I Pam didn't like the idea of Alex's boss coming without his wife

■ Pam didn't show her emotions.

g. Have a look at this picture and say if these people are Alex and Pam or not. Substantiate your point of view. Then describe the emotions of these two people.

h. Use your Imagination and act out a dialogue that the wife and the husband might have had after the boss left, Before you start, make up your mind if the party was a success or a failure,

2. Friends

When one is in trouble his true friend in need...

■ gets in touch, writes or rings right away, realising the longec it's left the harder it gets

■ makes it clear he is there for his friend, can be contacted at any time and will go round if he can

■ does everything to provide a calming presence

■ offers his help

■ tactfully asks questions and gives some advice and sugges­tions if necessary

■ puts himself in his friend's situation

■ does all he can to support the friend.

There are many proverbs about true friends in all the languages. The most popular English proverb says:

A friend in need is a friend indeed. Here are a few English proverbs people may use soothing their friends who are in trouble:

1. A storm in a tea-cup.

2. Every cloud has a silver lining.

3. What can't be cured, must be endured.

4. Don' trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.

5. An hour in the morning is worth two in the evening.

с Act out a dialogue with your group-mate about your friends. Say:

■ who they are

i what they do

i what they are doing now, to your mind

i if you turn to them for help when you are in trouble.

d. Match these proverbs with their equivalents in the text writing down the corresponding
numbers.

__ Нет худа без добра. _ Не буди лихо, пока оно тихо.

__ Буря в стакане воды __ Чего нельзя исцелить, то нужно терпеть.
_ Утро вечера мудреннее. __ Друзья познаются в беде.

e. Sort out these words into the following types of relationships:

best friend, close colleague, workmate, boyfriend, close friend, good friend, ac­quaintance, girlfriend, wife, ship-mate, ex-wife, class-mate, husband, flat-mate, ex-husband, mother-in-law, fiance, fiancee, wife-to-be, father-in-law, husband-to-be

friendship work love marriage

Exercises

a. Write down the words which are pronounced in the following way:

[trAbl] ____________ ['prova:b]

[UtJ]_____________________ [tru:]

[ad'vais] ___________ __ [ta su:5]

[sa'dsestjan] ____________ [ta 'kjua]

[W9:0] ___________ __ [tu m'djua]

b. Read the text and then write as many sentences about your friend as you can.

e.g. When I'm in trouble my friend always gets in touch, he usually rings me up trying...

f. Write a few short sentences about your liking and disliking somebody, using the following verbs and add a few other verbs:

e.g. She does not just like Bob, she idolises him!

I really fancy Liza, but her friend just turns me off. I can't stand him.

3. Appearance of people

Sonnet 130 My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red: If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; It hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak,— yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound: I grant I hever saw a goddess go,— My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.

And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare

As any she belied with false compare.

William Shakespeare

Ее глаза на звезды не похожи, Нельзя уста кораллами назвать, Не белоснежна плеч открытых кожа, И черной проволокой вьется прядь.

С дамасской розой, алой или белой, Нельзя сравнить оттенок этих шек. А тело пахнет так, как пахнет тело, Не как фиалки нежный лепесток.

Ты не найдешь в ней совершенных линий,

Особенного света на челе,

Не знаю я, как шествуют богини,

Но милая ступает по земле.

И все ж она уступит тем едва ли, Кого в сравненьях пышных оболгали.

Перевод С. Маршака

Exercises

a. Write out Russian words and expressions associated with appearance and their equivalents from the original.

b. Sort out these words describing appearance of people into a few groups:

tall, plump,strajght hair, thin-faced, slim, wavy hair, curly hair, a crew-cut, round-faced, well-built, muscular, dark-skinned, bald, with freckles, beard, moustache, chubby, receding hair, wrinkles, tallish, brownish hair, blonde, fair-haired, dark-haired, ginger-haired

hair face height and build

Make a few short sentences with the above words.

e.g. He used to have black hair but now it's gone grey, almost white.

c. Describe the faces you see below with the help of the above words:

d. Answer these remarks with the opposite description:

e.g. — / thought you said he was a short, chubby man.

— No, quite the opposite, he's a tall, thin-faced one.

1 — Was that his brother, the dark-skinned, wavy-haired one?

— No, quite the opposite, his brother's...

2 — She's always quite well-dressed, so I've heard.

— What! Who told you that? Every time I see her, she's...

3 — So Charlene's that rather plump fair-haired woman, is she?

— No, you are looking at the wrong one. Charlene's...

4 — So, tell us about the new boss; good looking?

— No, I'm afraid not; rather...

5 — I don't know why, but I expected the tour-guide to be middle-
aged or elderly.

— No, apparently she's only thirtiesh and...

e. Underline the words describing a person generally. Translate the sentences into Russian and read them paying attention to the intonation:

1 She's a 'very 'smart and 'elegant» woman, falways 'well-^ dressed;| her 'husband is 'quite the * opposite, |,very scruffy and un,tidy-^ looking.

2 He's 'very 'good-* looking,| but his 'friend's 'rather unatA ractive.

3 'Do you 'think that 'beautiful 'women are 'always aJ ttracted to handsome men?

f. Say who these people are and describe their appearance:

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