Appearance. Likes and Dislikes
I. PRE-LISTENING TASK
Go over the vocabulary to avoid any difficulties of understanding. Part 1
printer’s reader — корректор
part-time nurse — медсестра, работающая неполный день
firm of solicitors [s'lisitazl — адвокатская фирма race horses — беговые лошади
short-sleeved — с коротким рукавом
heavily built — крупного телосложения
Part 2
copy editor — редактор
return journey — обратный путь
enjoyment — веселье antique [sen'tlk] — антиквариат
decorating — отделочный ремонт (дома)
local history — история района
odd — странный, нелепый
cycle — ехать на велосипеде
II. LISTENING AND COMPREHENSION TASKS
2.1. Listen to the description of the five people and fill in the chart. Use the words from the pre-listening vocabulary.
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Characteristics |
Name: | Keith | Sue | John | Alexandra | Jane |
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age
married
children
job
height
hair
build
clothes |
2.2. Listen to the 2nd part of the recording and identify the type of the dialogues you’ve heard.
a) fragments of a talk show;
b) a talk between an employer and a job applicant;
c) an interview carrying out a survey.
2.3. Listen to two of the people giving personal information and take notes about the items listed below.
| Characteristics | Name | Keith | Sue |
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job
hours
children’s age
transport to work
tastes in reading
hobbies
dislikes
church |
III. LANGUAGE FOCUS AND AUDITORY MEMORY CHECK
3.1. Is or Has? Read the full forms of the contractions:
1. He’s married and he’s got two children.
2. He’s a good-looking man.
3. He’s wearing white trousers.
4. He’s very thin-faced.
5. He’s the only one of these five people with a northern accent.
6. She’s got dark brown hair.
7. She’s just left school .
8. That’s with a 45-minute lunch break.
3.2. Study the table in 2.2 and make up sentences starting with:
He’s/She’s the only one of these five people who...
He’s/She’s the only one of these five people with...
3.3. Insert the words: very, not very, quite and rather as they were used in the recording.
1. He’s a good-looking man:____and_________
2. She’s pretty: slim and blonde,___________
3. She has__________voice.
4. He’s___________, slim and thin-faced but___________
5. She is_____________built and has red hair.
6. She’s pretty: slim and dark-haired,____________
3.4. Choose the sentences you heard in the descriptions.
1. a) He has a soft deep voice.
b) He has a soft low voice.
2. a) Today he has white trousers and a blue striped T-shirt on.
b) Today he’s wearing white trousers and a blue striped T-shirt.
3 a) She’s good-looking, slim and blonde.
b) She’s pretty, slim and blonde,
4. a) She has just left school.
b) She has left school.
5). a) Today she’s wearing a grey skirt and a white blouse,
b) Today she’s wearing a grey blouse and a white skirt.
IV. FOLLOW UP ACTIVITIY
• Give a description of a groupmate (a famous actor, TV presenter, sports star) and let the students guess who you have described.
script
Keith is 37. He’s married, and he’s got two children: a boy and a girl.
He works as a printer's reader. He’s a good-looking man: very tall and quite slim, with light brown hair. He has a soft deep voice. Today he’s wearing white trousers and a blue striped T-shirt. He wears an ear-ring in his left ear.
Sue is 33. She’s married, and she’s got two children: a boy and a girl. She works as a part-time nurse. She’s pretty: slim and blonde, not very tall. She has quite a hard voice. Today she’s wearing olive green trousers and a shirt of the same colour.
John’s 41, but he looks older. He’s married with two children: a boy and a girl. He works with race horses. He’s very short, slim and thin-faced — but very strong. He’s got dark brown hair. He’s the only one of these five people with a northern accent. Today he’s wearing black trousers and a blue short-sleeved shirt.
Alexandra is 17. She has just left school. She’s not married and has no children. She wants to be a policewoman. She is not very tall, rather heavily built, and has red hair. Today she is wearing a brown and white sweater and blue jeans.
Jane is 37. She is married with two children: a boy and a girl. She works as a part-time secretary with a firm of solicitors. She’s pretty: slim and dark-haired, not very tall. Today she’s wearing a grey skirt and a white blouse.
II
I: All right, Keith. How old are you?
K: Thirty-seven.
I: Thirty-seven yeah? And, erm, you married?
K: Yes.
I: Yeah. Have you got children?
K: T\vo.
I: Yeah. What are their names?
K: Toby and Lucy.
I: How old are they?
K: One’s 11, that’s Lucy; and Toby’s 13.
I: Yeah. Tell me about your job, Keith.
I: Children?
S: Two — a girl who is eight, and a boy who’s seven.
I: Yeah.
S: Stephanie and Malcolm,
I: Erm, work, Sue. What do you do?
S: Nursing part-time. 7.30 in the morning till 1.30, or 4.30 till 9.30.
I: How do you get to work?
S: By car.
I: How long does it take?
S: Half an hour.
I: OK. Tell me some things you like doing. Sue.
S: Reading.
I: Mm. What do you read?
S: Erm. Philosophy.
I: Yeah.
S: And, erm, I like Dick Francis and those sort of novels.
Erm, and the old historical novel, and more serious novels as well.
I: What newspapers do you read?
S: Erm, I very rarely read a newspaper, I hate to admit.
But if I read one, it’s the Telegraph or the — I don’t know, I find them all pretty difficult to read, newspapers.
I: Do you smoke?
S: No.
I: You drink?
S: Yes.
I: Yeah. Go to church?
S: No.