10. Do you have a keen eye? Can you describe your new group-mates from your memory? Describe a person who is sitting behind you without looking at him or her.
Vocabulary page 3 appearance what do they look like?
Age |
Build |
Height |
young middle-aged elderly old in his early 30’s in her late teens in his mid-40’s to bear one’s age well to look younger than …is |
well-built slim overweight skinny plump fat broad-shouldered sort of heavy/thin kind of thin |
about your height (very) tall about average height (rather) short a little taller than you a little shorter than you about … tall
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Hair |
Face |
Distinguishing features |
curly, wavy, straight dark, fair black, blonde, red, grey to wear one’s hair long, short, middle-length bald with braids pony-tail parted on the left/right |
thin, long, round, oval square turned-up nose straight nose double chin pale, sun-tanned dark skinned high forehead full (thin) lips |
beard, mustache scar with freckles with wrinkles to wear glasses well made-up heavily made-up mole, beauty-mark cleanshaven |
Could you please take these books to the Dean’s office for Maria Peterson?
Sure. But I’m afraid I don’t remember what she looks like.
Oh, you can’t miss her. She is about your height, sort of thin, with curly dark hair.
OK, I think I’ll be able to find her.
Thank you very much. I appreciate it.
Vocabulary page 4 personal traits what is he like? what is she like?
11. Do you know these people? Check your answers with the chart below. Match the names of the celebrities with what they do.
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Meryl Streep Donald Trump Celine Dion Tom Hanks Nelson Mandela Bruce Willis Nicole Kidman Nikola Tesla Mel Gibson Kristi Yamaguchi Michael J. Fox Abraham Lincoln Jack Nicholson Albert Einstein Mother Theresa Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Socrates Charles Darwin Ernest Hemingway Michael Caine Björk Guðmundsdóttir Eddie Murphy Nancy Kerrigan |
actor, film director, producer & writer American actor and comedian American actor and musician American actor and producer American actress American figure skater American novelist American Olympic figure skater American president Australian actor and filmmaker Australian actress British actor Canadian singer English naturalist German physicist German poet Greek philosopher Icelandic musician inventor, physicist and engineer missionary nun President of South Africa US actor, writer and director US businessman and TV personality |
12. Some of the people from pp. 16-17 are still alive, some of them lived long ago. Supplementary Reading 1 is description of Personality types. Read through the text and find descriptions of their characters.