Unit 4 - It's written on your face

Descriptors

Discover what your face says about you.

Read about how to identify a real smile.

Learn some verbs associated with the face, and look at ways to say something is true or false.

Practice using verbs associated with the five senses, learn to use pronouns with an indefinite reference, use find + it + adjective + to + infinitive, and be + adjective + at + noun or verb + -ing.

Listen to an interview with a personologist.

Review what you have studied so far.

Talk about what you can tell from people's faces. (This is an optional activity designed to give you extra writing practice.)

Describe someone you know whose personality is reflected in their face.

Learn to emphasize your opinions using what and that.

Learn to use emphasis to qualify your opinions.

Use the Internet to find out about iridology. (This is an optional activity designed to give you extra reading and writing practice.)

Write a magazine article about personology or iridology.

Talk to your tutor about the unit and the topic you wrote about in Tutorial 2.

Review the work in the unit.

Send us your feedback on this unit.

Test what you have studied in this unit.

Practise the language you study in this unit, and improve your reading, listening and speaking skills.

Wordlist

according

according to (prep)

in the words or opinion of (someone)

antique

antique (n)

an old (and usually valuable) object

bill

bill (n)

a piece of paper money

blink

blink (v)

to close and then open the eyelids very quickly

deceive

deceive (v)

to make someone think that something that is false is true or real

dilate

dilate (v)

to get bigger

disqualify

disqualify (v)

to be forced to stop participating in something, such as a race or other competition, usually for doing something against the rules

fake

fake (adj)

false – not real, not authentic

feature

feature (n)

a part of your face – your nose, mouth, ears, etc., are all features

flavoring

flavoring (n)

something that is put in food to give it a particular flavor or taste

fur

fur (n)

hair that covers an animal (cats, rabbits, bears, etc.)

hard

hard (adj)

difficult

humanbeing

human being (n)

a person (man, woman or child)

injury

injury (n)

damage to a part of your body that keeps you from doing normal activities, such as exercise, for example

jewelry

jewelry (n)

the collective word for things like rings, watches, bracelets and necklaces

joke

joke (n)

a short, funny story that you tell to make people laugh

leather

leather (n)

the skin of an animal like a cow, used to make jackets, shoes, etc.

liar

liar (n)

a person who doesn't tell the truth, who lies

lie

lie (v, n)

to not tell the truth; a lie (n) is what you say when you don't tell the truth

locked

locked (adj)

closed with a key

mood

mood (n)

the way you feel at a particular time; you can be in a good mood or a bad mood

race

race (n)

a competition to determine which person, animal or thing is the fastest

realize

realize (v)

to know or understand something now that was not obvious before

researcher

researcher (n)

a scientist who investigates a particular thing or area

riddle

riddle (n)

a problem that does not have an easy solution; a riddle can have an educational function or can be like a game

signature

signature (n)

your name as you write it when you sign a document or a letter, for example

smell

smell (v, n)

v: to use your nose to detect a scent (such as a flower or food cooking, for example); n: the scent that your nose detects

smile

smile (v, n)

to move the corners of your mouth up, usually when you are happy

species

species (n)

a particular type of animal

suspect

suspect (v, n)

v: to doubt someone's reasons for doing something; n: a person who the police have concrete reasons to think could be a criminal

tan

tan (n)

(abbreviation for suntan) a brown color that your skin becomes when you spend time in the sun

tell

tell (v)

in this context, tell means to know something because you can see, hear, smell, feel or taste that it is true

tendto

tend to (v)

to usually do something

tighten

tighten (v)

to become tight or tense

tip

tip (n)

extra money you give to a waiter in a restaurant, a taxi driver, etc.

train

train (v)

to teach someone to do a particular job or activity

water

water (v)

to give water to something, usually plants (not animals or people)

whitelie

white lie (exp)

a small lie you tell someone when you don't want that person to feel bad or uncomfortable