Related Phrases

What does she look like?

• She is young and good-looking, with dark eyes and long red hair.

• He is tall and thin, with brown hair. He is twenty-five years old.

• She is average height, dark-haired, quite thin, and wears glasses. She's about fifty.

• He is old, short, medium-build, with gray hair and a beard.

• She has dark eyes, wavy blond hair, and a nice figure. She looks great.

• He is a handsome middle-aged man. She is a pretty young girl.

How do I look?

• Y ou look good. You look great. You look nice. You look terrible. You look awful.

What is he like?

• He is friendly and dependable. He is interesting and amusing.

• He is smart and honest. He is also pretty humorous. I like him.

• She is careless and lazy. You can't depend on her.

• She is serious, organized, hard-working, and tough.

• He is old, sick, and lonely. She is a nice clever girl.

• His character is terrible. He is hostile and bad-tempered. He doesn't have many friends.

• She is knowledgeable and broad-minded, and she likes to help young people.

Who does he take after, his mother or his father?

• He takes after his father in appearance, but he is like his mother in character.

• He looks like his mother, but he takes after his father in character.

• Like his father, he is tall and handsome.

What does he like?

• He likes ice cream and chocolate. She likes modern music.

What are you interested in? What are you into?

• I am interested in medicine. I'm into computers. I'm a movie fan.

A 1. Read the above family members

d escriptions. Learn the new words & expressions & try to describe the appearance & character of:

• each member of your family;

• your own personality

2 . Answer the following questions:

• Do you like your appearance?

• What kind of appearance would

you like to have?

• Do you have a role model among the celebrities, your relatives or friends?

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B Match these antonyms with the

u nderlined words from the text above:

C Expand the following statements giving

the description of an imaginary person:

• H e looks like a bear.

• She looks like a wild flower.

• She is as ugly as a sin.

• Sue is as pretty as a picture

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D Imagine that you meet your friend

after: a) a disease; b) a span of time;

c) holidays; d) plastic surgery. Dramatize a conversation about him/her.

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E Use your imagination & describe

Cleopatra’s (Nephertiti's) appearance:

• D o you think our perception of the ideal face and figure has changed within centuries? What makes you think so?

• Do you think people's idea of beauty is different in different cultures?

• We know that in France heads held high are called 'les femmes girafe'. But in Burma the women with elongated necks (sometimes up to ten inches long) are thought beautiful. Do you think the idea of beauty will be different in 2500?

A A: Do you want to see my family album?

B: With pleasure.

A: These are my parents. Here they are very young. This is their wedding.

B: You look a lot like your mother. You have the same eyes and smile.

A: You think so? All relatives of my father say that I look a lot like him. We have the same nose. Look: this is my grandma. Here she is 25 years old.

B: What a cutie! It's hard to believe that we will be 70 some day too.

A: I prefer not to think about it.

B: Oh, what a fun picture with your son! I can’t believe he’s so quickly grown!... And who is this attractive guy?

A: This is my brother. He is a sailor. The uniform looks good on him, doesn't it?

B: Very much. And where is he now?

A: He’s sailing on the Mediterranean sea. He’s coming on holiday soon. We’ll have a party to celebrate his arrival. Are you coming?

B: For sure!

B Monday Morning:

David: What’s the matter?

Sue: Oh, I don’t know.

David: Oh, come on… It’s something. What is it?

Sue: It’s just life… it’s so boring.

to each other, such similar personalities… what about the kids? Who will get custody?

L inda: Joint custody, I hear. Apparently it’s all quite amicable – no squabbling over who’ll get the house and stuff. An uncontested divorce with all the details worked out.

Keith: Boy, that’s a change from all the back-stabbing you usually hear about… I just can’t believe it –

Marcia and Harold! The perfect

David: Oh, it’s not so bad… you’ve got Daniel!

Sue: but he’s only a baby! It’s all right for you. You’ll leave the house in five minutes. I’ll be here all day. When you’ll come home? You won’t come home till seven!

David: One of us must go to work, dear.

Sue: But your day’ll be interesting. My day’ll be the same as every day.

David: My work isn’t always interesting.

Sue: I know, but you travel around, you meet different people and you do different things. Who’ll I meet today? What’ll I do? Eh? I’ll wash up, feed the baby, do the washing, clean the house, bath the baby, take the dog for a walk…

David: But…but…dear.

Sue: Then I’ll go to the supermarket, prepare dinner, meet you at the station, have dinner, wash up again…

David: But…but…dear.

Sue: Then I’ll feed the baby again, put the baby to bed… What a life! Today, tomorrow, this week, next week, this month, next month, next year…for ever!

David: It’s just Monday, dear…you’ll be OK later.

Sue: Will I?

C The Perfect Couple

Linda: Keith, you’ll never believe what’s happened!

Keith: What do you mean?

Linda: Marcia and Harold are getting divorced.

Keith: You’re kidding! When? What happened?

Linda: Well, I don’t really know, but I heard through the grapevine that they’ve been quietly separated for two months already and are filing for divorce. Supposedly they’re still on speaking terms.

Keith: That’s really surprising – I always thought that they were so well suited

couple… When will the divorce be final?

Linda: Early in the new year, I guess.

Keith: It just shows how little you know about what goes on in people’s lives, doesn’t it?

• Read & translate the above dialogues. Explain the underlined expressions.

• Act dialogue on any related to family theme situation.