What does she look like? (1-2)

Who is he?

Manger: Who's that man over there?
Receptionist: Which man?
Manger: The man in the brown suit.
Receptionist: The thin one? The tall, thin man?
Manger: No. Not the tallm thin man. That's not him.
That's Mr Jones. Look. He's wearing a brown suit and a hat. And he's carrying a parcel. Who is he?
Receptionist: The man with the parsel? I don't know.

Description

He's a man.
He's tall.
He's thin.
He's wearing a suit.
He's carrying a parcel.
He's a tall, thin man in a brown suit.
He's carrying a parsel.

The man in the brown suit.
The tall, thin man? No, the short, fat man.
He's wearing a hat.
He's carrying a parsel.

Where is he?/What's he wearing?

He's near the bar.
He's quite tall.
He's wearing a hat.
He's carrying a case.

Conversation

Man: My name's Turner. I'm looking for a friend. Her name's Kay.
Manager: Is Kay her first name or her surname?
Man: It's her surname. Her full name is Jean Kay. Mrs Kay.
Receptionist: Mrs Kay isn't in her room, Sir. Perhaps she's in the bar.
Man: I don't think so. She never goes into bars.
Manager: Is she waiting for you?
Man: I don't know, but I think so.
Manager: What does she look like?
Man: She's got dark hair and she's quite tall. About five foot seven.

What does she look like?

long dark hair
5 foot 7 inches tall

A What does she look like? B She's got long dark hair and she's quite tall.
A How tall is she? About five foot seven.

(In England we don't use the metric system for height.
We use 'feet' and 'inches'. One foot is 0.3 metres so five feet is 1.5 metres.

Tean is five foot seven. In metres?
Sam is five foot nine. In metres?
Ulrich is 1 metre 80. In feet?
Gisela is 1 metre 20. In feet?)

I think so/I don't think so

A Is she waiting for you?
B I think so. She always waits for me.
A Is she in the bar?
B I don't think so. She never goes into bars.

Perhaps

Perhaps she's in the bar. I think so/I don't think so.

Conversation

Manager: Is that your friend? Over there?
Man: No. That isn't her. Jean's got longer hair.
Manager: And her skirt?
Man: Jean's skirt is shorter than that.
Manager: Is she younger than your friend?
Man: I don't think so. She looks older than Jean. And Jean is taller.

It's longer

Jean is taller. Her skirt is longer than that lady's. Jean's got longer hair.

short - shorter (than)
long - longer (than)
old-older (than)

Словарик к уроку

Phrases

I think so. - Думаю, так.; Думаю, дело обстоит так.

I don't think so. - Я так не думаю.

 

Words

about - о, около

bar - бар

brown - коричневый

to carry - нести

dark - темный

description - описание

fat - толстый, упитанный, тучный

first name - имя

foot (five foot seven) - фут

full name - полное имя, имя и фамилия

hair - волосы

hat - шляпа

him - его, ему, им, (о) нём (косвенный падеж от he)

lady - леди

long - длинный

to look - выглядеть, казаться; смотреть, глядеть; осматривать; следить

to look for - искать

to look like - быть похожим, походить, выглядеть как

manager - менеджер

parcel - пакет, посылка

perhaps - возможно

short - короткий

skirt - юбка

suit - костюм

surname - фамилия

tall - высокий

than - чем

thin - тонкий

to wait for - ожидать

to wear - носить

with - с, с помощью, при, из-за

young - молодой


Summary

In/with

A man in a brown suit.
A man with a parsel.

What does she look like?

What does he/she look like? He's a tall, thin man.
She's got long, dark hair.

Older/younger

Your hair is shorter than my hair.
My hair is longer than your hair.

I am older than you.
You are younger than me.

I think so

Is she in the bar?
I think so/don't think so.