4. Your brother, Joko, has a new computer store. Congratulate him. 5. Your classmate, Anto, has just won the first winner of physic Olympic at Athena, Greece. Activity 5 You just received a card from the Woodward family announcing their new born baby. You can’t visit the baby soon to the family so you send a letter showing your congratulation. Use the clues and the form given. Picture 5.2. Baby announcement card Source : www.lazypie.com...Boy-announcement-3.jpg Clues: 1. Say thank for the news about the new born baby. 2. Give your congratulation on the new born baby. 3. Give your hope that the mother and the baby are both well. 4. Give your pray that the baby will give happiness to the family. 5. Inform the family that you will visit the baby someday. 6. Ask the family to give more information about the new baby if they had time. Form Jalan Literari 80 Jaten Karanganyar Surakarta Dear ………., Two days ago, ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. I and my family send our ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Please write …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Yours August West 101 Activity 6 Listen to your teacher reading a description about certain person. Make notes if necessary. Answer the questions orally. Picture 5.3. A well-known actress. Source: www.moviereview.com Questions 1. Who is described in the text? 2. What is she? 3. How does her body look like? 4. How does her lips look like? 5. Where can you possibly find this kind of text? Activity 7 Do you know your body well? Look at the following human body. Match the numbers with the words in the box. Picture 1 1. [] 2. leg [ ] hand [ ] knee 3. 9 [ ] elbow [ ] finger [ ] foot 4. 10 [ ] shoulder [ ] head 5. [ ] chest []stomach 6. 11 []arm []toe 7. 12 8. Picture 5.4. Smiling Baby Source: Computer file at LPMP Jateng 102 Picture 2 12 3 4 5 []buttock []back [ ] waist []neck [ ] hip Picture 5.5. Fawning Baby Source: Computer file at LPMP Jateng Picture 3 17 [ ] teeth 28 []eye [ ] lips 39 [ ] hair [ ] eyebrows 410 [ ] forehead []nose 511 [ ] jaw [ ] cheek 612 []chin [ ] ear Picture 5.6. Taufik Hidayat [ ] mouth Source: Computer file at LPMP Jateng Activity 8 In pairs, read the dialogue aloud. Dewi : Look! Who is in the picture? Monty : Are you joking? You don’t know her at all? Dewi : Yes, I am. I haven’t read any information for a month. Monty : She is Natalie Glebova, Miss Universe 2006, from Russia. Dewi : I see, Wow. What a beautiful girl she is. Monty : Of course. Look, she is tall and fair. She is also slim and beautiful with her long black hair. Dewi : How lucky she is. I want my body like hers. Monty : Well, you can have such a body if you do a healthy diet and enough exercise. Dewi : Can I? I can’t stop eating chocolate. It’s miserable. Monty : Poor you are. Questions: 1. What do they talk about? 2. Where does she come from? Picture 5.7. Natalie Glebova 3. How does she look like? Source: Computer file at LPMP Jateng 4. Is that the ideal woman’s body? What do you think? 103 Activity 9 Useful adjectives/phrases for describing the physical features of a person. Pronounce and find the meaning of the words No. Description Words/phrases Examples of 1. Age Young Mrs. Lina is 45 years old but she looks Old younger than her age. Elderly, The middle-age woman is walking Middle-aged alone along the road. Younger than My grandma, Cassandra is elderly Older than woman. 2. Height Short Alina is tall girl but her sister is short. Tall Shinta is not tall, she is just of average Of average height height. Of medium height I am taller than my brother, Jim. 3. Figure Tiny, Small The models have slim waist and Big, Stocky, stout slender body. Slim, Slender, slight, skinny The bodybuilding athlete has muscular Fat, plump, obese body. Muscular, bent, straight The officer’s body is straight and slight. 4. Looks Charming, pretty, cute, Kathryn looks attractive with her red beautiful, attractive, sexy, cool. dress. Ugly, unattractive, plain, Paul is a cool guy, but his face is a little homely homely. 5. Complexion Dark, dark brown, fair, reddish Tyson has a dark skin but Clinton has a fair complexion. The reddish-faced boy always delivers the newspapers everyday. Describe these persons. 1. 2. 3. Mr. Burrows is my director. Mr. Josh is my manager. Miss. Lia is salesperson. He has ………………. …… He is ………….. ……………. She is …………………. ……………………………… ……………………………….. ………………………….. ……………………………… ……………………………….. …………………………. ……………………………… ………………………………… …………………………. 104 Activity 10 Useful adjectives for describing facial parts of the body Pronounce and find the meaning of the words No. Body Characteristics No. Body parts Characteristics parts 1 face 1. long 4. Eyes 1. small 2. oval 2. bright 3. pale 3. wide 4. oblong 4. slanted 5. blue 2. Nose 1. pointed 5. Cheek 1. chubby 2. small 2. haggard 3. flat 4. aquiline 3. Hair 1. black 6. ears 1. small 2. blond 2. big 3. curly 4. bald 5. straight 6. ponytail Describe these persons. Describe how their face, nose, hair, eyes, check and ears if necessary. 1. 2. 3. ………………………………… ……………………………….. ………………………….. ………………………………… ……………………………….. …………………………. ………………………………… ………………………………… …………………………. Activity 11 Compound adjectives. When describing someone, sometimes we use adjectives that consist of more than one words. They are called compound adjectives. Examples: Sallow –faced Black-haired Far-sighted Middle-aged Pitched-haired Near-sighted Pot-bellied Grayish-haired Clean-shaven Long-legged Pointed nosed Bald – headed Style-footed Bright – eyed Wide-shouldered Knock-kneed Cross-eyed Broad-shouldered Wavy-haired Almond-shaped eyes Chubby-cheeked 105 Example : Melissa looks very sexy with her long-legged body. Completed the following sentence with the suitable compound adjectives 1. It is hard for the _______________students to read what is on the blackboard from the back of the class. 2. Mr. Burton is no longer younger. He is now ____________man 3. The _____________director is hard to walk. His stomach is too obese. 4. The ______________girl is Angel Karamoy. She is shampoo advertising star because of her long black hair. 5. I am in love with these _____________children. Their cheeks are so passionate 6. Mr. John looks more handsome with his _____________face. 7. The ___________man is relaxing in the pool. He has no hair at all 8. The ___________bodybuilder looks very muscular. Activity 12 Qualitative adjectives. Sometimes, we describe somebody from his/her personality traits. Here are some useful words for describing one’s personality traits. Pronounce them and find their meaning in the dictionary. No. Positive traits Meanings No. Negative traits Meanings 1. Generous 1. Emotional 2. Intelligent 2. Arrogant 3. Diligent 3.Bad- tempered 4. Creative 4. Stingy 5. Friendly 5. Untidy 6. Easygoing 6. Moody 7. Sociable 7. Two-faced 8. Independent 8. Rebellious 9. Patient 9. Lazy 10. reliable 10. aloof Read this conversation. Find the good and the bad qualities of the two guy . Lina and Linda are in the school canteen talking about their friends, Andy and Kevin. Lina : Lin, suppose Andy and Kevin ask you to be their girlfriend, which one will you choose? Linda : Andy and Kevin? Uhm…physically both of them are tall and handsome. The typical guys I like most. But I think I have to consider their personal qualities. Lina : Personal qualities? Well, I see…What about Andy? Linda : Andy, uhm….I think he is quite good. He is intelligent. You know… he always passes the test with flying colours. He is also creative, sociable and independent. But …. Lina : But …..what… Linda : You know. He can’t stand living in common life. He prefers living out of rules. He is rebellious. Can I take that ? I am not sure. Lina : I see….Well, What about Kevin? 106 Linda : Kevin, I don’t know much about him. But I heard that he is easygoing person, patient, Diligent. He is generous too, you know. Lina : Yeah…then .. Linda : He is also reliable but as I know he is moody and aloof. He isn’t sociable guy. Lina : Well, it’s hard to choose huh…. Linda : Yeah …..no body’s perfect …no body’s perfect. Andy Kevin Positive personalities Negative personalities Positive personalities Negative personalities …………………….. …………………….. …………………….. …………………….. …………………….. …………………….. …………………….. …………………….. …………………….. …………………….. …………………….. …………………….. …………………….. …………………….. …………………….. …………………….. B. Modeling of text Activity 13 Listen to your teacher reading the text and fill in the blanks. Picture 5.8. Dhini Aminarti Source: www.pikiran-rakyat.com Do you know this (1) ________ girl? Of course you are. Her (2) _________ is everywhere. On magazines, newspapers and (3) _______________ on TVs as “sinetron” player. You might think this girl is (4) ___________, soft-spoken, and composed. Na-ah, you’re so of wrong! Dhini (5) ____________ that she’ s actually a talkative kind of girl, full of (6) _________ but kind-hearted and friendly. Dhini’s true personality won’t show when she’s in the company of a (7) ____________ or in an unfamiliar place. And another thing, she’s a perfectionist!. This 173-cm- tall and slim girl I say that she’s always a perfectionist when it comes to her (8) ___________, job, thoughts, and future. She (9) ___________ planning everything well and making an effort to (10) __________ her targets. (Edited from : Cool ‘n Smart, Vol.3.No.24. 2004) Questions: 1. What is Dhini Aminarti? 2. What does she look like? 3. How are her personalities? 107 4. Is she a perfectionist girl? How do you know? 5. What is the speaker’s purpose in this spoken text? Activity 14 Read the text and answer the questions. Pay attention to the text structure and the language features. 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