.11. Say what it means:

1. I couldn’t face it; 2. My ears are burning; 3. He was up to his ears in love with her. 4. He had no reason to lose face.

Ex.12. Translate the following sentences into Russian.

1. “It was way too short for me, the couch, but I really could've slept standing up without batting an eyelash.” (J. Salinger, ‘The Catcher in the Rye’) 2. “Look here, my dear, I'm up to the eyebrows this morning. Come back on Monday week...” (K. Mansfield, ‘Bliss’, ‘Pictures’) 3. “By George, what presence of mind you showed. I went hot and cold all over, and you never batted an eyelash.” (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Constant Wife’)

Ex.13. Explain the proverbs and sayings:

1) Mother’s eye sees more than ten of the servants. 2) To cry with one eye and laugh with the other. 3) Face is the index of the heart (mind). 4) Face to face, the truth comes out. 5) He who has no head needs no hat. 6) Heart thinks, what the tongue speaks. 7) Hearts may agree, though heads differ.

Ex.14. Guess what it is:

- What has a neck but no throat?

- It lives alone between two bright stars.

Grammar

Ex.15. Find in the text sentences with the Possessive case.

Ex.16. Compose your own examples using the Possessive Case.

Grammar: THE POSSESSIVE CASE

ANALYTICAL POSSESSIVE CASE	SYHTHETICAL POSSESSIVE CASE
of	‘s;’
1. The face of my granny is wrinkled.	My granny’s face is wrinkled
2. The forehead of my dad is high.	My dad’s forehead is high.
3. The eyes of the girl dance and twinkle.	The girl’s eyes dance and twinkle.

Ex.17. Change the SPC into APC:

1) How do you like my mother’s appearance?

2) His cousin’s eyes are of a deeper blue.

3) Princess’s face was of a rare beauty.

4) Everybody likes Moldova’s nature.

5) My sister’s fair hair shone in the sun.

6) The girl’s figure was slim and graceful.

7) Tom and Mary’s twins are clumsy and pretty.

Ex.18. Compose a dialogue on the topic Appearance using the Possessive Case.

Ex.19. Describe any of your group mates using the Possessive case and let others guess who the person is.

Ex.20. Write the missing letters:

. gl., a... l.. e, w.. k,. n... e, s.... g. t, s..., с.... y, g.. с... l, b.. a.. у

Ex.21. Choose and write the rhyming twin to each of the words:

Breathe, nose, keep, fat, blink, I, flat, sneeze, cut, wink, eye, deep, but, close.

Ex.22. Describe in writing the appearance of a famous singer you like best.

Believe it or not

- The Paraya Indians of the Amazon Valley can speak without moving their lips. Sounds are formed with the help of the tongue and go through the nose instead of the mouth.

- The men and women of this tribe speak two different dialects and understand each other with a great difficulty.

Section V

Vocabulary and Pre-reading Work

Ex.1. Read, guess the meaning and learn the following words:

Nouns: arm, forearm, armpit, elbow, wrist, palm, thumb, index/fore-finger, middle-finger, ring-finger, little finger, nail, knuckles, fist

Verbs: to wave, to bend (bent – bent), to push, to pull, to touch, to pile, to pat, to pet, to mould, to embrace, to caress, to hit (hit – hit); to strike (struck – struck).

Adjectives: rough, showy, handsome, haughty, previous, joyous, slight

Ex.2. Read and transcribe the words:

Preserved, naïve, haughty, fierce, quite, mild, guest, joyous, noise, afterwards, rather, personage, shone, straight, equal, intolerable, stature.

Ex.3. Guess the meanings of the following words. Consult the Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

Naïve, to conduct, arrogant, evidently, delicate, to arrange, figure, gentle, to complete

Ex.4. Match the words with their definitions:

1) to pile	a) to put one’s arms around somebody
2) haughty	b) to touch somebody gently or lovingly
3) to mould	c) to touch somebody lightly with a hand held flat, not smooth
4) to pat/pet/stroke	d) to make something into a particular shape
5) rough	e) to put together books
6) to caress	f) arrogant
7) to embrace	g) not smooth; absence of good manners or arrogant

Ex.5. Translate the sentences paying attention to the underlined words:

1) She touched the keyboard with her long delicate fingers.

2) He had a back-ache and it was difficult for him to bend.

3) Angelina Jolie has got a slight figure.

4) The joyous crowd waved good-bye to us.

5) When fighting, boys usually hit/strike each other.

6) A handsome person can be either a man or a woman.

7) He said the guests had arrived the previous night.

8) When entering the room we pull the door, and we push it when getting out.

Ex.6. Enumerate the parts of an arm and hand.

Word Guide

Ex.7. Find equivalents to the following idioms in Russian:

- to walk arm in arm with someone;

- to elbow one’s way;

- to look through the fingers;

- to fight tooth and nail;

- not to lift (stir/raise) a finger;

- one hand washes another;

- to have butter fingers;

- one shoulder of mutton draws down another;

Ex.8. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1) All of them, at some point in their careers, had walked arm in arm with the harsh political realities of their time, and so each respected the other's islands of reticence and responsibility. (M. Wilson, ‘Meeting at a Far Meridian’)

2) All business is you do something for me, I'll do something for you. One hand washes the other. (J. O'Hara, ‘A Rage to Live’)

3) She elbows her way into the best social circles.

4) It's her mania – getting stout; she fights it tooth and nail. (J. Galsworthy, ‘Maid in Waiting’)

5) "Now tell me, all of you, which of you will lift a finger to save Joan once the English have got her?"

(B. Shaw, ‘Saint Joan’)

6) They redoubled their attentions towards Louise. They would not let her stir a finger... (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘The Vessel of Wrath’)

7) (Norah drops a cup and breaks it, and as this happens Gertie comes in.) Gertie: "Butter fingers." Norah: "I'm so sorry." (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Land of Promise’)

8) I am sure if you were to go there, you would cut and come again – one shoulder of mutton drives down another. (E. Bulwer-Lytton, ‘Pelham’)

Ex.9. Read the following text. Find as many idioms in it as you can.

Our head, Mr Body, is six feet tall, he's always on his toes and has a heart of gold. He has a finger in every pie, and a chip on his shoulder. He doesn't stand for any cheek, so we don't give him any lip and we don't talk back.

Mr Body knows when we are pulling his leg and he says “Hold your tongue, just knuckle under and toe the line. I want no underhand tricks here.” He says our new school cost him an arm and a leg to build he had to fight for it tooth and nail. Mr Body says he shoulders the burden of responsibility. He ends up doing the work of our people that must make him a forehead.

Ex.10. Compose your own sentences with the idioms given above.

Text II

Ex.11. Read and translate the text.

Mr. Rochester’s Visitors

It was a mild, quiet spring day – one of those at the end of March and beginning of April. The guests were expected to arrive on Thursday afternoon. All work had been completed the pervious evening; carpets were laid down, toilet tables arranged, furniture dusted, flowers piled in vases: both sitting-rooms and halls looked as fresh and bright as hands could make them.

Thursday afternoon arrived; Mrs. Fairfax put on her best black satin dress, her gloves, and her gold watch for it was her duty to receive the company, to conduct the ladies to their rooms and halls.

A joyous noise was now heard in the hall. There were but eight people; yet somehow, as they entered, they gave the impression of a much larger number. Some of them were very tall; many were dressed in white. I knew their names afterwards, and may as well mention them now.

First there was Mrs. Eshton and two of her daughters. She had evidently been a handsome woman, and still was well preserved. Of her daughters, the eldest, Amy, was rather little, naïve, and childlike in face and manner, wearing her white thin cotton dress. The second, Louisa, was taller and more elegant in figure, with a very pretty face. Both sisters were fair as lilies.

Lady Lynn was a large and stout personage of about 40, very straight, very haughty-looking, richly dressed in a satin dress; her dark hair shone brightly.

Mrs. Colonel Dent was less showy; but I thought, more lady-like. She had a slight figure, a pale, gentle face, and fair hair.

But the three most distinguished – partly, perhaps, because the tallest figures of the company – were the Dowger Lady Ingram and her daughters Blanche and Mary. Lady Ingram could be between 40 and 50: her figure was still fine; her hair (by candle light at least) was still black; her teeth, too, were still evidently perfect. Most people would have called her a splendid woman of her age and so she was. She had Roman features and a double chin. She had also a fierce and a hard eye; she swallowed her words in speaking; her voice was deep, very intolerable, in short.

Blanche and Mary were of equal stature, straight and tall as poplars. Mary was too slim for her height, but Blanche was moulded like a Diana.

(From Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855))

Ex.12. Find in the text synonyms for the following words:

Silent, finish, before, living-room, light, come, clock, woman, lady, people, pretty, slender, beautiful, fat, obviously, blond(e), excellent

Ex.13. Find in the text antonyms for the following words:

Noisy, severe, depart, dark, sad, little, few, beforehand, to take off, thin, crooked, modest, worst, poorly, last

Ex.14. Put the following sentences from the text in the proper order:

a) Blanche and Mary were of equal stature.

b) Mrs. Colonel Dent was less showy.

c) I knew their names afterwards.

d) Lady Ingram could be between 40 and 50.

e) There were but eight people.

f) It was a mild, quiet spring day.

g) Thursday afternoon arrived.

Ex.15. Answer the questions on the text:

1) Where and when did the events in the text take place?

2) When were the guests expected to arrive?

3) What work was completed before the arrival of guests?

4) What were Mrs. Fairfax’s duties?

5) How did she look like on that day?

6) How many people were there in the hall?

7) What are Amy and Louisa compared with?

8) Who was less showy but more lady-like?

9) What personage was large, stout, very straight and very haughty-looking?

10) Whose figures of the company were the tallest?

11) Who had Roman features?

12) Who was straight and tall as a poplar?

Ex.16. Make up short dialogues on women’s appearances using the text vocabulary.

Ex.17. Give the description of each person in the text: Mrs. Fairfax, Mrs. Eshton, Amy, Louisa, Lady Lynn, Blanche, Mary, Dowger Lady Ingram, Mrs. Colonel Dent.

Ex.18. Write a brief summary of the text.

Grammar

Ex.19. Find in the text “Mr. Rochester’s Visitors” all the sentences in the Passive Voice and read them.

Ex.20. Determine the Degrees of comparison of the adjectives from the text:

pretty, more elegant, the tallest, larger, showy, taller.

Ex.21. Find in the text more adjectives and give their degrees of comparison.

Ex.22. Fill in prepositions: in, on, of, with, for, at. Some prepositions can be used more than once.

Mr. Eshton, the magistrate … the district, is gentleman-like: his hair is quite white, his eyebrows and whiskers still dark. I wish to think only … the work I have … my hands. And he, holding my hand and looking down … my face, admired me … eyes that revealed a heart full … eager to overflow. I had no sympathy … for their appearance. … a moment they stood grouped together … the other extremity … the gallery.

Ex.23. Ask all types of questions to the sentence:

Mr.Motshill opened doors first by kicking with the toe and then pushing with the shoulder.

Ex.24. Use the Passive Voice in the sentences below:

1) Last Friday Tom the cat scratched Nick’s hands very badly. 2) Mother usually embraces and kisses Nelly when she gets excellent marks at school. 3) We shall need more helping hands to complete the job on time. 4) The doctor can treat Peter’s broken hand. 5) Children must wash their hands before each of the meals.

Ex.25. Write the missing letters in the words.

Sh..l..r, w…t, f..e..m,.r.p.t, th…, e…w,..d.x, n..l.

Ex.26. Simplify the sentences below preserving the original meaning:

1) It was a mild, quiet spring day – one of those at the end of March and beginning of April.

2) But the three most distinguished – partly, perhaps, because the tallest figures of the company – were the Dowger Lady Ingram and her daughters Blanche and Mary.

Ex.27. Retell the text “Mr. Rochester’s Visitors”.

Ex.28. Say what it means:

- to turn somebody round one’s finger;

- to carry fire in one hand and water in the other.

Ex.29. Guess:

- What kind of teeth cannot bite?

- Without it you couldn’t say a word.

Ex.30. Explain the proverbs:

1) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

2) Clothes do not make the man.

Believe it or not

- Of course, there never lived a more unhappy young woman than the woman from Frankfurt in Germany who had two tongues but could not speak a word.

- Joseph de Mai was born with two hearts. He lived in the nineteenth century in Naples.

Section VI

Word Guide

Ex.1. Read and the word combinations and set expressions with the names of body parts:

To be in two minds – колебаться, находиться в нерешительности

To take the words out of somebody’s mouth – предвосхитить чьи-либо слова

Old hand – опытный человек

To go in one ear and out the other – в одно ухо вошло, в другое вышло

Something slipped my mind – забыть

Two heads are better than one – две головы лучше чем одна

To catch the eye – попасться на глаза

My heart isn’t in it – сердце не лежит к чему-либо

To have a leg to stand on – иметь основание, почву

To put your feet up – расслабиться

To do something with your eyes shut – легко с чем-либо справиться

To rack one’s brain – ломать голову

Within a hair’s breadth – на волосок от чего-либо

Something is written all over one’s face – у него на лице все написано

To keep up appearances – делать вид, что ничего не случилось

To keep one’s chin up – не падать духом

Ex.2. The idioms given in the exercise are all connected with parts of body. Fill the gaps in the sentences with words denoting parts of body. Translate the idioms into Russian. Compose your situations to justify their use.

E.x. The driver that overtook us needs his head examined.

1) They were in two … whether to get married.

2) I was just going to say that – you took the words out of my ….

3) Ask someone who’s been working here for years – one of the old ….

4) Anything you say to them goes in one … and out the other.

5) I’m sorry I haven’t made that phone call, it slipped my ….

6) If there’s a problem to solve, two … are better than one.

7) I tried to catch the waiter’s … but he didn’t look my way.

8) I used to enjoy keeping fit but no my … isn’t in it.

9) What he did was quite unjustified – he hasn’t got a … to stand on.

10) When you’ve finished this work you’ll be able to put your … up.

11) Windsurfing looks so easy – I could do it with my … shut.

12) I’ve racked my … but I can’t remember his name.

13) She was within a …’s breadth of winning.

14) You could see he was guilty. It was written all over his …..

Discussion Points

Ex.3. Read these interesting facts and express your opinion about them:

1) University professors often give good-looking girls better marks in exams; male students tend to overestimate the intellectual qualities of pretty female students.

2) Attractive people are seen by others as having a better personality, higher status, more likelihood of getting married, and being happier.

3) Beautiful girls rarely become scientists; they tend to choose subjects such as languages, law and medicine.

4) Women who have beautiful bodies often have less self-confidence – they worry too much about keeping their body perfect.

5) Short men are less likely to get jobs than tall men and they receive lower starting salaries. In US presidential elections, the taller candidate nearly always wins. There may even be a connection between height and intelligence, as it seems that the same genes are involved in both aspects.

Ex.4. Guess the following riddles:

1) What, by losing an eye, has nothing left but a nose?

2) Why can’t your nose be 12 inches long?

3) What contains more feet in winter than in summer?

4) What has a hand, but can’t scratch itself?

5) Why does a man’s hair usually turn grey sooner than his moustache?

6) What is it which never uses its teeth for eating?

Skim Reading Work

Ex.5. Read the text which describes Mona Lisa’s personality on the basis of her facial features.

Text III

There is an endless speculation as to who Mona Lisa was and what her character might have been. It has even been suggested that the lady with the enigmatic smile could be a self-portrait of the artist Leonardo Da Vinci dressed as a woman. Her smile is the most famous in the world. it is a slightly crooked smile because it is stronger on her left (on the right of the painting). The smile suggest that she told lies and traded insults whenever it best suited her or when she lost her temper, which probably occurred frequently.

The hint of a smile playing around those much-admired lips and the distinct glint in her eyes attest to her fun-loving ways and a bawdy sense of humour. But the fact that these lips are “bloodless” warns the face watcher of her callousness.

If you examine her lips in the portrait, which hangs in the Louvre in Paris, you will notice a small mole on her top lip. A mole anywhere on the lips or immediately above the corners of the mouth signals indigestion and flatulence. Whatever embarrassment this might have caused it does not detract from the appeal of her pretty, elongated rosebud mouth, a shape which normally testifies to a romantic, dreamy lover.

Mona Lisa holds her head and face straight and as erect as a pillar, her steady and unflinching gaze affirming her dominant personality and worldly ways. She was probably a woman of high status, a gifted abstract thinker, and would therefore in modern times be considered eminently employable.

It would appear from the angle of her jaw that it “dropped” straight and below the ears. Mona Lisa’s jaw suggests that she would have been very successful in a sales career, or in publicity, public relations or in the hotel or travel industry. Moreover, a deep, smoothly rounded jaw such as hers exhibits firmness and optimism, but the beginnings of flab developing below the chin together with those plump cheeks, disclose her fondness for pasta, rich Italian food, and the local, full-bodied Italian wines. Yes, she was definitely greedy.

No face reading can be complete without a thorough study of ears, which in her case are hidden.

That she was spendthrift is evident from her nostrils, for nostrils which are visible when the face is viewed full-on, indicate their owner has a scant understanding of money, and so she should not have been given the control of the family (or company’s) budget. The nostrils, moreover, are narrow and the sides of her nose are flat, both features pointing to a rather untidy woman, who probably dropped her clothes, shoes, hairnets (in the portrait she wears one that flattens the top of her head) all over the parquet floor in the bedroom of a townhouse or palace near to Leonardo’s hometown of Vinci, between Pisa and Florence, in Tuscany.

Because the hairnet sweeps the hair off her forehead, we can see how smoothly rounded and curved her hairline grows. This type of perfectly rounded hairline spells out a clear message: Mona Lisa was fickle, an “unreliable” friend. Her forehead is longer and wider than the part of the face known as the low zone, which consists of the area between the nose tip and the jaw-line. This facial trait tells us that she had an IQ above average, that she was a fast learner, but being impractical and not wanting to spoil her elegant hands, she would not have been able to mend a broken vase or set a mousetrap.

A nose that is straight, long, thin and with a high bridge in addition to Mona Lisa’s peculiar type of nostrils generally belongs to a witty and engaging conversationalist, but one who is impatient with those unable to keep up with the wide range of topics discussed.

A final word about her eyes: very few of us have identically-shaped eyes, but she is an exception. The eyes are narrow and elliptical, signaling jealousy, and if she suspected that another woman was after her lover (or husband), she would punish the enemy by any means, foul or fair. Mona Lisa was most definitely a sneak, but one who needed at least nine hours’ sleep every night, judging by the puffy eyelids which are clearly shown in the Leonardo portrait.

Ex.6. Write out from the text words of parts of body.

Ex.7. Provide definitions for the following words and phrases from the text. Use them in sentences of your own.

Callousness, mole, unflinching gaze, flab, dominant personality, spendthrift, enigmatic, greedy, engaging conversationalist, bawdy.

Ex.8. Fill in this chart according to the text. Summarize the text with the help of this chart.

Facial feature	Its meaning
1) Slightly crooked smile	Ability to tell lies

Ex.9. Look at the meanings of facial features above. Divide them into positive and negative qualities. Note down those character traits that attract you and those that put you off. Do you agree with this analyses of Mona Lisa’s personality?

Writing

Ex.10. Give the description of Mona Lisa’s appearance.

Ex.11. Choose one of the writing tasks below.

1) Choose a photo or a picture of a person and use it to write a description of about 200 words of the person in the same way as in the passage on Mona Lisa.

2) Write a letter of approximately 200 words to the author of the passage on Mona Lisa saying what you think of this interpretation of Mona Lisa’s character and why.

Discussion points:

1) Do you find Mona Lisa’s face attractive?

2) Do you think the idea of an attractive face has changed through the centuries?

3) How do you make your initial judgments of people? What things do you listen or look for?

4) Do you agree that people form 90% of their opinion of someone in the first 90 seconds?

5) Try to remember the moment when you first met your fellow students. What were your first impressions? Has your opinion changed?

6) What would your first impressions be if you met these people:

- A man who wears an earring in one ear.

- A woman with an earring in her nose.

- A man with a beard or moustache.

- A woman who wears heavy makeup.

- A 60-year old man with long hair.

- Someone who wears lots of jewelry.

- Someone who’s always laughing.

- Someone who bites their nails.

- Someone with red hair.

- Someone who has tattoos.

- A young lady with piercing in her nose, lips and ears.

Ex.12. Read and translate the poem. Express the main ideas of it.

Appearance

We place much on appearance.

Less on what it conceals.

Does a beautiful face

In equal measure a heart reveal?

And those with beautiful hearts,

Encased within life’s

Less than idyllic form.

A no lesser gift indeed!

By appearance and a shallow wanting

We so easily can be deceived!

Willis Martyn

Ex.13. Read and retell the following joke.

A Joke

A young man walking in the street saw a girl in front of him whose figure seemed very beautiful to him. He ran forward to look at her face, and it was beautiful too.

“I have fallen in love with you,” the young man cried. “Let me kiss your hand. I want to hold your hand forever. I want to marry you.”

“Wait!” the young woman answered. “Go and look at my sister. She is walking there in front of us, and she is more beautiful than I am.”

The young man immediately ran to look at the other woman. But finding her old and not beautiful at all, he ran back to the girl. “You didn’t tell me the truth!” he said. “Aren’t you ashamed to tell lies?”

“And aren’t you ashamed to use the word ‘truth’?” the girl answered. “You said you loved me, but you were quite ready to run to any woman you thought was more beautiful. You don’t know what love is. I’ll never marry such a man!” And she turned and walked away from him.

Ex.14. Read and translate the quotation. Do you agree with it? Why / why not?

“It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.”

Ex.15. Comment on the quotations of the lesson. What message does each of them convey to the reader?

Section VII

Text IV

Reading for Detail

Ex.1. Since ancient time people liked decorating their bodies. Read the text about the reasons of this.

Why Do People Decorate Their Bodies?

1. People decorate their bodies for many reasons. They also decorate in different ways. Some groups of people have decorated their bodies for thousands of years. Other people want to look attractive. Other people want to belong to a group.

2. Some people decorate their lips, ears, and neck to be beautiful. For example, in Africa, the Surmese women wear a plate in their bottom lip. How do they do this? First, a mother makes a hole in her daughters bottom lip. Then she stretches the lip. Then she puts a small plate in it. As the daughter gets older, she puts in bigger and bigger plates. Other people in Africa put plates in their ears. They want the bottom of their ears to hang to their shoulders.

3. The Pa Daung women in Myanmar are called "giraffe women." They have very long necks, like giraffes. The women wear metal rings to stretch their necks. They wear more rings as they get older. Their necks become longer. Their necks are sometimes two or three times the normal size. Some women die if they take off the rings.

4. People also decorate their teeth to be beautiful. Many Americans and Europeans like white, straight teeth. They spend a lot of money to fix and clean their teeth. This is not true in other parts of the world. In east Africa, some people pull out their bottom teeth. They want their top teeth to stick out. In some parts of Asia, women used to paint their teeth black to look beautiful. Today, young people do not do this. In Indonesia, boys and girls file their teeth. A person with filed teeth will have a good and healthy life.

5. People around the world always liked tattoos. Europeans learned about tattoos around 1770. A famous English explorer named Captain Cook went to Tahiti. He saw people there with tattoos. The Tahitians called the decoration tattoos. From this, we get the word tattoo. The Tahitians taught Cook and his sailors how to make tattoos. The sailors returned to England, and other people liked their tattoos. Soon tattoos spread to the rest of Europe. Many sailors still have tattoos.

5. Today, many different types of people have tattoos. For some people, body decorations are attractive. For other people, they are strange.

Vocabulary and Speech Exercise

Ex.2. Write the correct words in the blanks

Attractive, normal, returned, straight, lips, stretches, spread

1) The women's necks are longer than the usual size. They are longer than the … size.

2) In Africa, a group of women like plates in their …. The plate is on the outside edge of the mouth.

3) Some women decorate their bodies to be beautiful. They want to be ….

4) The sailors went back to their home. They … home.

5) Her teeth are …. They do not bend or curve. They are like a line.

6) The mother pulls her daughter’s lip. She wants the lip to be bigger and longer. She … it.

7) People all over Europe learned about tattoos. Tattoos … from England to Europe.

Ex.3. Words that go together. Write the correct words in the blanks:

Pull out, belong to, puts in, stick out, take off

1) Many people want to … a group. They want to be together with other people.

2) Their teeth come out far from their face. The teeth ….

3) Why do some people remove their teeth? Why do they … their teeth?

4) The woman adds a small plate to her lip. She … a plate.

5) The woman is wearing neck rings. She wants to remove them. She will … the rings.

Ex.4. Work with a partner to answer the questions. Use complete sentences:

1) What do many women put on their lips?

2) What part of your body do you stretch?

3) What time do you return home after university?

4) What kind of food is in a normal breakfast for you?

5) What group do you belong to?

6) What body decoration looks attractive on many people?

Ex.5. Circle the letter of the correct answer.

1)In Africa, they decorate their lips and ears to show they are …. (a. old; b. beautiful; c. rich)

2) Sailors learned about tattoos in …. (a. England; b. Europe; c. Tahiti)

3) Today, many different people …. (a. want black teeth; b. have tattoos; c. go to Tahiti)

Ex.6. Reread the passage and answer the questions:

1) What do some women in Africa put in their earlobes?

2) Why are the Pa Daung women called "giraffe women"?

3) Where do some people pull out their bottom teeth?

4) What color did some women paint their teeth in Asia?

5) Who was Captain Cook?

6) Where did Captain Cook see tattoos?

Ex.7. Match the words in Column A and Column B to make sentences:

A B

1) Many Americans and Europeans like a) their teeth black

2) Some women in Myanmar stretch b) their bodies for many reasons

3) Some women in Asia painted c) belong to a group

4) People decorate d) white teeth

5) Some young people have tattoos to e) the rest of Europe

6) Tattoos spread to f) their necks

Dictation

Ex.8. Work with a partner. Read three sentences from the exercise above. Your partner listens and writes the sentences. Then your partner reads three sentences and you write them.

Discussion

Ex.9. Discuss the answers to these questions with your group-mates:

1) What body decoration is popular in your country?

2) What body decoration do you want to have?

3) What are other ways to decorate the body?

Writing

Ex.10. Complete the sentences about body decoration:

Example: People decorate their bodies to be attractive.

1. In Africa, some women ….

2. In Myanmar, some women ….

3. In Asia, some women ….

4. In east Africa, some people ….

5. Some people get tattoos ….

Spelling and punctuation

Ex.11. Plurals: Nouns ending in –o

Some singular nouns end in -o. Look at the letter before the -o.

If the letter is a vowel, add -s: tattoo – tattoos, radio – radios. If the letter is a consonant, add -es: echo – echoes. Some words have special rules: piano – pianos, solo – solos, kilo – kilos, halo – halos.

Ex.12. Find the correctly spelled word in each group. You may use a dictionary.

1) potatoes - potatos 3) patios - patioes

2) radioes - radios 4) rodeos - rodeoes

Ex.13. Find the misspelled words. Write the correct words:

1) His hair is very red. It looks like tomatos. 2) He probably uses special shampooes. 3) The lead singer of the group has tattooes. 4) He likes to sing soloes. 5) The group has many videoes. 6) The group goes to different studioes to record. 7) They put on kiloes of makeup. 8) They bring their own pianoes with them. 9) I love their songs. The songs have echos. 10) They have crazy hair, but they are my heros.

Listening

Ex.14. Do the following tasks.

1) What are your favourite musicians / bands?

2) Describe their style and appearance. Why do you like them?

3) Listen to the recording and answer the questions (Speaking Extra 8.3 “Star quality” page 56, track 17)

a) What are Pete and Marty’s jobs?

b) What is Marty’s problem?

c) How many people does Pete recommend?

d) Why are they not suitable?

Section VIII

Text V

Reading for Detail

Ex.1. Some people are dissatisfied with their body image and have cosmetic surgery. Read what men think of it.

What do Men really Think of Cosmetic surgery?

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