{'s November again, or should I say: ‘Movember’? Yes, is the month where men stop shaving for four ‘weeks, and grow ‘a moustache for charity (and sometimes a beard too!) I want to say ‘Congratulations!’ to those men who are taking part this year in order to raise lots of money for men’s health charities. And lets face it... some of them look good. Take Jude Law, for example ~ there's something about the shape of his face, and the shape off his moustache, which mean Sree eee ete ete Cree eed Se re it actually really suits him. Neeser eet Ceres Deere ae! Reading and vocabulary Physical appe * World culture: City of street style ance Look at the photos above. Can you think of any words to describe the appearance of the people? Work in pairs and compare your ideas. Ly | think he's really i Read the text and answer the questions. What do many men do for the event called ‘Movember’? Which charities does the event raise money for? What does the writer think of Jude Law's moustache? How many tattoos has Lisbeth got? What colour is her hair? Does the writer think she looks good? How did most fans feel about Khan's waxwork model? ‘What did Khan like most about the model? ‘What did his wife think of it? wavanauns3 “She looks exactly as I imagined!” Tloved the book The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, so I was worried that the film would be disappointing. It wasn’t! For me, Noomi Rapece, who plays Lisbeth Salander, is one of the main reasons It is. 0 goad. She looks exactly as I imagined she's pale with short hair, which is dyed black and she often wears black lipstick. Her overall look is attractive - even though she has 2iercings in her nose and eyebrow, and of course, the tattoos: a wasp on her neck and a dragon on her left shoulder. And it’s not just her looks, but her amazing performance, that make Noomi Rapace the real star of this film. a_ Find words in the texts which mean (for eyes) colour _brown. 1 facial hair between the mouth and nose facial hair on the chin (for skin) light-coloured {for hair) opposite of tong a permanent mark on the skin made with ink__ (for hair) changed from the natural colour make-up for the mouth (in the ears, nose, etc.) with a hole for jewellery good-looking (for a person} more than average height thin in an attractive way 9 10 " Work in pairs and answer the questions. 1. Which of these words does nat describe skin pale, far, blonde, dark? 2 Which of these words does not describe hair straight, square, wavy, curly? 3. Which of these words does not describe facial hair beard, moustacha, clean-shaven, bald? Sa Shahrukh Khan is one of the most famous actors and film producers in Bollywood. His look is definitely cool — with his brown eyes, black hair and perfect skin —and he has literally billions of fans, Those fans were excited today, as they saw a new waxwork model of him at Madame Tussauds for the first time, A reporter asked one fan what she thought of the new model “It’s amazing!” she said. “It looks just like the real thing, He's tall and slim, and I can almost believe it is him, here with me!” ‘Khan himself was also impressed ~ "What I like most are my eyes,” he told the reporters, Anc what does his wife think? “think she likes it more than me. It looks younger!” he said “It looks just like the real thing!” Work in pairs. Complete the description of American actress Kate Bosworth with the words in the box. You do not need to use two of the words. slim attractive dark blue is pale wavy got have wearing She isa very ‘slim _, young woman, who is probably about 30 years old. She's got ? blonde hair and 3_ skin. She's 4__ lipstick and a pair of earrings, and | think she is very 5 She's *__lovely eyes, but there is something unusual about them: one of her eyes” brown and the other is # Choose a photo of any person in the first five units of this book. Write a short description of that person using the description in exercise 4 to help you. Do not write the name of that person or where you found the photo. Work in pairs and read out your description. Can ‘your partner find the correct photo in the book?Grammar focus 1 Comparative and superlative adjectives ‘la Look at the photos of Matt at three different times his life. Read the comments and match them with the photos. 'b Work in pairs and discuss. Do you agree with Matt's opinions? Why / Why not? | tof Comments = Profile 4 ‘Comment: Hmm .. | ook so young inthis one, younger than the other pletures, certainly! My hair was longer than itis now ...itwas my “yoy band! look. People said | looked ‘ like Robbie Williams! | thought twas really coo! atthe time. But actually, twas probably the worst | SES Pr 4 ‘Comment: | definitely ook better in thls one ~ it was about three years ‘ago, on holiday in California. My hair | Isn’t as long as in the other one and I think | look alder, maybe because ofthe sunglasses comments i a ‘Comment: Tis me with Mel afew months ago, It's similar tothe last picture, but Mel says | look more the beard and moustache! | think! |) look happier in this one ~ and more relaxed. i Comment: You look happier because | you're with mel This Is definitely the best one because I'm init! Melx | Bs een 1 Complete the table with the comparative or superlative forms of the adjectives. Look at the texts to help you Hnecessry. | Adjective" Comparative /Supertative “the youngest the happiest ‘Match the beginnings ofthe sentences in A with ‘the endings in 8 to make sentences, Notice the prepositions used. from the others. as mine. ‘than me. tothe other one, like me, inthe wort. She's older The best Iesthe same les similar They're different ‘She looks: RACTICE Complete the sentences using the comparative or superlative form of the word in brackets. My hair is_Jonger (long) than it was ten years ago. 1 His syle is (modem) than mine. 2. These jeans were (expensive) jeans I've ever bought 3 This shop is (good) than that one. 4 Could you bring. (big) bag you cen find? 5 She's (happy) then she was before in her job. 6 That's one of (busy) shops I've been in today. 7 That's (bad) photo I've ever seen of myself! felus and more sophisticated wth] 2a -yrite the missing word n each sentence, 1 My father is older my mother. 2 I'm very different my sister. 3 His hairs very similar mine, 4 She's nicest person | know. 5 Her nose is the same mine. 6 {look my father. 7 Who's oldest person in your family? 8 My brother isn’t tall as me. b G2 5 Listen and check your answers.eee 1. Usten again and notice that the prepositions (eg. than, {from, to, as, lke) are pronounced in thelr weak forms. 2 Practise saying the phrases. 3a Complete the sentences about you and your family. isabel_ is the youngest person in my family ‘Your looke|c5 4a Choose an item of clothing which is special to you iin some way. Prepare to talk about it by using the questions below. + What is the item? + When/Why did you get it? + What is spacial about it? Do you wear it alot now? Why / Why not? b. Work in pairs. Take tums to ask and answer 1 Look very different from questions about your special item of clothing, 2 People say | look like 3 My hair is than 5 Fe cee| 4 I'm more ‘than my | OM) 5 My mother/fatheris___than 6 My is the oldest person in my family 7 People say my is similar to mine. My red jacket. b_ Work in pairs. Use the sentences in exercise 3a to tell, your partner about you and your family. Listening and speaking Special clothes 1 Work in pairs and discuss the questions. + What sort of clothes do you wear in the week / at the weekend? + Which of the clothes/shoes in the photos do you like best? Why? + Which of them do you not like? Why? 2 (1)5.2 Listen to three talking people about special items of clothing, Answer the questions. 11 Which of the items of clathing in the photos is each person talking about? 2 Does he/she wear the item of clothing a lot now? 3 Listen again and complete the table about the three people's special items of clothing, What are the most special clothes or shoes you've got? ‘When did you get iaythem? Why isi fare thay special? Do you wear it/ them a lot now? 1 2 A Ad What is special about it?O'STRI TRANG “ABOUT THE Fe * ] itis a to touch your mouth with your elbow. Your eyes continue growing throughout your life Your ears ere the same size from birth onwards, Your nose can identity about 50 citferentsmals. You control your thumb using nine separate muscles Your mide fingernail grovs the fastest ‘An average person has approximetely 250 hairs in each eyebrow. Each hair stays on your head from between {wo and six months People's legs are usually ciferent lengths. 10 The length trom your wrist to your elbow isthe seme as the length of your foot Vocabulary Parts of the body ‘Ja Work in pairs and read the statements above. Check the meaning of the words in bold, b Read the statements again and decide if they are ‘true (T) or false (F). c {715.3 Listen and check your answers. 2a Work in pairs and write two more statements of ‘your own, You can make them true or false. b Compare your ideas with other students. Can they decide if they are true or false? RUN + (09154 tietanto these pis of words. Are the sounds on the underined part of each pair of words the same or diferent? head /rgck shoulder / mouth ngse/ toe sye/ear elbow f eyebrow 7 ss ustento these words, Which eter in each werd tsstent? knee wit churmb 9 5.6 ister toll he words in and 2 again and practise sayingthem. Grammar focus 2 Questions with How, What and What ... like? 1 5.7 Listen to three mini-conversations and answer the questions for each conversation. 1 What isthe relationship between the two people talking? 2 Who are they talking about? 2a_ Listen again and number the questions in the order ‘you hear them, a What does he look like? b What's he like? © What colour are his eyes? What is his halr like? How tall she? f How old is he? g Has he got a scar or a tattoo? hh Has he got a beard? b- Match questions a-h in exercise 2a with answers 1-8 below. Listen again and check. 7 Blue 2 No, he hasn't 3. No, he's clean-shaven. 4 He's seven now. 5 He seems very nice. 6 [t's blond and curly 7 He's very tall for his age. & He's tall, dark and handsome.‘Your lool | 05 GRAMMAR 2 Write appropriate answers for each question in 1. Look at these two questions, Which one asks about exces: appearance and which ore asks about personality? iS 1 What she like? Ba 1) 5.9 Look at the photo of the characters in a TV 2 What does he look like? soap opera and listen to the descriptions. Which 2 Look again at questions ch in exercise 2a. Which of Datacenters es rar eye ah are ‘the questions is about: height? b Look at audio script 5.9 on page 169. Write the + age? questions the speaker is answering in each case. + features (eyes hair, etc) and things on your face/ body (temporary and permanent)? “ae Choose someone in the photo or someone in the classroom, but don't tell your partner who itis. b- Work in pairs and take turns to guess who itis by asking Yes/No questions about this person's 1) se The content words in each question in exercise appearance. 2a have the main stress Listen and underline the main stress. What does he [ook like? 2. Usten again and practise saying the questions. isieamman?’ 5 Has he got a beard? the comrect order to make questions. So lo 1 long / got / Has / hair /he ? 2 hair/feir/ her / or / dar /Is2 = oe 3 eyes / What / ae / her / colour ? 4 thirties / in / he /Is /his ? 5 wearing / Is / earrings / she ? “coo Unit 8 Study & Practice 2, page 146 6 7 8 1 Put the word: like / What f glasses / his / are ? me /taller/ Is / than/ she / or / shorter ? your / took / What / brother / does / like ?Doa survey about image Preparation 3 _ Read the questions in the survey below. Work on your own and for each question, circle the option according to your opinion: ‘1 Work in pairs and discuss. + What was the last piece of clothing you bought? = mostypesive ‘Where did you buy it? Are you pleased with it? = mostly negative Why / Why not? + Do you usually buy clothes in the same shop or do. © = neutral you go to different shops? Why? OR ie ncaa eee ve etd oIRTENEAER, ~ rg! Te Wistag stan to sornantid deli Part ut ie suey eae and tick the phrases you hear in the Useful language box. 2 Read the introduction to the survey below and answer ‘the questions. 1 What does the shop went you to do? Survey for fashion first 2 What does the shop promise to give you? 1 Doyouike buying the latest - ingen ee wae 2 Would you wear shoes which are e 3a you hin people fe pressure Loby degre domes: @ 4 Doyeuihecobes sang? gh) ¥ Vinyasa py _shopper? Whatdo you think stout “toos? 6 7 Would yout gta? gh 8 Would you like to be a haleresse 6 9-0 you lke beans and ‘ € ‘movstaches on men? oN oe 10 Do you think thee is more Bressure-on men to be win £500! | Secs, Se thank you thes shops We are one of the largest chains of clot! in the country with fashion for men and women of all ages. Answer our short survey and we will give you a store card plus huge discounts on your next purchast ‘Come and spend five minutes giving us your opinion about image and appearance Weil lgo enter you for our prize draw —aWving you the, ‘chan fo win £500 to spend in stor! ‘Offer ends 30th Novembera Saying yes / Being positive ove ther, Yes, Id love to Yes, its my favourite hobby. I think they'e really (cooV/attractve/.) Yes, they make (men/people) look (sophisticated! eat.) b Saying no / Being negative Definitely not. No, it would be really boring ‘hate ther, No way —never! No, they always took awful « Saying maybe / Being neutral Not realy Maybe, but | wouldn't be vary good at it. | don't fet strongly elther way HE) They're OK, | suppose, Iedepends on the person. | } > i | a Task Speal \ ‘Ta. You are going to do a survey about image and appearance. First, choose five of the questions in the survey on page 48 to ask other students. bb Think about five more questions to add to the survey. vourite item of clothi Ca Coll ar Cg Do you think €200 is too much to spend on a haircut? Decca 2 Work in pairs and take turns to ask the questions in your survey. answering the questions Make a note of your partner's answers, your survey until you Cena > Useful language 2, b and ¢ Film/Record yourself completing the survey. 3. Work in groups and compare the results of your survey. Which Poe ieee camer questions did most people agree/disagree about? Ronen aceFind out first ‘Ta Work in pairs and discuss. How much do you know about fashion? Try to answer the questions below. 11 Yves Saint Laurent, one of the sreatest fashion designers ofall time, was bom in which country? a Algeria b France ¢ Italy 2 Who is Anna Wintour? a a fashion magazine editor b a famous fashion designer € a famous fashion model 3. The fashion chain Zara now has shops in more than 70 countries: the first was in which Spanish town? a AConufa b Barcelona © Madrid 4 In which decade did punk fashion first become popular? a the 19605 b the 1970s € the 19905 b Go online to check your answers or ask your teacher, ch: Yves Saint Laurent / ‘Anna Wintour f Zara history / punk You are going to watch a video about street style in London. Before you watch, check you understand the ‘meaning of the words/phrases in the glossary below. GLOSSARY designer fashion the latest, most expensive fashion high-streetstores shops which sell clothes at mid-price streetstyle a kind of fashion where people invent their awn style with cheap clothes blazer a kind of jacket cute pretty and attractive rebel someone who fights ageinst authority scruffy untidy trend a change or development (eg. in fashion) urban related to a tovin or city Watch the video and complete the sentences with the colours in the box below. black blue brown lightblue red grey white 1 In the opening scene, there is a young man wearing a _____shirt and re¢ trousers. 2 Heis talking to aman wearing ____ jeans. 3 Ruth Marshall-Johnson is wearing & shirt 4 The first street model is wearing a blazer and is carrying a bag 5 The second street model is wearing jeans and a shirt.Watch again and match phrases 1-6 below to who/what they are about (2-d). 1 is able to mix different aspects from different global cultures... 2 ...has granny chic 3 His/Her job is to find the latest trends oon the street. 4 a bit rock, a bit punk 5 ...50 anti-establishment, there is a rebel quality .. 6 Very urban, very London, very scruffy, but cool the London street fashion scene Ruth Marshall-johnson the first ‘street model’ the second ‘street model’ World view 5Sa_Lookat the statements below. Tick the cones that are true for you | ove shopping for clothes ~ | always try to buy the latest fashions. | ust buy clothes to be comfortable | always look for designer labels when | buy clothes. | never read fashion magazines. want to be different from other people ~ 1 want people to notice me because of the clothes | wear | never waste money on designer labels — you can buy almost the same thes in a high-street shop. b Workin pairs and compare your Ideas. 6 Read the text below and answer the questions 1 What is the Creative Cities Netwark and when did it start? 2 How many cities are on the list? in 2005, UNESCO [The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) began a Creative Cities Nebwork. This is a list of more than 30 cities around the world and each city is famous in a particular creative area Choose one of the UNESCO Creative Citiesin the box below. Can you guess why the city is on UNESCO'S list? Buenos Aires Chengdu Dublin Sevilla Sydney Go online to check your answers and answer the questions below. | 11 Where is the city and what is its population? 2 What language do people speak there? 3. When and why did it become a UNESCO Creative City? fh: UNESCO Creative Cities Network Write up your research & Write a paragraph about the city you chose, Use the example below to help you Buenos Aires isthe capital city of Argentina. thas a population of around 13 milion people and the offical language is Spanish, Buenos Aires became a UNESCO. Creative City in 2005, One reason for this is the large number of design shops and studios — more than 300 Justin one area, Palermo. | would like to visit Buenos Aires because | am interested in fashion and design, and it seems to be a very exciting city AFTER UNIT 5 YOU CAN De a Cert Ee Ve eee cee ees Peer en nie Dee uo rg erst) eee ees Discuss your opinions about image, appearance peeredComparative and superlative adjectives 1 One-syllable adjectives and two-syllable adjectives ending in-y | younger ‘all _ taller Lthetallest + -erthe-est nie | nker | thenicest | alectve ends ine ai | lager +27 the-st the agest | | | | one vowel + thin thinner | thethinnest | one consonant: big | ager thebiggest double the final pretty | prettier | the prettiest say | the citiest 2 Other two-syllable adjectives and longer adjectives. 2 i seated | te most phisticated wore sophisticated | But we usually use -er and the est with two-sylable adjectives: clever, quiet, simple, gentle 23 Irregular forms good | better | the best | 4 Negative comparisons ‘She'snotas tall as her sister '5 Prepositions in comparative phrases {think she's more ateractve than her sister. Your eyes are similar to your mother's. Are these glasses diferent from your old ones? ‘She ooks ikea businesswoman, Her earrings are the same as mine. He's the tallest in the family! NOT He's the tallest of the family [practice 1 1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjective in brackets, 1 People are now ten centimetres__ (tall than 150 years ago. 2 inthe UK (popular) boys baby names are jack and Olver. 23. In Britain inthe 14th century sugar was nine times (expensive) than milk. 4 Roger Federer (igh) paid tennis player in the werid : 5 fgyptians made (cary) ship in the word in 2600 se 6 Footballs {oopulr) sport in the word. 7 Sclentists say that green tea ls (good) for you han black tea. 8 Wellington i (far from Sydney than Auckland. 9. Tourism isthe word's (big ncustry wth 240 milion jobs. 10 London Waterloo is {busy) station in London with £82 million passengers a year. 2 Choose the correct answers. ‘This jacket is cheaper /cheapest than that one My sister looks very diferent than from me. “That's one of the worse / worst films I've ever seen! tke your bag! I's the same as/ ike mine! Thisbooks more mos intersting than the one | ead before. He doesn't look than ike his brother ata She's one ofthe mest happy I happiest children | know, >My daughters about three centimetres taller from /than me. My dressier similar to fram yours. ‘They are the mast ferrous pop group of / inthe wort STUDY 2 Questions with how, what and what... like? + To ask about someone's physical appearance, we use the question: What does he/she look tite? ‘What does your fiend look like? He's tll. dark and handsome, + To ask about someone's personality (not their appearance), we use the question: What's he/she ike? What are your neighbours like? They seem very friendly. + To.ask about someone's heath, we use the question How is helshe? ‘How's your mother? Oh, she's much better than! + We also use How is/was... 7to ask about someone's work, or their day at school, or their journey. How isschool? I's OK... abit boring! How was your journey? Fine. No preblems. REMEMBER! ‘We do not use like in the answer, ‘AcWhat's the new teacer like? Bi She seers very nice. NOT She seems ike very nice.+ We use the verb bet ask about age, helght and colour (age) How old i she? She's about 35. (beight) How talishe? He's about average height, Ishe tall or short? He's very tal What colours er air /are her eyes? Brown, «We use have got to atk about features such as ha, yes, glasses oxbeard. Hashegot 2 beard? No, he hasn't Has shegot rice eyes? Yes, they ebeautfl! IF we use more than one adjective the order f the acjectives portant: = longishor, exe, before ‘clout acjetves (dat fir, brown) ‘e'sgot short, brown har = ‘opinion’ adjectives (nce, (vey, hore) before other adjectives ‘She's got lovely, blue eyes. = We do not put and berween the two adjectives. He's gatlong, blonde ha. NOT He's got long and blonde har 11 Choose the correct answers. 1 As How? What does Ana look lke? She*sgot /’s long dark hair. [And what colour “are / have got her eyes? They “re / have got brown. What's / How's she lke? She “ikes dogs 's very friendly. "How f How much tallis Luke? He thas 51.80 metres, *Has he got / Hashe a beard? 'No, he hasn't. He's clean-shaven, How is Morgan? ‘Very well, thanks. It's her birthday on Friday. (Oh, hove old "has / is she? 2. PROP PESE PRES 2 Complete the questions with one word, 1 What ‘your brother 1ook Ike?" He's tll and he's got ‘brown hai.” 2 What. re his eyes?’ They're green.” 3 ‘How ‘your sister?" ‘About the same height as me.” 4c Isher hair ke? ‘She's got long black hal. 5 ‘What ‘your holiday lke?” it was great = really relaxing’ 6 is your mothe: She's fine, thanks. 7 What's your brother _2" He's really kind” 8 How ‘is your dog?’ ‘About four years old” PHYSICAL APPEARANCE sttracive Upstiee ld _amousteche abeard pale skin blonde hair plercngs brown fair Shorthair clsanshaven sim ct hale ssralght hair darksin ‘al yeaa ‘tattoa falrskn ‘wavy har ono knee anear leg anebow amouth aneye aneck eyebrow nose a finger shoulder a fngeralt ‘thumb a foot atce ‘ahane aurist ahead 11 Choose the correct answers. In two sentences both of the alternatives are correct. 1. She is very tall and she's got beautiful, dark skin hair 2 Those glasses you're wearing /carrying celly suit you. 3. She has to be carefulin the sun because her skin is very pale blonde. 4 When he was young is hair was long, but now he's. ‘completely bald /clean-shaven. '5_ Ho didn’t get the job because the company didir't tke the plercings /tattoos on his face. 6. She always has straight /dyed hair now ~| don't know ‘hat her natural heir colours 7. Atthe moment he's gota strange beard / moustache under is chin. {8 She's naturally very beautiful and doesn’t need to wear ‘so much lipstick /attoo. 2 Read the clues and add the letters to complete the words. ‘At the top of your arms _ ‘One on each hand: t___b Between your arm and yourhand:w___t Half way up your arm: ¢___w ‘tthe end of your finger f Half way up your log: k Between your body and your headin ‘Around yourmouth:(__s eR