BODY & DESCRIBING PEOPLE

A. BODY
(1) What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘body’?
(2) Do you like your body?
(3) What are the most useful parts of our body?
(4) Are you proud of your body or ashamed of it?
(5) What kind of body language do you use?
(6) How would you describe the human body to an alien?
(7) Would you rather have the perfect body or be super
intelligent?
(8) Would you sell your body to science?
(9) How good is our body?
(10 Hermann M. Biggs said: "The human body is the only machine
) for which there are no spare parts." Is this true? Should there
be lots of spare parts?
(1) Do you think our body is perfectly formed?
(2) What do you do to look after your body?
(3) What part of your body would you like to change?
(4) Do you think the naked body is beautiful?
(5) How is your body changing? Do you like these changes?
(6) What will our body look like after another million years of
evolution?
(7) What three adjectives would you use to describe the human
body?
(8) What’s the best and worst thing ever to happen to your body?
(9) What do you think of bodybuilding and bodybuilders?
(10 Shakespeare said: "Our bodies are our gardens - our wills are
) our gardeners." What does this mean? Do you agree with him?

*NAILS*
(1) What do you think about your nails?
(2) What are fingernails and toe nails useful for?
(3) Do you ever think nails could have been better designed?
(4) What do you think of people who bite their nails?
(5) Do you think nail polish makes nails look attractive? What
colour is best?
(6) What do you think of nail art and spending $100 to have glitter
stuck on your nails?
(7) What does it say about a person if he/she always has long and
dirty fingernails?
(8) Why do women like manicures and pedicures so much?
(9) Is cutting your nails too much trouble at times?
(10 What do you think of long, false nails?
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(1) Why do women spend so much time and energy on nail care?
(2) What do you think when you see someone with a really long
nail on his/her big toe?
(3) Have you ever ripped off part of a nail?
(4) How can you stop children biting their nails?
(5) How important are the other person’s fingernails when you are
thinking about dating them?
(6) Does the scratching of a chalk board with fingernails make you
shiver?
(7) Do you do things to look after your nails and make them
stronger?
(8) How would life be different without fingernails?
(9) What do you think of people who bite their toenails?
(10 Should you cut your nails after dark?
)

*NOSE*
(1) What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘nose’?
(2) How important is the nose?
(3) Do you think noses could have been a different shape?
(4) What are the functions of our nose?
(5) What do you think of nose piercing?
(6) Who has the best looking nose?
(7) What kind of noses do you find attractive?
(8) Do you think everyone picks their nose?
(9) Do you ever look down your nose at other people?
(10 If you were Pinocchio, how long would your nose be by now?
)
(1) Do you like your nose?
(2) Is there a correct way to blow your nose in your country?
(3) Have you ever ‘cut off your nose to spite your face’?
(4) What’s the best way to stop a nose bleed?
(5) If a cosmetic surgeon offered you a free nose job, would you
take it?
(6) How often does your nose run / do you get a runny nose?
(7) Can you name all the different parts of the nose?
(8) Have you ever broken or hurt your nose?
(9) When you’re really busy, do you put your nose to the
grindstone?
(10 What do you do if you have a congested (blocked) nose?
)
*TEETH*
(1) What images spring to mind when you hear the word ‘teeth’?
(2) What do you do to you look after your teeth?
(3) Is it important to have straight white teeth?
(4) How would you feel about having false teeth (dentures)?
(5) Why are wisdom teeth called wisdom teeth?
(6) Have you ever had a really bad toothache?
(7) When was the last time you gritted your teeth?
(8) Have you ever felt like someone kicked you in the teeth?
(9) Do you go through a ritual every time you brush your teeth?
(10 Someone once said: "Too many of today's children have
) straight teeth and crooked morals." What does this mean? Do
you think it's true?
(1) Do you like your teeth?
(2) When you were a child, what did you do with your milk teeth
after they fell out?
(3) Do you worry about tooth decay?
(4) Do you have a sweet tooth?
(5) What do you think when you lose a tooth or have to have one
pulled out at the dentist?
(6) What is a tooth fairy and how much money do they leave?
(7) Do you have many fillings?
(8) Do you think people in the future will have very healthy teeth?
(9) What do you think of the idea of painted teeth?
(10 What do you do when you get food stuck between your teeth?
)

*SKIN*
(1) What images spring to mind when you hear the word ‘skin’?
(2) How often do you think about your skin?
(3) What is the function of skin?
(4) What do you do to look after your skin?
(5) Do you like the colour of your skin? (Why?)
(6) Have you ever had any skin problems?
(7) Why do people have different coloured skin?
(8) Is beauty skin deep?
(9) Have you ever escaped something by the skin of your teeth?
(10 Martin Luther King Jr. said: "I have a dream that my four little
) children will one day live in a nation where they will not be
judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their
character." Has this dream come true?
(1) What skincare products do you buy?
(2) What’s the best thing to keep your skin smooth?
(3) What problems has skin colour caused in your country?
(4) Do you believe ads that promise younger and healthier looking
skin?
(5) Some people want to tan their skin and some want to lighten
their skin. Why is this?
(6) Why do you think skin care for men has only recently become
popular?
(7) Do you worry about skin cancer?
(8) Do you get dry or had skin anywhere on your body?
(9) Have you ever been soaked to the skin?
(10 Nietzsche: "The Earth has a skin and that skin has diseases,
) one of its diseases is called man." What do you think of this
quote?

B. PERSONALITY
(1) What images spring to mind when you hear the word
‘personality’?
(2) How would you describe your personality?
(3) Are you happy with your personality?
(4) How has your personality changed over the years?
(5) What or who has helped shape your personality?
(6) What of your personality traits do you like most?
(7) Can a person have no personality?
(8) What is the most attractive personality trait a person can
have?
(9) Is your true personality always on show or do you hide parts of
it?
(10 What are the personality differences between you and other
) family members?
(1) Do you think you have a strong personality?
(2) What personality types are you attracted to?
(3) Do you know anyone who has a split personality or multiple
personalities?
(4) What word would sum up your personality?
(5) Can you really find out things about someone’s personality
from their star sign or blood group?
(6) Do you think you have an outgoing personality?
(7) Do you like taking personality tests? Are they accurate?
(8) What major change would you like to make to your
personality?
(9) Whose personality do you like best out of all the people in the
world?
(10 What do you think of my personality?
)
 What are some characteristics of your personality?
 What makes you happy?
 What are some things that make you angry?
 Are you happy with your personality?
 Would you like to be different?
 Are you a determined person? Are you a stubborn person?
 Are you shy ? In which occasions are you shy?
 Do you consider yourself selfish ? Why?
 Is your personality suited to your job?
 In what way has your personality changed? Why has it changed??
 Are you more introverted (focused on your inner world) or more extraverted
(focused on other people and the outer world)?
 Do you think you can change a major characteristic of your personality if you try?
 Do you think you have an unusual personality? Why?
 If you could change any aspect of your personality, what would it be?
 What sort of things would you do to amuse yourself during a car journey?
 What personality traits do you consider important in a good friend / a boss / a
partner?
 Do you consider yourself to be even-tempered?
 What is one thing that many people don't know about you?
 What expressions include colors when discussing illness? (ex., white or pale, pink
eye, black and blue for bruises, yellow fever)
 What expressions include colors and feelings? (ex. I feel blue, green with envy, red
with rage, turning red, black circles under the eyes, you are turning blue)
 What do the colors in your home country's flag represent?
 Do you think birth order makes a difference in your personality?

C. APPEREANCES
(1) What springs to mind when you hear the word ‘appearances'?
(2) What things do you first notice about someone's appearance?
(3) How do you think you look today?
(4) When is your appearance most important?
(5) What do you think when you look at yourself in the mirror?
(6) Do you think the expression 'Appearances are deceptive' is
true? Why?
(7) Do you ever say someone looks good but really they don't?
(8) Has your mother ever complained about your appearance?
(9) What part of the way you look are you happiest with (and
why)?
(10 How are people's appearances today different from 100 years
) ago?
(1) How important is a person's appearance?
(2) What could you do to improve your appearance?
(3) What could I do to improve my appearance?
(4) Has your appearance ever made you feel bad all day?
(5) Is it rude to tell someone that they need to improve their
appearance?
(6) How often do you check your appearance in the mirror?
(7) How often do you talk about other people's appearances?
(8) Are people obsessed with appearance today?
(9) Is what's on the inside more important than what's on the
 outside?
(10 Is appearance more important in politics or show business?
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