UNIT 15

MY COUSIN IS SO BIG-HEADED
My youngest cousin is the reigning national tennis champion. Of course we are all pleased and delighted with this fact, his parents take p ide i! his results, he is thei p ide a!d "#$. Needless to say, Jonathan (my cousin, that is) has a se!se #% a&hie'e(e!t, so much so that he has )ee! athe )igheaded and &#!&eited. He is %*ll #% hi(sel% and he let his s*&&ess g# t# his head. Anyway, I m sure these people thin! the #the s a e )e!eath the(, they l##k d#w! #! the( and they thin! the$ a e t## g##d t# e'e! talk t# e"eryday people. #his is $ust the case with my smug, sel%-i(p# ta!t, p#(p#*s, &#(pla&e!t little cousin. %y the way, I "e decided to ta!e up tennis so that I can p*t hi( i! his pla&e, &*t hi( d#w! t# si+e and wipe the s(ile #%% his %a&e. E,E-CISES

&. 'hich is the odd one out( &. proud, smug, complacent, self)righteous *. conceited, thrilled, +ig)headed, "ain ,. "alua+le, precious, worthless, in"alua+le -. immaterial, impersonal, unimportant, insignificant .. terrific, +lood)curdling, horrific, spine)chilling /. inscruta+le, e0pressionless, impassi"e, lunatic 1. poignant, touching, passionate, emoti"e 2. undermine, highlight, underline, accentuate 3. disappro"e, disregard, frown upon, denounce, &4. perse"erance, calamity, willpower, tenacity,

*. 5omplete the sentences using the suita+le forms of the words gi"en. &. 'hen the am+ulance arri"ed he was 66 hea"ily. B.OOD *. 'hat he was most worried a+out was the prospect of 6 . /AI. ,. His strong 66 of the crime made e"ery+ody stand on his side. DENY -. #his weather ma!e me "ery 6 . MYSE-Y .. #he success of the +usiness depends on the 6 of the methods we use. E//ECTI0E /. He e0pressed his 6 to all the mem+ers of the team that had helped him. G-ATE/U. 1. 7ou must learn this old 6 . 1ISE 2. #he +lunder you ha"e committed is 6 , I don t thin! she will e"er forgi"e you. E,CUSE 3. He is a !ind person +ut he is so 6 it ta!es him ages to ma!e up his mind to do anything. DECIDE &4. He li"es "ery 6 . He gets up at /, goes $ogging and eats only fat)free food. HEA.TH ,. 8ill in the gaps in the sentences with one of the +ody parts.
!#se - head,2 - hai ,3 - %i!ge - %a&e,2 - ha!d - th*()s - e$ed

&. He was so proud of his +iology results we thought he got a +it too +ig for his +oots, so we will ha"e to wipe the smile off his 666. . *. He is so sno++ish he loo!s down his 666 at e"ery+ody who has fewer than fi"e cars. ,. He used to +e a self)effacing, hum+le person +ut he let his success go to his 666. . -. #hey are always calling him when he is a+road, and they send him parcels full of sweets and food, he is the +lue ) 66.. +oy of the family. .. He is so hard)headed you can tal! to him a+out going +ac! to his wife till you are +lue in the 666. . /. He is all 666.., he can t e"en change a +ul+. 1. It is no use +urying your 666.. in the sand, you will ha"e to 666. these pro+lems one day. 2. #here was nothing he could do. 9he wrapped him around her 6666 . 3. After two days of hard wor! I could go home and let my 6666 down. &4. 'hen I entered the room, the sight of all that +lood made my 666.. stand on end. &&. #here is nothing new you can tell me a+out him, I !now him li!e the +ac! of my 666 . &*. #here is no point in your telling the +oss a+out all this stuff. It is li!e +anging your 6666 against a +ric! wall. &,. I had +een waiting for a long time, +ut there was a point when I decided to +ring matters to a6.

-. 5onnect the two parts of the sentences.

a) He was so tired, when they got home he went out 6 +) 'hen you tal! to him, you must remem+er not to +ring up the su+$ect of his pre"ious $o+. It is 6 c) I don t thin! we will +e a+le to find him in this crowd, it s 6 . d) He simply hates to wor! with him, they are 6 . #hey ha"e nothing in common. e) 7ou shouldn t tal! to him now, someone must ha"e upset him on the way to the office and now he is 6 . f) 'here"er Joe goes, he +rea!s e"erything. He is 6 g) Mi!e would +e a nice fellow if he weren t drin!ing 6 h) #rying to find him in this huge crowd is 6 .

&. li!e water off a duc! s +ac!. *. li!e loo!ing for a needle in a haystac!. ,. li!e chal! and cheese. -. li!e a fish. .. li!e a light. /. li!e a +ull in a china shop. 1. li!e a red rag to a +ull. 2. li!e a +ear with a sore head

.. 5omplete the sentences using one of the words in the +o0.

SEE ,5 - .OO4 ,2 - SIGHT - STA-E &. He doesn t seem to ha"e any respect for +lue)collar wor!ers. He 6 down his nose at e"ery+ody who has fewer than three degrees. *. He doesn t seem to en$oy the course, +ut once he has started he should 6 it through. ,. :on t worry a+out posting the letters, I ll 6to it.

-. I !now that hi)fi is not the +est ;uality, +ut you should ne"er 6 a gift horse in the mouth. .. After wor!ing for three days without a +rea!, he was not a 6 for sore eyes. /. It really ma!es me 6 red when he is late for the lesson. 1. I m afraid we don t 6 eye to eye with my parents a+out mo"ing to the countryside. #hey can t understand I wouldn t li!e to lea"e all my friends and mo"e to a one)horse town. 2. He had +een loo!ing for the college for hours when he realised it was right in front of him and it 6 him in the face. 3. 7ou mustn t get depressed $ust +ecause you "e failed that e0am. <emem+er, you should always 6 on the +right side of life. &4. I !now the college seems a +it run down +ut it has 6 +etter days, it used to +e the cultural centre of the country.

4EY5 =0ercise & &. proud *. thrilled ,. worthless -. impersonal .. terrific /. lunatic 1. passionate 2. undermine 3. disregard &4. calamity =0ercise * &. +leeding *. failure ,. denial -. misera+le .. effecti"eness /. gratitude 1. wisdom 2. ine0cusa+le 3. indecisi"e &4. healthily =0ercise , &. face *. nose ,. head -. eyed .. face /. thum+s 1. head >> face 2. finger

3. hair &4. hair &&. hand &*. head &,. head =0ercise a). +)1 c)& d), e)2 f)/ g)h)* =0ercise . &. loo!s *. see ,. see -. loo! .. sight /. see 1. see 2. stared 3. loo! &4. seen