Try to play the game in your group

Read and translate the text.

Text B. A Game

Read and translate the text.

Of all my relatives, I like my Aunt Tanya the best. She's mother’s youngest sister. She has never married and lives alone in a small village near S-Petersburg. She's in her late fifties, but she's quite young in spirit. She has a fair complexion, thick brown hair that she wears in a bun, and dark brown eyes. She has a kind face and when you meet her, the first thing you notice is her smile. Her face is a little wrinkled now, but I think she is still rather attractive. She is the sort of person you can always go to if you have a problem.

She likes reading and gardening, and she still goes for long walks in the forest to pick berries and mushrooms. She's a very active person. Either she's making something, or mending something, or doing something to entertain herself. She's extremely generous, but not very tolerant with people who don't agree with her, I hope I'm as contented as she when I'm her age.

2. Find in the text phrases describing:

1. Aunt Tanya’s face and body

2. her character

3. her likes and dislikes

4. her habits

3. Tell about one of your relatives or friends using the plan below:

- Physical facts and descriptions

- Character, likes and dislikes, habits

- Your opinions.

Yesterday during our English lesson we played an interesting game. The teacher said that one of us had to think of any person present in the class and the other students by asking questions about this person's appearance had to guess who it was. A girl, named Alice was to begin the game. So she thought of Ann, a tall, well-built, slim, black-haired girl with hazel eyes, a turned-up nose and an oval-shaped face. And then she was showered with questions like these: "Is it she or is it he?" "How is she built?" "Is she tall or short?" "What colour is her hair?" "What colour are her eyes?" "Is her hair short or long?" "Does she wear jewelry?" "Does she use make-up?"

After these questions everybody began looking at Ann. At last came the question: "Is it Ann?" and the group burst out laughing, because they had guessed her long before and only put up a show they could not. Anyhow we liked this game very much.

3. Describe in the group the following situations with help of the words given below:

1.You describe your friend’s appearance.

2. You describe to your neighbour the appearance of a person who has called in his absence.

3. Asked to meet a person whom you do not know, you inquire of the peculiarities of his\her appearance.

4. As a witness of a road accident, you are questioned about the appearance of the person who was at the wheel.

5. You discuss with your friends the appearance of your favourite film stars.

6. You ask the friend who was the person you saw him with at a party and describe the person’s appearance.

7. You discuss with your friend your ideas of man's (woman’s) beauty.

MAN'S APPEARENCE

FIGURE, BUILD tall, short, of medium - height, stooping (сутулый), straight, with broad (square, bent) shoulders); bony, shapeless, well-made, stocky (коренастый)

LEGS long, short, straight, crooked
HANDS large, small

COMPLEXION healthy, unhealthy, sallow (болезненный)
FACE lengthened, round, oval, moustache, beard, temples are short (long, trimmed short)
EYEBROWS long, bushy, straight, curved

HAIR (IS) bald-headed, long, curly, crisp, straight, thin, thick, wavy, fair, dark, red, blonde

EYES round, big, small, narrow, blue, grey

CLOTHING sport, elegant, neat (опрятный)

WOMAN'S APPEARANCE

FIGURE tall, short, of medium - height, straight, stooping, shapely, plump, slim, slender, beautiful, pretty, stout, fat, charming, attractive

NECK long, short

SHOULDERS straight, bent, square

LEGS long, short, shapely, slender

FINGERS long, short, tapering (тонкие и длинные), shapely

FEET small, large

FACE lengthened, round, oval

COMPLEXION fresh, rosy, nice

HAIR (IS) long, short, cut, done, curly, wavy, crisp, straight

EYES large, small, narrow, wide, shining, bright, expressive

EYEBROWS thin, thick, curved

EYELASHES long, thick, dark, black, short

CHEECKS rosy, plump, hollow

TEETH even, white

LIPS plump, thin, thick

CHIN pointed, protruded (выдающийся вперёд)

JEWELRY necklace, earrings, rings, bracelets, chains

MAKE-UP eye shadows, lipstick, nail polish, eyebrows-penciled, plucked (выщипанные), rouge (румяна), mascara

Text C. Mirror, mirror…

Read the text and say what benefits have people with attractive appearance in our society?

Motives: why we look in the mirror

We are all more obsessed with our appearance than we like to admit. Concern about appearance is quite normal and understandable. Attractive people have distinct advantages in our society. Studies show:

· Attractive children are more popular, both with classmates and teachers. Teachers give higher evaluations to the work of attractive children and have higher expectations of them.

· Attractive applicants have a better chance of getting jobs, and of receiving higher salaries. (one US study found that taller men earned around $600 per inch more than shorter executives.)

· In court, attractive people are found guilty less often. When found guilty, they receive less severe sentences.

· The 'bias for beauty' operates in almost all social situations - all experiments show we react more favourably to physically attractive people.

· We also believe in the 'what is beautiful is good' stereotype - an irrational but deep-seated belief that physically attractive people possess other desirable characteristics such as intelligence, competence, social skills, confidence - even moral virtue. (The good fairy/princess is always beautiful; the wicked stepmother is always ugly)

It is not surprising that physical attractiveness is of overwhelming importance to us.

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