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BD The body and movement TRY Parts of the body ‘The outer part of the body is covered in skin, Too much sun is bad for your skin, elbow, ‘thumb HERE Movements with your mouth, face and head People breathe through their nose oF mouth. You breathe in and out about 12-15 times a rminate People smile when they're happy, and sometimes smile at people to be polite People laugh a things wich are funny People sometimes cry if they're very unhappy, or receive bad news. People in some countries nod theis head move it up andl down] to mean ‘yes’, and shake their head [move it from side to side] for ‘no’, People often yawn when they're tired, and sometimes when they'te bored. HE) Common expressions in shake hands comb your blow your with someone hair nose {old your wave to arms somebody 24 English Vocabulary in Use Preintermedite and intermediate at 9.2 93 94 Exercises Find ten more words for parts ofthe body; either across or down. @A[Ulx[efaye JOP STHINTAPN | E| tee un H[E/eE|K[o . “ = [t[pfels[tlc] - E[AINIK|Tle[H) E[L]Bfolwle| 1 = : tltfels [Kit pN “Match the words on the left with the words on the right. 1 shake [] 2 your hair 2 wave [] your nose 2 comb [] «to somebody ‘fod E your head s blow E] hands 6nd Fl your arms Label the picture. 1 fortead, 2 —— = - ae a 5 ‘What do hese actions often mean? (There may be several possible answers.) 1 People often smile hen theyre hagey. es 2 They often heeathe quickly after ~ 3 They laugh ee = 44 They may wave to somebody — 5 They blow their nose —-.— 8 They shake their head —— - . 7 And nod their head — — 8 They ery a —— 9 They yawn a = gh cbr n Use Pretec ond tomes coy ar) Describing appearance % REED Describing beauty ‘Your appearance is the way you look, and we sometimes use diferent words to talk about Deauty in men and women. WOMEN can be attractive or good-looking [nice to lnk at, and we often use petty [atractive] 1 describe a girl, We use beansifl or gorgeous for women who are very attractive. [MEN can be attractive and good-looking, but also handsome. If men are very attractive, we can say they ane gorgeous or very good-looking, hur nor usually beautfl. “Tom has become quite handsome, Bella looks gorgeous in thae dress. Sammy was very pretty when she was younger. They're avery good-looking couple. eee Size ‘We can talk ahout a person’ eight [how tall or shore they are} and ther weight [how heavy they ae, eg > roughly abou; sym appronimatsy| one metre eighty (ll, snd I weigh just under eighty kilograms. I someone isnot tall or shor, you ean describe them as medium height. Ifa person is very similar co most other people in eight and weight, you can say they are average AA: How ellis Kiki? As Is Marco quite big? Bs. Medium height, Pa say Br No, about average blonde fair brown black (orblond) Ak 1a straight Talking about someone's appearance What does Carla's boyfriend look tke? [Can you describe is appearance? B: He’ blond, and quite good-looking. A: Ishe tll? B: Fr calish (quite all, but be's gor broad shoulders [wid app narrow. He looks very athletic strong, healthy and often good a sports. think he does lot of sport. he quite smart? [lean iy and syish) B: Yeah, he dresses quite wel. [the clothes he wears are quite nie] ere 2 10.3 10.4 Exercises Complete the sentences. 1 She's gor straight Ji, 2 Kanya is very goods... 23 Beata’s gor blonde 4 Her brother’ gor very broad 5 That’ a nice suit: Jack’s very — 6 L would say he was medium 7 Alexandra's hair is fair but her brother’ is quite today. Find si more pars of words in the box. Why are they pairs? ‘tractive height average good-looking weight narrow roughly tall curly approximately medium wavy broad _ weigh _Allrsclve. and. goedoeking ar. sina. in meaving Complete the dialogues using words that are similar ro the underlined words. 1A: She's good-looking Yes, very airactne ‘Marie-José looked beautiful last night. Yes, absolutely Her boyfriend's quite good-looking. Yes, he is rather Angelo looks very strong and healthy. Yes; [think he’s very That ltl girl is atractiv, isnt she? Yes she’ very Danny's geting fat. Yes, he isa bit. \: Did you think he was a bit ugly? ‘Yes he was quite —___ Is she about 25? Yes, — \: He’ ust above average height, Yes, he is + iso he? ERP ETRE ee ee eree Cre 1 How tall are you? — 2 Whats your hai ke? 2 Think about ane of your bes friends What dos Hehe lok ike? oh Vacanderin Use Printers and intermediate a a Describing character What are you like? Describe your character’ Put a circle round the number that describes you. For example, in the first line very positive, 3 = not very positive or negative, 5 = very negative, think I'm veryposttve®. 23S Tmgulte a negative person. Pm usualy reliable! 12 3 4S Pogue unreliable Pm quite content 12 3 4S Timquie sty’ Pm hard-working’ 128 8S Fate ary. have good sense ofumows”. | 23S Fmusally quite seriou ro usualy quite patent. 1234S Pmquite impatient. | * ghar you are like a5 2 person 2 lieve that goo! things wil happen Scan be erasted 0 do what people expect you to do “feting sure about yourself and you ailes Snot cntident, especially about meeting or ealking te new people * puting lr oF efor into your work and spending lof time oni i ° te abity to laugh and understand when something funny "a serious person is quit and doesn’ laugh very mach * able to stay calm andl not get angry especially when things take aloe of ime MED opposes Corey praietiy nervous, anxious Perea Be feetiores Se oe WS) Describing a friend 66h first thing I would say about my best friend is that she’ very sensible! I've never known Irma to do anything silly’, and I know I can always trust® her. She's also very creative’; she makes chings, and she's a very talented” arts. I wish I had her talent. 99, "practical doesnt do stp tings Shas a maturl abilty 2 not sensible, abit stupa "Lowould ike o have her Se sre tha she is honest talent but Uhawen oe i * good a thinking of new ideas nd wsing her imagination 28 Ena Vocabulary in Use Preitzemedote and iuermedite ns Exercises Find five pais of opposites and put them into the correct columns. ‘pice mean sensible lazy calm generous unpleasant hard-working silly nervous Waite the opposites using the correct prefix. 4 nkind 3 pleasant 5 honest 2 vufrendly 4 patient 6 reliable Describe the person in the sentences, in one word. 1 My brother is in the office from 8 am to 6 pm every day. Jnsadwething. 2 He has never bought me a drink in ten years. ——.__- 3 She often promises to do things but sometimes she forgets. —_ 4 My teacher explains things again and never gets angry. . 5 Agnetta finds i diffcule to meet people and talk to strangers. 6 Brett is practical and doesn't do anything sti 7 Oar teacher is nice, but he's quiet and he doesn't laugh a lot. 8 Anya is very relaxed and doesn’t seem to worry about things... 9 My boss is really good at using his imagination to think of new ideas. —————~ 10 Jessica can play several musical instruments. ‘Complete the sentences. 1 My sister can't wait for anything; she's so impatient. 2 get very... before exams; I need to try and relax a bit more a Teould paint as well as your brother; he's so creative. 44 Beata hasn't done a thing since she's been here. Honestly, she's 30 5 Lalways have a laugh with my cousin ~ he's got a great sense of 5 My younger sister is able to understand new ideas so quickly; she’s very 7 If Sarah says she'll do it, then she'll do it. 1 hher completely. 4 Held like to be relaxed and confident, but it's just not part of his... 19 He failed his exams, bur he isn't He just didn't do any work, 10 Paola helped me hake some cakes last week; she’s very = cree id you

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