II. Give English equivalents of the following Russian words and word-combinations:

^{Хорошенькая, красивая, милая, привлекательный, красивый, приятной наружности, некрасивый, безобразный, благородной / странной наружности.}

III. Replace the underlined word in each sentence with a word which is either more suitable or more polite.

1. ^{He told me he met a handsome girl in the disco last night. 2. She’s beautiful but her younger sister is really quite ugly. 3. I think Peter is getting a bit fat, don’t you? 4. Most people want to stay slim, but not as skinny as that girl over there. 5. I think she hopes she’ll meet a few beautiful men at the tennis club.}

^{HAIR COLOUR}

^black

^brown

^red

^fair

^auburn

^blond(e)

^{grey (gray)}

^white

^dark

^{mousy (mousey)}

^dyed

^highlighted

^{a blonde}

^{a brunette}

^{a redhead}

Vocabulary notes

^{Your hair can be fair (blond or light brown) or dark (dark brown or black) in colour. E.g. She had long fair hair. He was a slim, dark-haired boy. If your hair is mousy (=mousey), it is a dull light brown colour ( the word mousy shows disapproval) E.g. Her mousy hair was loose and untidy.}

^{When a person gets old their original hair colour changes to grey (=gray) before it becomes white. E.g. She had dark hair that was just beginning to turn grey. My grandfather went white at the age of thirty.}

^{If your hair is highlighted, you have changed some of its parts in colour. If all your hair is changed in colour, it is dyed. E.g. She’s got dyed blonde hair.}

^{Note that you can say ‘She’s a redhead” but you can’t say “She’s a blackhead” or a “blondehead” etc. Instead, you should say “She’s a brunette” or a “blonde”.}

^EXERCISES

I.Transcribe and translate the words:

^{Hair colour, black, brown, fair, auburn, blonde, white, mousy, dyed, highlighted, brunette, redhead.}

II. Arrange these hair colours from the fairest to the darkest:

^{black, blonde, dark brown, auburn, light brown, mousy, red}

III. Give English equivalents of the following Russian words:

^{светлые, белокурые, русые, темные, рыжие, золотисто-каштановые, седые, крашеные, мелированные (волосы)}

IV. Decide whether these statements are true or false:

^{1. If your hair is white, it is dyed. 2. Light brown hair is fair. 3. If your hair is grey, it is mousy. 4. Auburn hair is lighter in colour than black hair. 5. Blond hair is white. 6. Mousy hair looks attractive. 7. Redheads don’t have a natural hair colour. 8. Light brown hair looks the same as red hair. 9. Old people usually have grey or white hair. 10. Dyed hair can’t be brown in colour.}

^HAIRSTYLE

^long

^short

^{(of) medium length}

^{shoulder-length}

^straight

^wavy

^curly

^thin

^thick

^sleek

^spiky

^neat

^tidy/untidy

^loose

^{swept / tied back}

^{a fringe}

^{a parting}

^{a plait}

^{a ponytail}

^{a bun}

^dreadlocks

^shaved

^{bald / balding}

^thinning

^receding

^{to put/wear your hair in a bun/}

^{in a ponytail/loose/in plaits etc}