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GLOSSARY
to be mugged –
to be robbed; to be forced to give another person one’s money
* You’re more likely to be mugged on a lonely, dark street than on a bright street
with lots of people walking around.
sketch artist –
a person who draws a face, usually of a criminal, based on
another person’s description
* Please tell the sketch artist everything you remember so that he can try to draw
a picture of the man who stole your money.
thin –
long and narrow; not wide
* Damian looks like his mother. He has a thin face with a very high forehead.
round –
circular; in the shape of a wheel
* Have you seen how round Kelly’s face is? It’s almost a perfect circle!
oval –
an elongated circle; shaped like an egg; similar to a rectangle, but with
rounded corners
* Their new swimming pool has an oval shape, like a very large egg.
square –
a shape with four equal sides and four 90° corners
* The bedroom is a square, with four walls that are each 20 feet long.
bulging –
sticking out in a round shape; pressing against something to make a
round shape
* The child drank a lot of water very quickly, so her stomach was bulging.
squinty –
with eyes partially closed so that only a small horizontal line of the eye
can be seen
* Our eyes are squinty in this photograph because the sun was very bright that
day.
bushy –
with a lot of hair, usually disordered or messy
* When I get older, I hope I don’t have bushy hair growing out of my ears like my
father!
eyebrow –
the curved line of short hair above one’s eye, at the bottom of one’s
forehead
* Do women pluck (pull out) hairs to change the shape of their eyebrows in your
country?
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pointed –
with a sharp end; not flat
* Be careful with that pencil! It’s pointed, and you almost hit me in the eye with it.
hooked –
with a curve at the end; with an end that comes up or down suddenly;
not straight
* Some birds have hooked beaks (mouths) that help them open nuts.
turned up –
gently curving upwards; not straight
* Jenny’s hair is beautiful when it is turned up at the bottom.
lip –
one of the two edges of the opening of one’s mouth, with darker or redder
skin; the upper and lower part of the opening outside of the mouth
* Do you bite your lips when you’re nervous?
to stick out –
to be easily noticed because something is taller, farther out, or
different than the rest of something
* Sadat sticks out among the other students because he’s the tallest boy in his
class.
bald –
without hair on one’s head
* Javier became bald when he was only 22 years old.
wallet –
a folded piece of leather or cloth that is used to hold one’s money,
identification, and credit cards
* Most men keep their wallets in their pant pockets, but most women keep them
in their purses.
I have a feeling –
I think, but I’m not sure; I’m pretty sure; I believe
* I have a feeling that this is going to be a very good year for our business.
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COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
1. Why is the sketch artist drawing a face?
a) Because he and Anna are playing a game.
b) Because he wants to make a drawing of the thief.
c) Because he knows what the thief looks like.
2. What kind of eyebrows are “bushy” eyebrows?
a) Very big, hairy eyebrows.
b) Small, straight eyebrows.
c) Dark brown eyebrows.
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WHAT ELSE DOES IT MEAN?
pointed
The word “pointed,” in this podcast, means with a sharp end, or not flat: “Many
women like to wear pointed shoes, but Jules thinks they’re too uncomfortable.”
Another meaning of “pointed” is a question, statement, or look that shows that
one isn’t happy about something: “The mother gave her child a pointed look and
he immediately stopped hitting the dog.” As a verb, “to point” means to hold
one’s hand and index finger in the direction of something to show other people
where something is: “The astronomy teacher pointed at Venus so that her
students could find it in the night sky.” The verb “to point” can also mean to hold
one’s hand and index finger to show someone where to go: “The librarian pointed
to the section of the library with books about U.S. history.”
to stick out
In this podcast, the phrase “to stick out” means to be easily noticed because
something is different than the rest of something: “Ron wore a red hat all morning
that made him stick out among all the other people.” The phrase “to stick out”
can also mean to make something come out or move forward: “The little girl
stuck out her tongue at her brother because she was angry with him.” The
phrase “to stick around” means to stay in a place: “After class, the students stuck
around talking with each other for about 15 minutes.” Finally, the phrase “to stick
with (something)” means to continue doing something: “Do you want to stick with
the original plan to meet at 8 p.m., or would you prefer to meet earlier?”
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CULTURE NOTE
When we describe someone’s facial features, we usually begin by talking about
their eyes, nose, and mouth. But there are a lot of other facial features that we
can describe when talking about what people look like.
For example, to describe noses, sometimes we talk about “nostrils,” which are
the two holes in one’s nose that one breathes through. Someone might have
very small nostrils, round nostrils, or hairy nostrils.
We can also talk about someone’s “forehead,” which is the top of one’s face,
above one’s eyebrows and below one’s hair. Foreheads can be high or low.
And many foreheads are “wrinkled,” meaning that there are lines in the skin.
A “chin” is at the bottom of one’s face, below one’s mouth and above one’s neck.
If someone has a “jutting chin,” it means that his or her chin sticks out from the
rest of the face. Fat people often have “double chins” meaning that there is extra
skin under the face and above the neck, so that it looks like the person has two
chins.
“Dimples” are small indentations that can appear on one’s “cheeks” (the areas on
the sides of one’s face, to the right and left of the nose) or chin. Many children
have dimples when they smile, and some adults have dimpled cheeks, too.
The skin covering one’s eye is known as an “eyelid.” If the skin under one’s eye
is dark, usually because one hasn’t slept enough, we say that the person “has
bags under his/her eyes,” or we say that the person “has dark circles under
his/her eyes.”
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Comprehension Questions Correct Answers: 1 – b; 2 – a
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COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT
Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 286: Describing
Facial Features.
This is English as a Second Language Podcast number 286. I'm your host, Dr.
Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in
beautiful Los Angeles, California.
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This episode is called “Describing Facial Features.” It’s going to be about a
woman who was, unfortunately, robbed. She’s going to try to describe who the
person was that stole her money. Let’s get started.
[start of story]
I was mugged while I was walking home last night. This morning, I was at the
police station with a sketch artist to see if we could come up with a picture of
what the thief looked like.
Sketch artist: Okay, you said that this was a man in his 40s. Can you tell me
what shape his face was: thin, round, oval, or square?
Anna: His face was long and thin, I think.
Sketch artist: Were his eyes more round, bulging, or squinty?
Anna: Well, I think they were round, but not too round, and he had bushy
eyebrows. He also had a pointed nose, not a hooked one.
Sketch artist: Take at look at this so far. Is this right?
Anna: His nose in the sketch is a little too turned up. It was more straight.
Sketch artist: What about his ears? Were they big or small? And his mouth?
Did he have thin or thick lips?
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