Character

JAN. He doesn't like to be a minute late for his lesson. He is not only very clever, but he is also a very hard worker and likes to do everything well. He has rather dark brown hair and good grey eyes. He is not very tall, but he is strong, swims well and is a good footballer.

LUCILLE. Lucille is beautiful, rich and gay. She is tall and slim, with dark eyes and black hair. She goes out to dinner or a dance or a theatre almost every evening and doesn't generally get to bed until very late at night - rather early in the morning. So, she doesn't do very much work.

OLAF. He is a big fellow. He is six foot three tall; he can walk and climb all day and he never feels tired. He is as strong as a horse. He has blue eyes and yellow hair. He doesn't talk much, but be thinks a lot.

PEDRO. He is very handsome, tall and dark and well-dressed. He is rich and clever, too. He does everything well. He is Spanish, but he speaks English and French very well; he goes everywhere and can talk well about almost everything - music, pictures, other countries, literature and life.

FRIEDA. She has brown hair and big grey eyes. She doesn't talk much; she is rather quiet, but is very kind and nice. They all like her. I think that she is pretty, but Jan thinks that she is beautiful.

ROB. He is generally the last one to come, but the first to go away. He is certainly not handsome or hard-working or clever. But he thinks that he is all these. He doesn't like hard work. He doesn't like study. He says that study makes him tired. He isn't polite, and he isn't well-dressed. He doesn't always listen to lessons in class. He isn't quiet, he talks a lot. He is a good eater and a good sleeper. But he is good hearted and loves a joke. He knows a lot of funny stories and he always wants to tell them to you.

Questions

1. How are you built?

2. What colour is your hair?

3. Do you wear long or short hair?

4. What kind of boys (girls) do you like?

5. Whom do you take after in appearance (character)?

6. How does your sister (brother) look like?

7. Can you describe your friend's character?

8. What are the main traits of your character?

UNIT 11.

Clothes words and expressions

everyday clothes shabby clothes smart clothes frock tight skirt loose shirt slacks T-shirt wide trousers apron bathing-suit button (to fasten a button) pocket (hip pocket, inside pocket) single-breasted (double-breasted) coat

dressing-gown belt sleeve boot shoe checkered cotton knitted silk striped glove

Additional words and expressions

to crumple to match to wear spectacles to wear a wrist watch to put on to sew

to suit to wear to have smth. on to fit to press to wear down

to be dressed thinly, lightly, warmly

to change into a woolen pull-over

Your laces have come undone.

I have outgrown my green cotton dress.

Why do you keep to yellow?

Do you think this tie go well with my jacket?

Just see how you have stained your shirt.

Coats are worn, tight-fitting, with inside pockets,

trimmed with fur and double-breasted.