bald
spiky
eard
DIRE
plump
child
HEIGHT
thin
AGE
BUILD
short
slim
young
HAIR/LIPS
straight
1.9 Looks
Vocabulary
Physical appearance
1 al Listen and say.
short
of
medium
height
long
in his twenties/
thirties
tall
middle-aged
well-built
wavy
thin lips
old
curly
full lips
fat
moustache
b) Look at the text. The characters in
the picture are from an adventure film.
Who's ...
1 tall, fat and bald, with full lips?
2 of average height, well-built, with very
short brown hair?
3 young, thin, of medium height, with long
straight fair hair and full lips?
4 young, tall and slim, with brown spiky
hair and thin lips?
C
The
FANTASTIC FOU
The Human
Torch
The Thing
Reed Richards is a genius and he
is the leader of the Fantastic Four.
He's the husband of Susan Storm
and he can change his body into any
shape. He can become thinner than
a needle or stretch about 3 miles.
Johnny Storm is the younger brother
of Susan Storm and the youngest
in the group. He can fly faster than
sound, control fire and surround
himself with fire. He's good friends
with Spider-Man
B
(3
Invisible
Woman
D
C
Mr Fanta
Susan Storm is the second in command
She's beautiful and powerful, but she
can be very dangerous to her enemies
How? She can disappear at any time
She's Reed Richards' wife.
Ben Grimm is a professional pilot.
His great sense of humour, blue eyes
orange body and famous battle cry
"It's clobberin' time", make him a ven
popular character. He's very strong and
is friends with Reed Richards.
Check these words
genius, leader, change, shape, become, enemy, needle, stretch, mile,
second in command, powerful, disappear, group, sound, control, fire,
surround, professional, sense of humour, famous, battle cry
3
Reading
2 al Listen and read the texts (A-D) and match them to
the characters (1-4) in the picture. Which words/phrases
helped you decide?
b) Choose a character and present him/her to the class.
