Unit 6  Curly¹ or straight?

Vocabulary Task

Answers/script

1.     Carl is tall.

He has short, wavy², blond³ 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.