- Book Two -
LESSON 4. DESCRIBING PEOPLE (Part II)

GOAL: To describe people in more detail and understand more detailed descriptions of people.

1. How did you celebrate your most recent birthday?
2. How many semesters do most Japanese universities have?
3. How is today's humidity?
4. What are your plans on Sunday?
5. What's chance of rain tomorrow?
6. Does your father have a moustache?
7. Is your mother vivacious?

    1.  give me  Gim'me a minute!    2. come on  C'mon,  we've got'ta go! 
    3.  kind of  I kin'na like 'er.  4. like an  You look like'n old man

    Now listen to these sentences at natural speed:
 
    1. Give me a hand.  2. I've got to find him. 3. It looks like an easy test.

 
  a. hunk             ____ having a well-shaped body 
  b. well-built       ____ to explain, to talk about, to tell about 
  c. describe         ____ (slang) a good-looking person 
  d. zits             ____ small marks on the face, pimples, acne  
  e. cosmetics        ____ (verb) to change the color of cloth or hair 
  f. easy-going       ____ no hair on the head 
  g. dye              ____ egg-shaped 
  h. oval             ____ products which the skin and hair more beautiful 
  i. crew cut         ____ no hair on head 
  j. bald             ____ short hair on the head 
                      ____ (noun) a chemical used to change the color of things 
                      ____ relaxed, unrushed (opposite: up tight)

1. Do many Japanese use cosmetics? If so, what kinds?
2. Are beards or mustaches common here?
3. How common are zits among teenagers here? Are they common among adults?
4. Do many Japanese dye their hair?

		Aiko:  Have you ____  ____1 friend Hiroshi?
		Amy:   No, ______  _______2 look like?
		Aiko:  Mmm! - What ___ ________3 hunk! He is in his mid-twenties, tall, and well-built. 
        		He looks like Brad Pitt.
		Amy:   _______  ____4! This isn't Hollywood!  _______  __5 a better description.
		Aiko:  He has a big nose, strong chin, and zits ____  ____6  forehead.
		Amy:   What ______  ____7 hair does he have?
		Aiko:  It is short, straight, and with a side part.
		Amy:   I don't think I ______  ___8. What's he like?
		Aiko:  Easy-going and artistic.
		Amy:   What's he into?
		Aiko:  Photography, rap, and movies.
		Amy:   He sounds ______  ______9 interesting guy.
		Aiko:  Yeah. Someday I'll introduce you.
		Amy:   continue . . . _____________________

	1.  Is Hiroshi a teenager? ___________________________________________________
	2.  What's Hiroshi interested in? ____________________________________________
	3.  What sort of hair does Hiroshi have? _____________________________________
	2.  Is Hiroshi easy going or up tight? _______________________________________

    PERSON A:  Choose one of the 30 people listed below. Answer questions
               from B & C about how that person looks. 

    PERSON B & C: Ask Person A questions about the person that he/she chose.
               Try to guess which of the 30 persons below is being described. 


    SAMPLE QUESTIONS:

                * Is it a man or woman?
  
                * Does this person have glasses?

                * What sort of eyebrows does this person have?
 
                * etc.

   1.   Are your parents easygoing or up-tight?     
   2.   Do you ever use make up?
   3.   Have you ever dyed your hair? 	
   4.   What sort of cosmetics do you use?
   5.   Is your father bald?     
   6.   What's your mother look like?
   7.   How common are zits in Japan?

   1. *He is in his high teens.    2. *They are oval faces.    3. *Her nose is low.  

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