Kurs: -- English - Pre-Intermediate
Modul: Comparisons
Autor: prof. Gordana Matorkić
Naziv jedinice: Beauty
Materijali vezani uz ovu lekciju:
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How important is your appearance? Although everyone wants to be good-looking, are beautiful people always happier people? For example, it must be a problem to be a really beautiful woman, because some men may be more interested in looking at you than talking to you. They think of you as a picture rather than a person. There are also some people who think that women who are exceptionally pretty and men who are particularly handsome must be stupid. They believe that only unattractive people can be intelligent.
On the other hand, no one wants to be really ugly, and have a face that even your mother doesn’t want to look at; and no one wants to be plain either – that is to be neither attractive nor unattractive, and have a face that is easily forgotten.
Nevertheless, the word "attractive" means different thing to different people. For example, some women "die" to have curly hair and do everything to make it look like that. Others who already have curly hair often want to make it straight. Blonds dye their hair in order to get it darker and brunets long for blond hair. At least, women don't have to worry about going bald. That's a man’s problem. For them, the important thing is their build. It is well known that most women prefer tall to short men, but if they're tall, they shouldn't be skinny. Short and fat is considered to be the worst combination, but a little bit overweight for men shouldn't be a problem, especially if they are broad-shouldered. On the other hand, being a pretty woman considering that you are slim or even thin and that you have a narrow waist - basically to look like a model. That is the reason why women often go on diets.
Being attractive is like being rich - it can help you find happiness, but it doesn't always make you happy. So, maybe the best thing is not to worry too much about how you look, but simply try to be an interesting person. For interesting people have interesting faces, and almost always attractive.
Vocabulary
| Nouns (imenice): | Verbs (glagoli): |
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appearance - spoljašnji izgled
hair - kosa
blond - plavuša
brunet - smeđokosa
built - građa
waist - struk
model - maneken(ka)
diet - dijeta
happiness - sreća |
die - umreti, umirati
dye - farbati
long for - čeznuti za
prefer - više voleti, preferirati
consider - smatrati |
Adjectives and adverbs
(pridevi i prilozi): | Prepositions and conjunctions
(predlozi i veznici): |
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interested in - zainteresovan za
rather - pre nego, radije, više
exceptionally - izuzetno
particularly - osobito, veoma
handsome - zgodan (samo za muškarca)
pretty - zgodna (samo za ženu)
stupid - glup
attractive - privlačan
unattractive - neprivlačan
intelligent - pametan, inteligentan
ugly - ružan
blond - plav (kosa)
plain - jednostavan, prost
easily forgotten - koji se lako zaboravlja
curly - kovrdžav
straight - prav
bald - ćelav
tall - visok
short - nizak
skinny - jako mršav
fat - debeo
little bit - malo
overweight - pretežak
broad - shouldered-širokih ramena
slim - vitak
thin - mršav, tanak
narrow - uzak |
nevertheless - ipak, pored toga
for - jer, zato što |
Synonyms
| Nouns (imenice): | Verbs (glagoli): |
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appearance – look
blond – blonde
brunet – brunette
waist – waistline
model – fashion model
happiness – delight, joy
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dye – colour
prefer – favour, fancy
consider – think
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Adjectives and adverbs
(pridevi i prilozi): | Prepositions and conjunctions
(predlozi i veznici): |
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rather – sooner, preferably
exceptionally – very
particularly – especially
handsome – good – looking
pretty – attractive, beautiful, lovely
stupid – idiotic
attractive – good – looking
unattractive – ugly
intelligent – clever, smart
ugly – unattractive
plain – simple, ordinary
curly – wavy
bald – hairless
short – small, little
skinny – thin
fat – obese
little bit – some
overweight – fat, huge, obese
slim – slender, slim
thin – skinny
narrow – slim
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nevertheless – even so, regardless
for – because of, due to
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Antonyms
| Nouns (imenice): | Verbs (glagoli): |
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blond - dark, brunet, brunette
brunet - blond
diet - indulgence
happiness - sadness, depression
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die - live, grow
dye - bleach, whiten
long for - not want, dislike, hate
prefer - dislike, hate, refuse
consider - disbelieve, disregard
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Adjectives and adverbs
(pridevi i prilozi): | Prepositions and conjunctions
(predlozi i veznici): |
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interested in - indifferent, uninterested
rather - little, insignificantly
particularly - commonly, usually
handsome - ugly
pretty - ugly, unattractive
stupid - smart, intelligent
attractive - ugly, unattractive, undesirable
unattractive - attractive, pleasant
intelligent - stupid
ugly - beautiful, pretty
blond - dark
plain - complex, difficult
easily forgotten - easily remembered
curly - straight
straight - curly
bald - hairy
tall - short
short - tall
skinny - fat, chubby
fat - skinny, slim, slender
little bit - a lot
overweight - skinny, slender, underweight
broad - shouldered- narrow-shouldered
slim - fat
thin - fat, heavy
narrow - wide, broad
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