(H. R. Haggard)
Ex. 16. Read and translate the passages.
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The colonel is a fine-looking man. His hair is white. So is his moustache. His face is cleanly shaven showing a bronzed complexion. The expression of his face is kind though firm.
The colonel has three sons. Basil, the eldest of the boys, is seventeen years of age. He is a fine-looking lad though not handsome. He looks very brave and strong. His hair is straight and black. He is, in fact, the son of his father.
How very unlike him is Lucien, the second of age. Lucien is delicate, with a light complexion and very fair hair. He is more like what his mother was, for she was a blonde. The colonel’s youngest son is a quick-witted, curly-haired boy - cheerful at all times.
Among the passengers there were two who interested me very much. One, a man of about thirty, was one of the tallest men I ever saw. He had yellow hair, a thick yellow beard, a handsome face and large eyes. His face made me think of someone I had seen before but at the time I could not remember who it was. The big man’s name was Sir Henry Curtis.
The other man was short, stout and dark. He was always very neat and clear-shaven; he always wore an eye-glass in his right eye, and he never took it out. At first I thought he even slept in it, but afterwards found that this was not so. He put it in his trousers pocket when he went to bed, together with his false teeth, of which he had two beautiful sets.
(H. R. Haggard)
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Cedric was not tall, but broad-shouldered, long-armed and powerfully-mad. His face was broad with large blue eyes, open and frank features, fine teeth and well-formed head. He was frank but of a nasty temper. There was pride and jealousy in his eyes, for his life had been spent in maintaining his rights. His long yellow hair was not very grey, although he was almost sixty.
(W. Scott)
Ex. 17. Answer the following questions:
1. What colour of eyes do you like most?
2. What is the difference between a near-sighted person and a far-sighted one?
3. How do you wear your hair?
4. What can happen to a person’s voice if he shouts too loudly or too long?
5. What complexion do blond people usually have?
6. With which fingers do we hold a pen or a pencil?
7. What happens to a child’s milk teeth?
8. How does hard manual work affect people’s hands?
9. What do we call people who lost their hair?
10. To what part of the ear are earrings attached?
11. What does a person deserving to be called well-preserved look like?
