Слайд 2Describing people: appearance
Hair, face, skin and complexion /kəmˈplekʃən/
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Слайд 3What sort of person would you find attractive? Blonde, fair, dark or
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ginger-haired / red-haired?
She has such beautiful auburn hair. /ˈɔːbən/ [red-brown]
Fair and dark can be used for hair, complexion or skin. Some people like getting a tan in summer [exposing their skin to the sun so that it goes darker], although the risks of getting sunburnt are well known.
Слайд 4Height and build
Fat may sound impolite. Instead we can say that someone
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is rather plump or stout, or a bit overweight. If someone is broad and solid, we can say they are stocky. A person with good muscles can be well-built or muscular. [generally said about men]
Someone who is very fat can be described as obese /əʊˈbiːs/, especially when talking in a medical context. Someone who is thin can be described as slim [positive] or skinny [negative]. If someone has a nice figure, they have an attractive shape. [generally said about women]
Слайд 5General appearance
She’s a very smart and elegant woman, always well-dressed; her husband
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is quite the opposite, very scruffy and untidy-looking / messy-looking.
Chloe looked stunning in her red dress. [very attractive]
He’s very good-looking, but his friend’s rather unattractive. [opp attractive]
Her eyes are her best feature. [the most attractive part of her face]
Do you think beautiful women are always attracted to handsome men? I don’t. I think personality matters most.
First impressions are always important. [your first reaction to someone]
Слайд 9Describing people: personality
Intellectual ability:
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Слайд 10Attitudes towards life
Amal is pessimistic while Nia is optimistic – he always
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expects the worst to happen while she looks on the bright side.
It is strange that one of the twins is so extroverted while the other is so introverted – Ben loves being the focus of attention while Jake prefers to be alone with his thoughts.
I feel very tense (or wound up / stressed out) after a very busy day at work but, after a hot bath, I’ll soon feel relaxed.
Eva is very sensible – she’d never do anything stupid. In other words, she’s very practical and down-to-earth.
Roberto is very sensitive – he gets very upset (or worked-up), if he feels people are criticising him.
Слайд 12One person’s meat is another person’s poison
Some characteristics can be either positive
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or negative depending on your point of view. The words in the right-hand column mean roughly the same as the words in the left-hand column except that they have negative rather than positive connotations.