1. Book4 Unit5 Listening and Speaking
How to Describe People
Designed by Wang Lian

2. I. Lead-in
A Guessing Game

3. Who is he? He is a middle-aged writer.
He often wears smiles with warmth and love.
He's got a square-shaped face, tanned(黄褐色) skin.
He's got an intresting pseudonym(笔名) which means not speaking.
He is the first Chinese who was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.

4. Mo Yan

5. Who is she? She is a girl of twenty four years old.
She is keen on singing and reading.
She's got a long square-shaped face, white skin, big and shining eyes as well as a straight(直挺的) nose.
She is an English teacher.
She is now giving a lecture to class5.

6. Miss Wang

7. Describing people

8. II. Listening comprehension
Get to know some new words and expressions
about this conversation through a short passage.

9. I have a five-year-old niece and she is a one hundred percent fair lady with heart-shaped face, pudgy or fat cheeks and bushy eyebrows. In addition, she's got natural wavy or curly hair. She is so cute and adorable that everyone in our family treats her as the only apple of our eyes.

10. II. Listening comprehension
Listen to a short dialogue and choose the best
answer to each of the following question.

11. 1.Who looks like one of the speakers?
A. Adriano’s daughter
B. Keira
C. Adriano’s daughter’s brother
2. How many people in the photo are talked about?
A. 3
B.4
C.5

12. II. Listening comprehension
Listen to the conversation twice and fill in the blanks with the words you have heard.

13. Gilles: Hey, what are you looking at?
Nora: Oh, these? They’re pictures from my _____back
home last month.
Gilles: Let’s have a look. So, who’s this?
Nora: That’s my sister and that’s my _____ Keira.
Gilles: Your sister looks nothing like you. You’re fair
and she has ____ hair and dark eyes.
Nora: Yeah, that’s true. Keira and I both have _____-
shaped faces, thin lips, fat cheeks, and bushy
eyebrows . Gorgeous!

14. Gilles: You don’t give yourself enough ____.
Why do you think every one of your guy friends is
________ in you? Hey, who’s the little girl?
Nora: Oh, that’s my cousin Adriano’s daughter.
Gilles: Oh, man, he’s so _____. That pudgy face, curly
hair, and big eyes! He’s adorable.
Nora: Yeah, I think he looks just like me.
Gilles: Hmmm…I think I’d better stop complimenting
you. It’s going straight to your head.

15. Gilles: Hey, what are you looking at?
Nora: Oh, these? They’re pictures from my _____back
home last month.
Gilles: Let’s have a look. So, who’s this?
Nora: That’s my sister and that’s my _____ Keira.
Gilles: Your sister looks nothing like you. You’re fair
and she has ____ hair and dark eyes.
Nora: Yeah, that’s true. Keira and I both have _____-
shaped faces, thin lips, fat cheeks, and bushy
eyebrows . Gorgeous!

16. Gilles: You don’t give yourself enough ____.
Why do you think every one of your guy friends is
________ in you? Hey, who’s the little girl?
Nora: Oh, that’s my cousin Adriano’s daughter.
Gilles: Oh, man, he’s so _____. That pudgy face, curly
hair, and big eyes! He’s adorable.
Nora: Yeah, I think he looks just like me.
Gilles: Hmmm…I think I’d better stop complimenting
you. It’s going straight to your head.

17. trip cousin dark heart Gilles: Hey, what are you looking at?
Nora: Oh, these? They’re pictures from my _____back
home last month.
Gilles: Let’s have a look. So, who’s this?
Nora: That’s my sister and that’s my _____ Keira.
Gilles: Your sister looks nothing like you. You’re fair
and she has ____ hair and dark eyes.
Nora: Yeah, that’s true. Keira and I both have _____-
shaped faces, thin lips, fat cheeks, and bushy
eyebrows . Gorgeous!
trip
cousin
dark
heart

18. credit interested cute Gilles: You don’t give yourself enough ____.
Why do you think every one of your guy friends is
________ in you? Hey, who’s the little girl?
Nora: Oh, that’s my cousin Adriano’s daughter.
Gilles: Oh, man, he’s so _____. That pudgy face, curly
hair, and big eyes! He’s adorable.
Nora: Yeah, I think he looks just like me.
Gilles: Hmmm…I think I’d better stop complimenting
you. It’s going straight to your head.
credit
interested
cute

19. III. Challenge to Talk

20. Read the short passage about Angelina Jolie and underline the words or expressions used to describe her .
Angelina Jolie was born on 4th June 1975 in Los Angeles and she is an actress and in the past she was a model.
Angelina has above average height, because she's 170cm tall. Her weight is about 55kg, and it's a proof that she is very thin. Shape of her face is square and complexion is ruddy, nose is long and narrow, she is got large mouth and small,almond-shaped, green eyes. Her hair is long, nut-brown and straight. In everyday life she is often casually dressed in a blouse or T-shirt and jeans.

21. Describing People's Appearance
Summary
Describing People's Appearance
Facial Features
Gender
Age
Height
Hair

22. wavy or
curly hair
long straight hair
pig-tailed hair
hair in a bun 圆髻
screw-cut hair

23. Describing People's Appearance
Summary
Describing People's Appearance
Facial Features
Gender
Age
Height
Hair
Nose

24. flat nose
hooked nose
high-bridged
(高而挺的)
nose

25. Describing People's Appearance
Summary
Describing People's Appearance
Facial Features
Gender
Age
Height
Hair
Nose
Face

26. Oval face
瓜子脸
Round
face 圆脸
Long face 长脸
Square face 方脸

27. Describing People's Appearance
Facial Features
Gender
Age
Height
Compexion
Hair
Nose
Face
Eyes
Mouth

28. Hair: crew-cut, pig-tailed,short,long,shoulder-
lenght(齐肩的), straight,curly,
hair in a bun(圆鬓)
Nose: flat, high-briged, sharp, straight，
pointed，upturned (朝天的)
Face: heart-shaped, square-shaped,
oval(椭圆的), beautiful,
rosy(粉嫩的）, pale, hansome
Eyes: watery, bright, big, small, beautiful,
deep-sunken(深陷的)
Mouth: big, small, cherry-shaped
Complexion: ruddy, rosy, pale, tanned

29. Mr Li

30. Describing People's Appearance
Facial Features
Gender
Age
Height
Figure
Compexion
Hair
Nose
Face
Eyes
Mouth

31. slim or slender
overweight or
fat
well-featured
sexy and plump(丰满的）

32. Describing People's Appearance
Facial Features
Gender
Age
Height
Figure
Compexion
Hair
Nose
Face
Eyes
Mouth

33. Gender: woman, man, girl, boy
Age: middle-aged, teenager, young, old
Height: above(under) average height, tall, short
Figure: overweight, slim, slender,plump(丰满的),
well-featured,fat, thin, obese
Hair: crew-cut, pig-tailed, short, long, straight,curly
Nose: flat, high-briged, sharp, straight
Face: heart-shaped, square-shaped,oval(椭圆的),
beautiful, hansome,rosy, pale
Eyes: watery, bright, big, small, beautiful, deep-
sunken
Mouth: big, small, mean,cherry-shaped
Complexion(肤色): pale, ruddy, black, brown,white

34. III. Challenge to Talk
Choose anyone of your classmates or teachers in your class and describe what he/she looks like including hair,eyes,mouth, height, clothing, etc.

35. Useful expressions It is a girl/boy...
He/She has got long straight hair...
The shape of his or her face is...
He or She is often dressed in...
He or She looks like...

36. Vivid description of a person
See, feel,hear and smell about the person
The person is characterised

37. V. Assignment
There is a person we are so familiar with but few of us pay enough atention to him. His name is father. We are always accustomed to his unconditional love but don't konw his exact age, let alone his exact height or appearance. Write a passage to describe your father with the expression and words we learn today.

38. The person I'd like to describe is my father
The person I'd like to describe is my father. My father is a simple, good-natured man. He is of _____ size, neither too tall or too short. With a pair of _____ eyes and a _____ nose, my father looks very____. He works quite hard for our family so that he's got____hair and looks thinner than before.
Shape of his face is ______ and complexion is ______. He is often dressed in black, wearing a very old suit that shins from age.
He is a gentle man as well because he usually speaks in a very thin, gentle voice. He treats everybody well. Besides, he is a kind husband who humbly obeys my mother.

39. Thank you for your cooperation!
Bye!