II. Express the height of these people in metres and centimetres:

^{1. He’s 5 ft 7 tall. 2. He’s 6 ft 3 tall. 3 He is 4 ft 7 tall.}

III. Answer the questions:

^{1. What is your height? ( in centimetres/ in feet) 2. How tall is your friend? Is he shorter or taller than you? How many centimetres/ inches shorter or taller is he ? 3. Do you know many people who are below or above average height? 4. Who is the shortest/tallest person you know? How tall are they exactly? 5. How do you feel about your height? Would you like to be shorter or taller? Why? 6.Do you think it is good to be below/above average height? Give reasons.}

IV. Read the short conversations and match the phrases in bold type with the meanings below.

1. ^{Disapproval 2.Surprise 3.Disagreement (2) 4. Expressing your view}

1. ^{- Who is your favourite actor?}

• ^{Robert Pattinson.}

• ^{Oh, what do you see in him? He’s so thin and frail.}

• ^{I wouldn’t say that. In my opinion, he’s quite well-built.}

• ^{You are joking!}

2. ^{- Have you heard of Rene Zelveger?}

• ^{That plump girl with chubby cheeks?}

• ^{Yes, but she’s lost weight and she’s slim now.}

• ^{Fancy that!}

3. ^{- Have you seen Chris Hemsworth’s latest film?}

• ^{What Chris Hemsworth?}

• ^{That tall, athletic-looking guy starring as Thor. He’s so gorgeous!}

• ^{Nothing to write home about.}

V. Practise the dialogues in Exercise IV for good reading and learn them by heart.

^{VI. Make up short conversations of your own. Follow the given models (1), (2), and (3). Make use of the phrases in bold type.}

^{VII. Read the conversation and pay attention to the meanings it expresses (e.g. agreement, disagreement, doubt, surprise etc.)}

• ^{Who shall we choose for the role of the superman?}

• ^{Daniel Radcliff, I think.}

• ^{Who? That skinny boy from Harry Potter series? You can’t be serious.}

• ^{I don’t agree. Although he is thin, he looks quite strong and fit.}

• ^{But he’s so short!}

• ^{You don’t really mean it, do you? He isn’t short, but a trifle below average height.}

• ^{But he doesn’t look athletic at all!}

• ^{And so what? He’s so charming!}

^{V111.Think of a new dialogue in which the speakers express their personal opinion, surprise, doubt, agreement, disagreement etc. about someone’s height and build. Get ready to act it out.}

^APPEARANCE

^beautiful

^handsome

^pretty

^lovely

^good-looking

^attractive

^plain

^ugly

^{funny(-looking)}

^{weird(-looking)}

^{noble(-looking)}

^{VOCABULARY NOTES}

^{beautiful adj extremely attractive to look at; Syn. pretty, handsome, good-looking, attractive, lovely. Beautiful is a much stronger word to describe a person’s appearance than pretty, lovely, handsome, good-looking or attractive. Beautiful, pretty and lovely can be used of women, children, and things, but not usually of men, e.g. a beautiful woman/ house; a pretty child/ picture; a lovely girl/ view etc. Handsome is usually used of men, but a handsome woman is good-looking in a strong healthy way. Good-looking can be used of men amd women, but not usually of things. Attractive can be used of men, women, and things, e.g. an attractive young man/ an attractive pattern.}

^{plain adj not beautiful or attractive, often used because you want to avoid saying this directly, e.g. Mrs Cookson was a rather plain woman.}

^{ugly adj extremely unattractive and unpleasant to look at, e.g. a very ugly man/ the ugliest building in town; ugly is the most negative word to describe somebody; plain is more polite.}

^EXERCISES

^{I.Translate and transcribe the words:}

^{Beautiful, handsome, pretty, lovely, good-looking, attractive, plain, ugly, funny-looking,}

^{weird-looking, noble-looking.}