Concussion

Eyestrain

Bloodshot eyes

5. a headache or migraine

6. toothache, sore gums or

7. an ulcer in the mouth

8. a running nose or

9. a blocked-up nose

10. a black eye, swollen lips and

11. a nosebleed

12. feeling giddy or dizzy

from swimming underwater a lot

from diving headfirst into an empty pool

from eating too many sweets

after that early morning swim

from watching the Wimbledon doubles final

after refusing to leave the night-club

from trying to read in the dark

from staying too long in the disco

from shouting too much at the football match

from dancing too many Viennese waltzes

Translate the following into Russian

I had a pretty bad week myself last week. On Monday, I singed my eyebrows while trying to light the gas-cooker. On Tuesday, I grazed my chin and scratched my cheek on a revolving door. On Wednesday, I banged my head when I walked into a door. On Thursday, I chipped one of my front teeth when I fell on the ice. On Friday, I knocked the other front tooth out when I fell on the ice again. On Sunday, I scalded my face with my shaving water, split my lip open eating one of my wife’s rock-cakes, came out in a rash because of something I’d eaten and had earache for some reason or other.

Exercise 6. Write a short police “Wanted” notice regarding one of the ‘criminals’ in your class. Draw an accompanying picture if you can. Look at the examples below.

Exercise 7. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs.

1. She wore her hair parted … the middle and done … a knot. 2. Whenever she laughed or smiled two pretty dimples appeared … her cheeks. 3. I did not like the sad expression … the child’s face. 4. Stick … your tongue, please. I want to see if it is furred. 5. They spoke … very loud voices and I could not help hearing every single word. 6. Do you want me to part you hair … the left side? 7. When the boy was four years old his parents discovered that he had a good ear … music as he would sing quite difficult tunes … ear. 8. Her manner of talking reminds me … her father. 9. Two years ago she had to stand … tiptoe to reach the door bell. 10. The baby lay quietly … his nurse’s arms. 11. Your uncle looks young … his age, one would not give him more than fifty. 12. Why must you shout, can’t you talk … a whisper? 13. The father wanted his little daughter to take … her mother. 14. You look fine and it seems to me that you have put … weight.

Exercise 8. Name parts of:

1) an eye; 2) a foot: 3) a hand; 4) a nose; 5) an arm; 6) a face.

Exercise 9. Find antonyms of the following words and word combinations.

1. fair hair; 2. unshaven cheeks; 3. rough skin; 4. plump cheeks; 5. regular features; 6. dark complexion; 7. even teeth; 8. stout figure; 9. narrow-shouldered; 10. a fat man; 11. small features; 12. plump lips; 13. rosy cheeks; 14. broad forehead; 15. wide-set eyes; 16. compressed lips; 17. curving eyelashes; 18. a brunette; 19. high forehead; 20. straight hair; 21. tightly-set teeth; 22. luxuriant hair; 23. a hump-backed person; 24. in bad voice; 25. heavy gait; 26. a tall man; 27. bony fingers; 28. ugly face; 29. long-sighted; 30. protruding chin; 31. Dishevelled hair; 32. groomed hands; 33. weak constitution; 34. firm steps; 35. in a whisper.

Exercise 10. Translate into Russian. Notice the different description of hair in the two life stories below. Then translate the advertisements.

HIM			HER
thick (jet) black hair	at birth		a few mousy strands
curly brown hair	aged 3		hair in bunches fastened with slides, grips,and ribbons
a crew cut – an early skinhead	at 13		hair in plaits, otherwise completely straight
long sideboards, spikey	at 16		in a bun
shoulder-lengthhair	at 19		back-combed, with a ponytail
wavy, swept back,with a side parting	at 23		January: she’s a blonde; March: she’s a brunette; May: she’s a redhead(she’s got auburnhair); July: she’s ash-blonde; October: she’s dyedit pink
neat stylewith a fringe	at 28		frizzy, slightly streaked
a few grey hairs	at 35		combed forward, a few highlights
his hair’s receding	at 40		she’s greying
distinguished, but he’s balding	at 45		her hair’s thinning, so she’s experimenting with a wig
he’s trying a toupee	at 50		her hair’s going whitefast
completely bald	at 55		the wig’s matted, so she has a blue rinse

Exercise 11. Make sentences according to the following models. Use the adjectives given below.

Model A: Ann’s hair is curlier than June’s.

Model B: My friend is as pretty as her sister.

Model C: John is not so (as) tall as his brother.

Good-looking; handsome; plain; soft; plump; pleasant; rough; slender; ugly; thin; stout; charming; thick; beautiful; curly; long; hollow; fat; gloomy; freckled; swarthy; tanned, fresh.

Exercise 12. There are a lot of compound adjectives in English. Here are some common ones which are formed from parts of the body. For example, heart gives us warm-hearted, kind-hearted, hard-hearted etc. Look at the list of similar compound adjectives below and guess what they mean. Then read sentences 1-10. Complete each sentence with the appropriate adjective(s).

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