- •A person's appearance
- •Introductory text
- •Proverbs
- •Conversations
- •Vocabulary
- •II. Face —Лицо
- •26. Mouth рот
- •19. Resemble быть похожим
- •21. Take after походить на (отца, мать)
- •25. What is somebody like? каков... ?
- •1. Brush щетка
- •I. Substitute the italicized word by another Word that may be used in the following word combinations without changing their meaning.
- •II. Give two or more English equivalents for:
- •III. Use compound adjectives instead of the italicized words. Make all the necessary changes in the sentence.
- •IV. Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs.
- •V. Name the parts of:
- •VI. Give five different adjectives to qualify each of the following:
- •VII. Fill in the blanks with the word best suited to the context from those in brackets.
- •VIII. What do we say when:
- •IX. Explain in English the meaning of the italicized.
- •X. What is the English for:
- •XI. Translate the following into Russian.
- •XII. Read the following extract from "Martin Eden" by Jack London and answer the questions given below.
- •XIII. Answer the following questions.
- •XIV. Pick out from the following text and arrange in columns words and phrases which characterize the person's:
- •XV. Give a detailed description of:
- •XVI. Without translating the extracts give the English equivalents for the italicized words, groups of words or phrases.
- •XVII. Translate the following sentences into English.
- •XVIII. Render the following text in English.
- •XIX. Guided by the following stage directions taken from plays by g. B. Shaw give expanded descriptions of the same personages' appearance.
- •XX. Give a ten-line continuation of the following dialogue,
- •XXI. Make up short dialogues concerning the appearance of:
XI. Translate the following into Russian.
1. His large head was pink, his brown hair thin and dry. His face was boyish in sleep, despite his wrinkles. He was not fat but he was exceedingly well fed, his cheeks were plump and the hand which lay helpless on the blanket was slightly puffy.
Sinclair Lewis
2. My father was of a dark complexion, with a very great forehead and dark hazel eyes, overhung by eyebrows which remained black long after his hair was white. His nose was aquiline, his smile extraordinarily sweet. He was of a rather low stature, not being above five feet seven inches in height; but small as he was, he had a perfect grace and majesty of deportment.
W. M. Thackeray
3. This treasured possession of his life was of medium height and colour, with short, dark-chestnut hair; her wide-apart brown eyes were set in whites so clear that they glinted when they moved, and yet in repose were almost dreamy under very white black-lashed lids, held over them in a sort of suspense. She had a charming profile, and nothing of her father in her face save a decided chin.
J. Galsworthy
XII. Read the following extract from "Martin Eden" by Jack London and answer the questions given below.
He got up and tried to see himself in the dirty looking glass over the wash-stand. He saw the head and face of a young fellow of twenty. Above a square-domed forehead he saw a mop of brown hair, nut-brown, with a wave to it and hints of curls, making hands tingle to stroke it. But he passed it by, and dwelt long and thoughtfully on the high, square forehead. What kind of brain lay behind it?
He wondered if there was soul in those steel-gray eyes that were often quite blue of color * and that were strong with the salty air of the sea. Well, they were honest eyes, he concluded. The brown sunburn of his face surprised him.
His mouth might have been a cherub's ** mouth, had not the full, sensuous lips a trick *** of drawing firmly across the teeth. At times, so tightly did they draw, the mouth became stern and harsh. The chin and jaw were strong and just hinting of square aggressiveness. And between the lips were teeth that were white and strong and regular.
Notes
* color — the American way of spelling the word colour.
** cherub — A legendary being belonging to one of the orders of angels.
*** a trick — In this text trick means habit.
Quest ions
How does Jack London describe: 1) Martin's hair, 2) Martin's eyes, 3) Martin's mouth?
XIII. Answer the following questions.
1. What colour eyes do you like most? 2) What is the difference between a near-sighted person and a longsighted one? 3. How do you wear your hair? 4. What can happen to a person's voice if he shouts too loudly or too long? 5. What complexion do blond people usually have? 6. With which fingers do we hold a pen or a pencil? 7. What does a hairdresser do? 8. What happens to a child's milk teeth? 9.What do we call people who have lost their hair? 10) To what part of the ear are earrings attached? 1.1) What must the appearance of a person deserving to be called well-preserved be like? 12. When do men's cheeks become stubbly? 13. What is the difference between a sunburned and a swarthy face? 14. What kind of gait do old people often have? 15. How does hard manual work affect people's hands?