Unit 6  Curly or straight?

Vocabulary Task

Answers/script

1.     Carl is tall.

He has short, wavy, blond hair.

2.     Yumi is thin.

She is also short.

3.     Ana is pretty.

She has long, straight, black hair.

4.     Andrew is handsome.

He’s a little heavy.

He has curly brown hair.

Listening Task

1 First Listening

Answers

3, 1, x, 2, x, 4

2 Second Listening

Answers

Script

1.     A: I can’t find your sister.

B: She’s tall. She’s very tall. She has long brown hair. She likes to wear jeans and a sweatshirt.

A:   Oh, I see her.

2.     A:   Tell me again what your brother looks like.

B:   He’s kind of short. He has black curly hair. He likes to wear T-shirts with pictures on them.

A:   I think I see him.

3.     A:   Is that your son, there?

B:   No, my son is tall. He has short brown hair. His hair is straight. And he’s a little heavy.

A:   Let me look again.

4.     A:   I think I see your wife now.

B:   She’s short. She has short, wavy, blond hair. She is thin and…

A:   Kind of pretty?

B:   Well, yeah, I guess so.

A:   Yeah, I see her.

Real World Listening

1 Predict

2 Get the main ideas

Answers

Before: fat, long, brown, curly (hair)

After: thin, short, straight, blond (hair)

Script

K:     Hello?

L:     Hi, Karen. This is Lisa.

K:     Wow! How are you? Where are you?

L:     I am at home. I just got back last night. From Hawaii.

K:     So how was it? Tell me.

L:     It was so great. Great. You should see me. The new me.

K:     What do you mean “the new me”? What did you do?

L:     Well remember my hair?

K:     Yeah…

L:     It was brown.

K:     Yeah…And long and curly.

L:     Well, now it’s blond. And…

K:     Let me guess. It’s short?

L:     Yeah. It looks so great. It’s short and it’s straight. And so blond!

K:     Blond, short, and straight? Wow! I can’t wait to see you!

L:     And, there’s?? more. I walked and jogged every day. And I went swimming a lot. So good-bye, fat. No more fat. Now I’m thin.

K:     Thin and short, straight hair? I won’t know you.

L:     Wait. There’s more. A surprise.

K:     Can you come over now?

L:     Sure, I’ll run over right now.