Mixed complexion aged build red Dressed weight race legged tanned
3. Look at the list of adjectives below and guess what they mean. Then read sentences 1-10. Complete them with the appropriate adjective(s).
| Left-handed Big-headed Sour-faced Light-fingered Dark-skinned | Slim-hipped Pot-bellied Cross-eyed Strong-willed Fair-haired | Narrow-waisted Red-faced Knock-kneed Bow-legged Broad-minded | Cold-blooded Round-shouldered Empty-handed Right-footed Double-breasted |
1. My boss is terribly …, walking around as if he were holding his salary cheque between his knees. His wife’s quite the opposite: …, as if she had just got of a horse.
2. I used to wear … suits until I decided that one button was far more suitable for … people such as myself.
3. My sister is so … and … she reminds me of one of those long thin wine bottles.
4. He’s Scandinavian, so he’s … and …, and looks far better in jeans than I do.
5. It looked as if United were going to return home... until Bradfield scored with an incredibly powerful … shot from outside the penalty area.
6. Hoskins, if you go on staring at that magazine any longer, you’ll go … Now either be …, dear boy, and put it away or give it to me until the end of the lesson.
7. Most … tennis players seem to win more easily against right-handers. Talking of tennis players, aren’t those professionals a … bunch, shouting all the time about how great they are?
8. A lot of liberal, … people find it difficult to accept that there is such a thing as … murder.
9. My boss is so …, always looking as if he knew tomorrow was going to be the end of the world. And his wife is so …; I have to keep a careful eye on my things when they come round to the house, or they just disappear.
10. Off we go on holiday with visions of returning … and beautiful, forgetting that we always come back … and with peeling backs.
4. Look at facial features. Study the words and see if you can tell which part is meant in each case.
1. high, lined
2. rosy, hollow
3. double, pointed
4. false, long
5. bushy, pencil-thin
6. snub, hook (or Roman)
7. cauliflower, pierced
8. piercing, hazel
9. square, upper
10. thick, cherry
11. wide, mean
5. On the left are some definitions of facial features. Find the appropriate word on the right.
1. openings in the nose the tongue
2. the soft lower parts of the ears eyelids
6. flat parts on the side of the face above the cheek-bones a moustache
7. hair that grows on the chin and jaw the complexion
8. the bony case that protects the brain nostrils
9. the tissue our teeth are in the brow
10. the passage from the mouth towards the stomach a beard
11. the semi-poetic name for the forehead gums
12. the colour and state of the skin on the face lobes
13. hair that grows above the upper lip temples
14. the movable skin which opens and closes the eyes the throat
15. the organ used for tasting, swallowing and speech the skull
6. Describe the face that comes to mind when you imagine a typical:
1. headmaster/headmistress
2. boxer
3. second-hand car salesman
4. air-force officer
5. English king
6. Chinese girl
7. pop drummer.
7. Translate into Russian:
“Her hair, light golden-brown, streaked with sun, was worn in a simple page boy; her wide-set eyes were amber shaded to green, the delicate peach tones of her skin gave her face a subtle glow. She was dressed in a cream-beige two-piece dress with a small turquoise and diamond pin near the shoulder. A pair of gold bangles made an enchanting sound as she moved her hand. Her shoes were brown alligator, matching her handbag, and she wore discreetly an expensive perfume”.
“She was still a lovely-looking woman who defied her age. The face-lift she had had three years ago had helped, of course. But she was naturally well preserved. No one would have guessed that this slender, long-legged beauty with the pellucid hazel eyes, high cheekbones, and the most perfect complexion, wrinkleless, in fact, was actually a woman approaching her sixty-second birthday.”
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“Despite his brilliance and his standing I soon came to realize that he was not in the least bit egotistical. Quite the opposite, in fact. He was unassuming, even modest for a man of his considerable talents; also he had a great sense of fun and a dry humor which was often rather self-deprecating.
To me he was a dashing and sophisticated figure, and his very Englishness, as well as his mellifluous, cultivated voice set him apart. Medium of height and build, he had pleasant, clean-cut looks, dark brown hair, and candid eyes set wide apart. In fact, his eyes were his most arresting feature, of the brightest blue and thickly lashed. . ________________________________________________________________
“But whereas the girl was as dark-eyed and dark-haired that she seemed to receive a deeper and more lustrous color from the sun when it shone upon her, the boy was so light-eyed and light-haired that the selfsame rays appeared to draw out of him what little color he ever possessed. His cold eyes would hardly have been eyes but for the short ends of lashed which, by bringing them into immediate contrast with something paler than themselves, expressed their form. His short-cropped hair might have been a mere continuation of the sandy freckles on his forehead and face. His skin was so unwholesomely deficient in the natural tinge, that he looked as though if he were cut, he would bleed white”.
“His face, close-shaven, thin and sallow, was shaded by a great quantity of dark hair, brushed into a roll all round his head, and parted up the center. His legs were very robust, but shorter than legs of good proportions should have been. His chest and back were as much too broad as his legs were too short. He was dressed in a Newmarket coat and tight-fitting trousers, wore a shawl round his neck”.
8. Complete the sentences with one world only. All the missing words are parts of the body.
1. That girl wraps her father round her little … and he does anything she asks of him.
2. I have my … on a really nice jumper I saw in Benetton last week.
3. Sally didn’t lift a … to help when we were clearing up after the party.
4. Unfortunately Jake and I got off on the wrong … from his first day in the company, and our working relationship has been difficult since then.
5. Tom seems to have a chip on his … about his lack of education.
6. There was something familiar about that man on the bus but I can’t put my … on where I know him from.
7. The Smiths have been living a … to mouth existence since he lost his job.
8. Would you mind casting your … over this report before I submit it to the committee?
9. It was marvelous how everyone put their … to the wheel and helped to repair the damage after the storm.
10. When it comes to letting the children go out during the week, their mother always puts her … down.
11. I don’t have a pen to … at the moment, so I ‘ll call you back later from the office to get the address.
12. My manager usually turns a blind … if I’m a bit unpunctual in the mornings, as she knows I often stay late at the end of the day.
13. I really put my … in it when I let slip we’d been to the cinema together before, didn’t I?
14. Belinda never speaks to me now that she’s back with her boyfriend and doesn’t need a … to cry on any more.
15. He no longer competes in tournaments, but he keeps his … in by playing regular games with friends.
Describe yourself.
You are at a job interview. Answer the interviewer’s questions. Remember, at an interview, you want to mention your positive characteristics.
· How would you describe yourself?
· I’m a reliable person. I consider myself hardworking and creative. I enjoy responsibility and I handle pressure well.
Describe someone else.
You have interviewed three people for one of the jobs in the box below. Using the information in your notes,describe the job candidates to your partner.
Model:
• I interviewed Bob Morgan yesterday to be our new physical education teacher.
• Oh, I've seen his resume. What did you think of him?
• He reallydidn't impress me. To tell you the truth, I can't see him working with kids. He seems too indecisive.
• Have you heard anything about him?
•Nothing very positive. His coworkers consider himunreliable, and I've heard he doesn't handle responsibility too well.
Some Jobs
A physical education teacher
A sales manager for a computer company
A social director for a large resort hotel
A flight attendant for a major international airline
A nontechnical worker to assist a research team in the Sahara desert
An art director for the new magazine, The Great Outdoors
Some descriptions
Positive
I'm a reliable person.
I consider myself hardworking.
I enjoy responsibility / a challenge.
I handle pressure well.
Negative
I can't see / imagine him working with kids.
Kids make her nervous.
His coworkers consider him unreliable. .
She seems like someone who wouldn’t be a good teacher.
Some personal characteristics
Positive Negative
ambitious unambitious
cooperative uncooperative
creative unimaginative
hardworking lazy
independent indecisive
modest conceited
outgoing, friendly unfriendly
patient impatient
reliable, responsible unreliable, irresponsible
self-confident insecure
honest, sincere insincere
Describe something.
Rewrite the description of each movie, reducing the relative clauses. Then have conversations like this one:
· I’ve never seen Chariots of Fire. What’s it about?
· It’s the true story of two athletes… .
Some movies.
Chariots of Fire is the true story of two athletes who were competing to win the same track events in the 1924 Olympics.
The Return of Martin Guerre is about a man who is posing as another man in 16th century France, The events that are in the movie are based on historical fact.
Das Boot is a movie about German sailors who are trapped in a submarine. The men that are in the submarine eventually get out alive, but the fate that is awaiting them is just as bad.
Kagemusha: The Shadow Warrior is about a petty criminal who is put in the role of a great leader.
Recall something.
Ask your partner what comes to mind when he or she hears one of the words in the box. Your partner will describe a person or an experience.
· What comes to mind when you hear the word mean?
· It reminds me of a teacher I had in high school. I’ll never forget her. She used to sit at her desk the whole day, waiting for us to do something wrong or make a mistake. She wouldn’t put up with anything. We were scared to death of her.
| Some words | Some recollections |
| Mean Funny Strict Sad Obnoxious Kind Lonely | A teacher you had A movie you saw Your father A terrible thing you once saw Someone you used to work with A wonderful woman you once knew Your years at school |
Stereotypes.
1. What is the stereotype of English (American) man and woman? Think of their clothes, behaviour, attitudes and interests.
2. Now do the same for your nationality. What are the positive and negative qualities of the stereotype of your nationality?
These words might help you:
Hard-working / lazy / hospitable
Don’t welcome foreigners
Have a good sense of humor / have no sense of humour
Honest
Talk a lot / reserved
Polite / rude
Sociable
Like food and drink (too much)
4.How much do you think you conform to this stereotype of your own nationality? How do you differ from it?
A Letter of Reference (p. 53) Model version
Dear Ms Watson,
I have known Michael Sharp in a professional and social capacity for 10 years and in all that time he has shown himself to be reliable.
His outgoing and friendly nature, allied to his organizational skills and his efficiency, mean that welcome parties would go with a swing. These qualities too would come into play when meeting clients at, and escorting them from and to the airport. He will take an imaginative approach to organizing and escorting coach excursions and would fulfil these areas of his duties with enthusiasm.
I have invariably found him to be discreet and tactful when dealing with others. His approachability and competence make him an ideal colleague as well as rep, so contact with head office should be a pleasure.
As far as I know he is not fluent in any foreign language, but as a resourceful young man he will make light work of language difficulties and will be able to offer assistance to those clients having problems with the local language.
He is practical and level-headed and should cope well with emergences occurring at any time of the day or night.
I have no hesitation in recommending Michael Sharp to you as a local resort representative for Utopia Holidays.
Extra Activity. Verbs and Collocations. Make and Do.
1. Which of these things or activities are MADE and which are DONE?
The most/best of a situation the shopping your best some painting a cake a mistake a plan a habit of arrangements an effort good an excuse an exam a decision the washing-up your bed a suggestion
improvements some cooking a favour
2. Replace the phrases in italics with suitable expressions from the list below.
MAKE
1. Hundreds of homes will be destroyed to provide space for a new motorway.
2. I could only just understand what he was trying to say.
3. In section 6.1 we had to invent our own examples.
4. They had a big row, but later they became reconciled.
5. If there aren’t enough pillows, you’ll have to manage with cushions.
6. As he’s colour blind he can’t discern the difference between red and green.
7. Thanks for doing me a favour, I’ll return the favour another time.
8. She pretends that she’s the only member of staff who does any work.
9. They’ve got a brand new car, but I’m not sure what brand it is.
10.They’re so well off that people are always trying to gain favour with them.
DO
11.One of the most popular adult hobbies nowadays is home improvement.
12.I’ll be glad when this affair is completely finished.
13.When looking for a flat there are a number of rules you should be aware of.
14.You don’t need to have a sofa to sit on, you can manage without one.
15.It’s high time the government abolished nuclear weapons.
16.This newspaper cutting is partly concerned with modern architecture.
17.What he told us was irrelevant to the subject we were discussing.
18.He’s put on such a lot of weight that he can’t fasten his trousers any more.
Make; make do with; make out; make out; make out; make room/way; make up; make up; make up to someone; make up to someone.
Do away with; do up; do without; do-it-yourself; dos and don’ts; over and done with; have something to do with; have nothing to do with.
UNIT 11. Fame and Fortune
Fame – the state of being very well-known / famed
Fortune – good luck / success / wealth / destiny / good fortune
Translate, explain and expand
1. The fame of the Omega workshops spread very quickly.
2. She was jealous of Ellen’s enormous fame.
3. He rose rapidly to fame.
4. It was sure to bring fame and fortune to its originator.
5. It would be unfair to envy him good fortune.
6. Fortune had been kind to him.
Transcript (p.92).
Marcella: Oh, the person I most admire is Nelson Mandela, er…prime minister of South Africa after the first free elections. He was imprisoned until 1990. He’s a man of great charisma, an…and dignity, I think, and a very entertaining speaker, a…and very attractive to normal people and to sort of world statesmen as well. Er…and main thing: he’s…he’s united the blacks and whites in South Africa against all odds, er…extraordinaryfeat of achievement. He has a sort of natural leadership, I think, and an ability to see the “big picture”, which is s…so important.
Gabriella: Somebody that I admire greatly is…um…Oprah Winfrey. Um…she’s a…I…I just think she is such a wonderful chat show hostess. Um…she’s got a really natural touch, she can talk to anybody. She’s charming, she’s sincere, she’s got a…an honesty about her that…that really shines through. Um…she comes from a very…er…poor background, in fact. She was…um…she grew up in…er…in the South of the United States and suffered…er…a…abuse from her father when she was a little girl. Um…and I think through her suffering she’s…she’s learnt and…and…and become this…this very strong, very fine woman…um…and…and I really…really do admire her a lot.
Deborah: I admire Bill Gates, he’s the chairman of the Microsoft Corporation. Not because he has invented an amazing product, but…um…because although he’s so wealthy, and he’s obviously so amazingly clever, he’s still down-to-earth and kind of grounded and like a real person. He’s still really excited about what he does and he’s a youthful enthusiast. Um…he…he’s approachable, people can contact him by e-mail and he replies personally, he’s a really down-to-earth person and that really why I admire him.
VOCABULARY 1
1. entertaining (speaker)
2. extraordinary feat of achievement
3. natural leader
4. to have a sort of natural leadership
5. to have a natural touch
6. an ability to see (e.g. sth important, the “big picture”)
7. to come from a (poor) background
8. down-to-earth
VOCABULARY II
1. to admire smb (most, greatly; to be universally admired)
2. public appearances
3. brand name
4. charismatic (a man of great charisma)
5. hands-on approach to sth (делегирование обязанностей)
6. outstanding achievement
7. profitable (company)
8. publicity (enjoy publicity, avoid publicity)
9. to rule
10. to run
Vocabulary Exercises.
Sum these people up. What similar qualities do they have? How did they achieve what they have now?
1. great charisma / entertaining speaker / attractive to normal people / statesman
2. natural leader / an ability to see the “big picture” / imprisoned
3. wonderful hostess / have a natural touch / charming / sincere / honest / background / experienced / suffered
4. wealthy / he’s amazingly clever / down-to-earth / grounded / real / enthusiast / approachable
VOCABULARY III
1. to defy (authority)
2. resist
3. achieve world fame
4. huge fame
5. explore and extend (a talent)
6. to extend one’s knowledge
7. to go long
8. to charge things with energy
9. to alter one’s personality
10. adroitness
11. proficiency
12. cynicism
13. self-knowledge
14. to efface sth.
Transcript (p. 99)
Anita: My name is Anita Roddick and I’m founder of The Body Shop.
Interviewer: And how did your career start?
Anita: I was trained as a teacher, English and history. And like most teachers in the sixties…er…er…the world was big and you…you moved out of your career really fast. So I had a…a lot of… a lot of the experiences I had that formed my thinking for when I started The Body Shop were formed by the ability to travel, because in the sixties students suddenly, you know, had the ability to travel. Um…I worked with the United Nations in Geneva for the Women’s Department. I lived with...er…communities, fishing communities, farming communities, in Indian Ocean islands, in the Pacific islands, and it’s there that I got the idea for skin care from natural ingredients.
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Interviewer: And why do you think The Body Shop has been so successful?
Anita: I think we have a covert understanding of women, I think…er…um…we have an amazing sense of not feeling when you go into the shops that you’re going into a female fortress, everything is…it’s very much like going into a supermarket, there’s information that you can take or not take, there’s…um…samples that you can try or not try, there isn’t that heavy-dutypressure, and th…you don’t feel that you’re less than the products, coming in. Um…so I think, and…the…there’s a very strong female identity in The Body Shop and that’s a lot to do with language and…er…the visual images.
There’s never a celebration of a perfect type, a perfect Caucasian type: very passive, um…very flawless. In fact the images are never that, the images arevery multicultural, very real. There’s that, and then the language is almost profoundly puritanist. You never er…er: ‘This product will do this for you’ it…outside of the function of cleaning, protecting and polishing the skin and the hair. We never espouse and support this absolute obsession with youth, youthful looks. Er…we c3elebrate wrinkles, we celebrate the ageing process, we celebrate women and social justice, rather than women and passivity. And I think that’s…that’s been a real bonding with women…er…in many ways. Plus we have a great smell! You know, go into the stores and it smells like, er...you know, whatever, you know, а pantry, it smells like, you know, a fruit bowl and that's very tangiblein there. And 1 think the other success to The Body Shop is because we stand...we turn our shops into social actionstations, you know, we campaign on human rights issues, we campaign on social justice issues, environmental issues, and we leveragethe customer as they come into the shops or they're in the shops on these actions, so it's not only selling skin and hair care it's, you know, it's the ability to campaign in
those shops as well. .
Interviewer: I must say I always feel that your customers can feel that they are doing something positive: trade not aid for...er...Third World countries, so...
Anita: Yes, I think there's a...it's a very difficult thing for us because there's a whole, you know, behind the scenes there's a whole...er.. .market of thoughtfulness and it's really hard to describe thoughtfulness in a very very busy shop: how we source our ingredients, how we determine our re...relationships with small and fragile communities in the majority world, how we...er...make sure that we audit the process towards sustainability, how we don't do excessive packaging, how we make sure no ingredient is tested on animals. I mean, I'm amazed, really amazed that we get any products on the shelf because there's a minefield of things you can't do, cannot say, um ... .
Interviewer: And that must have changed tremendously since you started?
Anita: Yeah, I think...er...where people are looking at everything we do through a microscope, everything, everything we said twenty years ago, every aspirational statementso that's quite...that's quite constraining. But it's...um...it's the nature of the company, because when you act in a very very radical way, when you challenge thesystem and challenge a very powerful beauty industry and, you know, accuse it of racism, accuse it of not celebrating real women...you know...you, you know, it's, as Helena Rubinstein said, 'It's the nastiest business in the world'.
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Interviewer: What do you really enjoy about your life?
Anita: I love my life because it's a thumbprint of who I am. If...you know, if one had to describe The Body Shop, being active and being socially concerned and having a sense of humour and a sense of counter-culture and being...guerrilla tactics, that's exactly my personality so 1 think a lot of what 1 like about it is 1 constantly, you know, reinvent it and thumbprint it. 1 love, because it's again, it's my...the fact that there are so many planksin my job: the planks or, you know, creation, creativity, looking at the style and image, looking at the product development. And then the amazing stuff which, you know, if 1 packed it in tomorrow, which I'm not prepared to do, the work I would do on human rights, you know, the., .the profits that we make, the way we choose to channel them into supporting activists, human rights activists, or...um...social justice activists, so...and one minute 1 can be, you know, knocking my head on looking at product or redesigning the store and then I'm rushing to a meeting in Bosnia about what we can do in the orphanages there. And 1 think that...that is really what women are good at, they juggle, they won't be boxed_ into...um...a style that says This is who we are.' You know, you know, we have relationships that we have to deal with, we have issues that we have to deal with, we have style that we have to deal with and that very much is what I love about the job, its multiplicity of…er...of involvements.
Interviewer: And it allows you to use your your potential fully.
Anita: Yeah. I mean it's... I think what's...certainly at my age, in my mid-50s, for me everything is about continuous education, you know, and education of the human spirit. That's why 1 spend so much time travelling because it's like a university without walls, and pushing myself into arenasand areas and situations that are very very uncomfortable. Because when you run a company as popular as this and when you have wealth, which I have, the great and worst things it can give you sus...the great thing it gives you is spontaneity but at the worst is it corrodes your sense of empathy, you know, your sense of understanding the human condition. And putting myself into situations where I'm either for ex...like, travelling with a vagabondand living in some of the worst areas ot black rural America or working in...er... majority worldcountries makes for a very uncomfortable existence, but gives you a senseof human connection and 1 would be bereft without it and the company would be bereft without that type of stuff.
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Interviewer: What...what do you not enjoy so much about. . . ?
Anita: You know, 1 think it's the dark side of this company and the dark side of any entrepreneur is that sense of huge, onerous responsibility. You cannot be dilettante, you can't say, 'Oh, I'm going to go off for six months, and laze around on an island in some, you know, Caribbean. You've got thousands and thousands and thousands of people that depend on you for their livelihood, and their life. And I'm not dilettante about the 150 people that are working in a project in Kathmandu, most of them 'untouchables', who depend on our relationship, our trading relationship with them. So it gives you...er...the dark side is that you never have time for nourishing yourself in terms of what you want to do, you end up being so bloody selfless that you're...that selflessness is...urn...counter-productive. So that's the dark side. The other dark side is that I hate, loathe, fight against structure and...er...hierarchy. And women are not good at hierarchy, we're much more inclusive, we want all the world to sit round a table and work things out. We want to talk feelings and we want to talk how... how...emotions in the workplace, and...er...when you have a company as big as ours you yearn for intimacy. Where are those intimate relationships that you had 20 years ago, when you went into somebody's home and you...er, you know, you sat in the televis...watched television with them? And so I constantly have to try and regenerate that. So the lack of intimacy, the hierarchy, urn...the...the anguish of people in the workplace,
um...which is a constant, I think are the things 1 don't like.
INTERVIEWER: Well, how do you then relax when you have a. . . ?
Anita: I have a very very strong family life. I'm Italian and the Italians always have a strong sense of extended family. I have a wonderful granddaughter and, you know, I'm much more reflective and playful with my granddaughter than I ever was with my kids when it was survival and you just got out and worked. I'm a great one for...um...er...for the movies, the theatre, so it's all performing arts stuff. er...!ong walks is another way, you know, I'll do great six-hour, five-hour walks. Um...and I think being in the company of people 1 love, a...and being a housewife in the best sense, you know, where you...people come and you eat, you cook them dinner, you walk, I mean it's the way I fashion my home, it's four sinks in the kitchen, a great jukebox, we all cook together, we all clean up together, we all rock 'n' roll. So it's very much around the.. .the.. .the havenof the house.
Interviewer: What do you think you're proudest of having done?
Anita: I think I'm proudest that...a couple of things: one is that really challenging the beauty industry, really challenging it, and...er...hopefully redefining beauty. Really defining it as not as some manipulation of...er, you know, bone structure but about vivaciousness and energy and action and.. .er.. the... the essential qualities of what women are, and...and the self-esteem that goes with that. And I think the second thing has to be, we will go down in the books in terms of how we've reinvented business, giving it a kinder and gentler face, er...um...giving it a social agenda that., .er...and a responsibility again for which there are no books for.
VOCABULARY IV
- to have the ability to travel
- to take information
- heavy-duty pressure
- a strong female identity
- passive
- flawless
- to celebrate sth (e.g. real women)
- to turn into social action stations
- to campaign on sth: e.g. on human rights issues, social justice issues, environmental issues, etc.
- to leverage: w.c. the customer
- to do sth positive
- thoughtfulness
- to source sth
- to determine sth: e.g. relationships with smb.
- the majority world
- to make an aspirational statement
- to act in a radical way
- to challenge the system
- powerful beauty industry
- a thumbprint: e.g. My life is a thumbprint of who I am.
- To be socially concerned
- To have a sense of (counter-culture, empathy, understanding, human connection, of extended family, of huge onerous responsibility)
- Personality
- To reinvent sth
- To thumbprint sth
- Planks in one’s job: w.c. creation, creativity, etc.
- Stuff
- To make profits
- To channel sth into
- To be good at
- To juggle
- To deal with: w.c. relationships, issues, style, etc.
- Multiplicity of involvements
- To use one’s potential fully
- Continuous education
- To be like a university: e.g. travelling is like a university
- To run a company
- To have wealth
- Spontaneity
- Dilettante
- To depend on smb for sth; w.c. to depend on smb for your livelihood
- To nourish oneself
- Structure
- Hierarchy
- To be (more) inclusive
- To regenerate sth
- Essential qualities (e.g. self-esteem)
Discussion.
1. Answer the following questions.
1. The ability to travel. What did it give to Anita Roddick? What can give you an ability to travel?
2. Name all the ingredients that made Anita’s business successful.
3. Interpret: there’s a whole behind the scenes, … market of thoughtfulness.
4. What is the right strategy in business?
5. What does it mean “to challenge the system”?
6. What is Anita’s idea of “enjoyment of life”, “personality”, “values”?
7. Do you envy Anita her success, achievements, drive, content?
8. Do you believe her?
9. Does her happy life lack something?
10. What good things from her life-story could you use for yourself?
11. Which Anita’s ideas appeal to you most?
12. How can we celebrate real women?
2. Suggest your own topics for discussion.
3. Explain the following notions and act them out in the relevant situations to illustrate their meanings:
1. Leverage the customer.
2. Thoughtfulness. Express it.
3. Planks in your imaginary job.
4. Multiplicity (of involvement).
5. Regenerating process.
4. Get ready to be interviewed about your job. Prepare the right questions and answers.
5. Speak on the following topics:
1. Life is a university.
2. Your potential (an ability to use it fully).
3. Entrepreneurs. Who are they? Would you like to be one of them?
4. Everything is continuous education.
5. A huge onerous responsibility.
6. A process of nourishing yourself.
7. A sense of family.
8. The essential qualities of women are … (self-esteem, etc.)
9. The idea of inclusiveness.
10. Female identity.
11. Social justice.
6. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English:
1. К сожалению, пожилые люди в нашей стране не имеют возможности путешествовать.
2. Пассивная женщина без недостатков и четко выраженной женской индивидуальности, прославляющая своего избранника, - мечта любого мужчины.
3. Только сильные люди, способные противостоять мощному давлению, умеющие влиять на людей и устанавливать собственные законы, способны оспаривать систему и действовать радикальными методами.
4. Знать все аспекты своей работы, уметь жонглировать и получать выгоду, не бояться разнообразия трудностей – вот залог успеха управления компанией.
5. У меня есть все необходимые качества для того, чтобы полностью использовать свой потенциал.
6. В третий раз с тех пор, как существуют Нобелевские премии в области физики и химии, обе награды были присуждены британским ученым.
7. Из трех обвиняемых один был президент, а второй, соответственно, секретарь общества.
8. Солдаты оказывали сопротивление в течение двух дней.
9. Но что по–настоящему сложно – так это следить за проектом по мере того, как он развивается.
10. Самопознание – одна из тех изумительных вещей, которые так трудно обрести.
11. Его ловкость приводила всех в восторг.
12. Больше всех меня восхищает Нельсон Мандела.
13. Это человек огромного обаяния, он занимательный оратор. Он просто рожден быть лидером.
14. Он совершенно не способен замечать положительные стороны других людей – настолько он черств.
15. Я помню каждое слово из той речи, так она врезалась мне в память.
16. Он был очень опытным актером, человеком с очень редкими исполнительскими способностями.
17. Газеты помогают нам принимать участие в событиях, происходящих в мире.
18. У него дар видеть большое и важное. Он знает, как добиться выдающихся достижений.
19. Опра Уинфри всегда естественна. Она умеет говорить со всеми.
20. Сама она из бедной семьи, поэтому познала жизнь сполна.
21. Огромная известность принесла ему свободу.
22. Он почувствовал необходимость познать и расширить свой талант.
23. Билл Гейтс – многогранная фигура. С одной стороны, он поражает своим умом, с другой – он удивительно простой человек.
24. Султан Брунея – человек застенчивый, легко смущающийся, и поэтому он избегает часто появляться на публике.
25. Бруней – это тропическое государство масштабом с Бельгию, которым правит султан.
26. Ричард Брэнсон – это удивительно обаятельный британский предприниматель, который возглавляет компанию международный авиалиний, торговая марка которых – Virgin.
27. Он считает, что управлять различными видами бизнеса надо с позиции доверия (делегирования обязанностей).
28. Энди Грэйв руководит компанией, которая в два раза больше и в два раза рентабельнее, чем Майкрософт.
29. Несмотря на то что им восхищается весь мир, он не любитель саморекламы.
30. Кинокритикам нравился персонаж, который не повиновался властям.
31. Чарли Чаплин не мог противиться звуковому кино.
32. Он вряд ли получил бы мировую известность, если бы говорил с оксфордским акцентом.
33. Секретом его успеха были физическое перевоплощение и ловкость, с которой он это делал.
34. Такое мастерство он, по-видимому, приобрел и развил на сцене Мьюзик-Холла еще в Англии.
35. Он не только брался за дела энергично, но и умел кардинально изменять сущность предметов. Таким образом он расширял свои знания.
Talking points.
1. When do people move out of their former career?
2. Anita: How did she get to her current career?
3. How did she manage to make a success of her business?
4. How can/do you attend to your skin?
5. How can you characterize Anita’ approach to her business?
6. Explain: to turn shops into social action stations.
7. What else arose your interest in this article?
8. Fame
9. Fortune
10. What kind of people inspire your admiration?
11. Compare the following notions:
respect / admiration / adoration
12. Describe people who have a sort of natural leadership and a natural touch.
13. Supply the following words with the right situations:
profitable
to rule
to run
charisma
14. Give an imaginary story of your own life: you are still young but very successful – a woman of substance. Prepare to be interviewed: how did you achieve all these?
Creative writing (p. 99). Model version.
Dear Sharon,
What a stroke of luck, winning all that lovely money! Well done!
You may think this is a bit of a cheek but I’d like to give you some advice on how to deal with it. You may remember I had a similar win myself about three years ago and made a few mistakes that I bitterly regretted afterwards.
Well, first of all, you have to spend some of it on something you‘ve been wanting for ages, maybe a better car or a really luxurious holiday in the sun or a whole new wardrobe. You’d probably like to give some to charity as well. I was far too careful with my winnings and thought that I had to get the most out of them and not waste anything; so I didn’t even have a minor spending spree.
Once you’ve got that out of your system then with what’s left, let’s say about $40,000, make a plan of how to get the most advantage from it. Obviously what you do depends on your circumstances. I know that you and Colin have been wanting to buy a flat; why not use $20,000 as a deposit on a property, then your monthly mortgage repayments would not be so hefty and could be confined to 10 rather than 20 years. With the remaining $20,000 you ought to make some provision for the future in terms of investment. You could invest in a pension fund or some other tax-free fund or maybe buy a holiday cottage or flat that you could rent out as a source of income and of course use as a holiday home for yourselves.
Good luck with your spending!
Love, Mel
PANEL DISCUSSION
YOUR FUTURE PROSPECTS AND EXPECTATIONS FROM LIFE
AS YOU SEE THEM
1. The key words and ideas:
Hope
Anticipation
Beliefs
Plans
Interests
Views on success, happiness, power, fate, luck, education, experience, society, laws, rules, code, time, surprises, etc.
2. The talking points:
1. real (adult) life
2. gaining experience
3. the main priorities
4. your values
5. a course of action
6. stage or think of some authentic situations
7. your idea of success
8. public image
9. risk-takers
10. the ‘together’ people
11. a sophisticated man
12. “achievement”-oriented people
13. streetwise knowledge
14. self-pity
3. Your commentaries on some sayings and pieces of advice:
1. There are 3 golden rules for life: good manners, consideration for others, unselfish behaviour.
2. Life is a question and we spend our whole life trying to find the answer to it.
3. You have to do what you have to do.
4. Luck is a complicated series of circumstances that just happen to have a happy effect.
5. Don’t ever be afraid of failing. It’s stopped many people achieving their goals.
6. Confidence is an absolute must. If you appear confident to others they will take you at your own valuation.
7. Never let anyone see your fear or your nervousness or your uncertainty. Be always in control.
8. You mustn’t push yourself beyond your natural endurance too fast. Always stay within your limit, do what comes easily and then, step by step, increase that level of “performance”.
9. Always turn any disadvantage into advantage.
10. Try to handle the daily problems with skills.
11. Suggest something of your own.
4. Express your view on life and respond to the following questions:
1. Would you like to own your own life?
2. Is it possible to control and determine your destiny? How?
3. Your self-esteem. What is it?
4. Illusions and reality. Is it possible to convert your illusions to reality? Can illusion become a reality? If “yes”, can you trust your illusions?
5. How to make a new world open up for you?
6. How to become a “polished” man?
7. Can you enjoy challenges life has prepared for you?
8. What is luck?
9. To be a gambler. Is it good or bad?
10. Your attitude towards self-pity.
11. What things can stimulate you?
12. What can you say about compromise? Are there any benefits?
13. Suggest your own questions for discussion.