WRITING. You have decided to join an English-language club on the Internet

You have decided to join an English-language club on the Internet. Write a brief description of yourself for the database. You can write up to 100 words.

Remember to include:

· your personal details, for example, name and age

· the things that you are interested in

· what you do/study

· what habits you have

· a few words about your usual day

Choose two people you know well and compare their appearance and character. Use the comparative and superlative adjectives. Write about 100 words.

UNIT 4

A HAPPY LIFE

READING

Read the text about hair and put the paragraphs in the correct order.

Hair

A Do you have short, long or shoulder-length hair? Do you have dyed pink hair or are you naturally blond? Whatever the length or colour of your hair it says something about you.

B And finally - how many students in the class, especially women, still have their original coloured hair? Why do so many people dye their hair? Perhaps to appear younger, or more attractive, or just different from everyone else? Whatever the personal reason it’s because your hair says something about you – don’t you agree now?

C And what about long hair? During the 1960s in the West, hippies grew their hair long. For them long hair was a rejection of traditional values - just like the skinheads! But their appearance was linked to peace and left-wing politics, they were against violence and war. And it is interesting to note that historians say that many religious prophets, including Jesus, Mohammed and Moses, all had long hair. Does this mean anything?

D You don’t agree? Well, imagine you’re in the class and a new student comes in. He’s about fifty but he has very, very long hair. What do you think? Does it seem strange to you? Do you wonder what kind of man he is? Are you a little afraid of him? Or does it seem normal to you?

E Think about a monk, and then think about a Sikh. One has a shaved head and the other has hair that has never been cut. But both are religious people - so why the difference? For monks shaving is a rejection of vanity. Without hair you lose your individual identity and become part of a special group. Sikhs, on the other hand, consider hair to be sacred. Hair is a gift from God and should never be cut - this is the same for men and women. So for both monks and Sikhs what they do to their hair separates them from other people, but unites them in their beliefs.

F Prisoners often have their heads shaved. Soldiers too have very short hair. As a result the prisoners or soldiers lose their personality and instead of making their own decisions have to accept orders from others. In the West, skinheads choose to shave their heads as a rejection of traditional values. Their appearance is seen as aggressive and linked to football violence and right-wing politics. When you see a young man with a shaved head do you think that he is religious, or violent?

G Now imagine another new student joins you, this time a young woman. You see that she has no hair - her head is bald. What do you think? Do you stare? Do you wonder what has happened to her - perhaps she is ill and is taking medicine that makes her hair fall out? Perhaps she’s an artist? Or does it seem normal to you?

H Do you think that your hair is ‘normal’ for someone like you? Is it the right length and colour for your sex and age? If the answer is ‘yes’, then perhaps you are a conservative person. What would happen if you changed it? If you have long hair and had it all cut off, what would people say? If it’s short and you stop having it cut, what is the reaction? You decide to dye your hair so that it’s a very different colour - what would friends and family say? It is these comments - perhaps complaints, perhaps compliments - that prove your hair says something about you.

2 Decide if the following statements are true or false:

a Hair is the fastest growing part of the body.

b The average scalp (the skin that covers the part of the head where the hair

grows) has 10,000 hairs.

c Hair grows on every part of our body.

d Hair continues to grow after you are dead.

e More men go bald (lose their hair) than women.

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