I.Transcribe and translate the words:

^{Pale, fair, sunburned, suntanned, fair-skinned, olive, oriental, healthy, ruddy, sallow.}

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

^{цвет лица; бледная/ светлая/ темная кожа; загорелая/ коричневая/ смуглая/ желтая кожа; румяная/ здоровая/ нездоровая/ с желтоватым оттенком кожа}

III. Match the synonyms:

^{1. brown a) negro}

^{2. ruddy b) unhealthy}

^{3. sallow c) tanned}

^{4. pale d) healthy}

^{5. black e) fair}

IV. Decide whether these sentences are true or false:

^{1. If you sunbathe a lot, your skin becomes black. 2. People from China are usually olive-skinned. 3. If you are pale, you may be unwell. 4. Fair skin is very pale and burns easily in the sun. 5. You can have a ruddy complexion when you are excited. 6. People from Africa are dark-skinned. 7. Russian people are mostly fair-skinned. 8. A sallow complexion is a sign of good health.}

^EYES

^{big/large/small}

^kind/warm

^round/oval

^{blue/grey/green}

^brown/hazel

^{close-set/wide-set}

^{deep-set/bulging}

^{almond/oriental/slanted}

^{cross-eyed/slant-eyed}

^{long/ thick/curving eyelashes}

^{thin/thick/bushy/arched eyebrows}

Vocabulary notes

^{warm adj kind and friendly in a way that makes other people feel comfortable, e.g. warm eyes/ a warm voice/ a warm smile. Ant. cold}

^{hazel adj greenish-brown in colour}

^{close-set adj near to each other, e.g. close-set eyes/ close-set teeth; Ant. wide-set}

^{wide-set adj far apart on the face, e.g. wide-set eyes}

^{deep-set eyes seem to be a long way back into your face}

^{bulging adj sticking out in a round shape, e.g. His eyes were bulging wide with fear.}

^{almond eyes are brown in colour and shaped like almonds (= flat pale nuts with brown skin that taste sweet)}

^{oriental eyes are the kind of eyes that people from the eastern part of the world have, especially people from China or Japan}

^{slanted adj sloping, at an angle that is not 90 degrees, e.g. her slightly slanted eyes}

^{cross-eyed adj ( used of a person) having eyes that look towards each other}

^{slant-eyed adj (used of a person) having slanted eyes}

^{eyelash n [ C usually plural] one of the hairs along the upper and lower edges of your eyes, e.g. She was wearing false eyelashes.}

^{curving adj bending like part of a circle, e.g. She had beautiful long curving eyelashes. Ant.straight}

^{eyebrow n [C] the line of hairs above your eye, e.g. She raised her eyebrows in surprise.}

^{bushy adj bushy hair or fur grows thickly, e.g. bushy eyebrows/ a bushy beard/ a bushy tail}

^{arched adj forming a curved shape, e.g. an arched window/ arched eyebrows}

^TEETH

^large/small

^even/uneven

^{close-set/sparse}

^false

Vocabulary notes

^{sparse adj apart from each other, e.g. his sparse yellow teeth; Ant. close-set}

^{even adj similar in size and arranged in a level line with equal spaces between, e.g. She smiled, showing her small even teeth. Ant. uneven}

^{false adj made to look like something real, e.g. false teeth/false hair/false eyelashes}

^{I. Read the short conversations and match the phrases in bold type with the meanings below.}

^{1. Doubt 2. Surprise 3. Agreement (3)}

^a)

^{-Do you like Naomi?}

^{-Naturally! She is an amazing top model.}

^{- She certainly is. I’m fond of her high cheekbones and full lips.}

^{-Me too. And her dark complexion adds to her attractiveness.}

^b)

^{- Have you ever seen any films with Tom Cruise?}

^{- Who’s Tom Cruise?}

^{- Oh, dear! He is a most good-looking man with brown eyes, thin lips and tanned skin.}

^{- I’m not sure I know him at all.}

^{II. Practise the dialogues in Exercise I for good reading and learn them by heart.}

^{III. Make up short conversations of your own. Follow the given models (a), (b) and (c). Make use of the phrases in bold type.}

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

• ^{I can’t believe you are watching “ Titanic” again. The very faces of Jack and Rose make me sick.}

• ^{You can’t be serious! They are both awesome!}

• ^{How can a round-faced redhead be awesome?}

• ^{Rose is not a round-faced redhead. She is a green-eyed angel with a lovely ruddy complexion.}

• ^{I, for one, find her plain. And what do you like about Jack?}

• ^{Absolutely everything! His features are perfect. He is so cute with those pale-blue eyes and bushy eyebrows…}

• ^{Sounds like you are crazy about them…}