Upper-intermediat 5tudenf Book

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G verbs of the senses
V the body
P silent letters
Let your body do the talking
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The photographer Howard Schatz had a very unusual idea for a book.
He invited actors into his studio, and asked them to 'be' certain
characters in certain situations, and he then photographed them.
For example, he told the actor Christopher Lloyd to be 'a violin
teacher who is listening to his pupil massacre a Mozart piece:
1 GRAMMAR verbs of the senses
a Look at the photo. In pairs, choose the best description of the man.
1 He looks ...
a angry. b in pain. c depressed.
2 He looks like ...
a a teacher. b a bank manager. c a builder.
3 He looks as if...
a he has just eaten something nasty.
b he has just been told some bad news.
c he is listening to something that sounds awful.
b Now read abont a book called II1 character: actors actil1g
and check your answers.
1 Who is the man in the photo? 2 What's he doing?
c 0 p,IlS Grammar Bank 4C. Read the rules and do
the exercises.
d Look at the photos of Alan Cumming and Michael Cumpsty
from the book and describe the actors. Use looks, looks like,
and looks as if
e Match the faces A- D with situations 1-4, and the faces E-H
with situations 5-8.
I
1 You realize you have been betrayed by your best friend. D
2 You are a four-year-old letting the family's pet parrot
out of its cage.
D
3 You are a man begging your partner to come with you
to visit your parents. 0
4 You are a young child trying not to listen as your mother
tells you off.
D
5 You are a young driver telling a police officer that
you haven't had anything to drink.
D
6 You are a police officer leaning on the door waiting for
a driver to show his license.
D
7 You are a young driver admitting that you've had
maybe a small beer.
D
8 You are a police officer looking into a car filled with
teenagers.
D