B) Answer the questions on the text. 1) Why are some people afraid to admit that appearance matters to them?

1) Why are some people afraid to admit that appearance matters to them?

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2) What are people's relationships based on?

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3) Can looks be everything? Why?

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4) What doesn't the author mean saying “physically attractive”?

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5) Who did the author meet once?

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6) What did one of the boys say to the author about one of his friends?

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7) What according to the author matters when you start a serious relationship with a person?

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8) Should people try to find out why they are attracted to some person? Why?

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9) Do you agree with the ideas expressed in the text? Why?

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10) How can you explain what attractiveness is?

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C) Retell the text.

Express the same in English.

1) веселый ____________________________________________________________

2) забавный ___________________________________________________________

3) привлекательный ____________________________________________________

4) трудолюбивый ______________________________________________________

5) разбогатеть _________________________________________________________

6) успешный __________________________________________________________

7) добродушный _______________________________________________________

8) ровно в 8 часов _____________________________________________________

9) копить деньги ______________________________________________________

10) стать моряком ______________________________________________________

Express the same in English.

1) хвастаться чем-то ___________________________________________________

2) время от времени____________________________________________________

3) беда в том, что ______________________________________________________

4) заслуживать уважения _______________________________________________

5) сожалеть о чем-то ___________________________________________________

6) иметь возможность __________________________________________________

7) прелестный, прекрасный _____________________________________________

8) симпатичный (о мужчинах)___________________________________________

9) симпатичная (о женщинах) ___________________________________________

10) Не будете ли вы любезны... ___________________________________________

11) хорошо прожить жизнь _______________________________________________

12) быть похожим на кого-то внешне______________________________________

13) информировать кого-то о чем-то _______________________________________

14) получать полезную информацию ______________________________________

15) унаследовать внешность, черты характера _______________________________