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Comparisons 5
4 Look at the text again.
a Find as many examples as possible of
e eye colours.
c eye signals.
o ways of changing the appearance of eyes.
b Can you add any more examples?
5 Discuss these questions.
f Why do women generally wear eye make-up
rather than men?
2 In some cultures people cry in public. In other
cultures they don't. What about your culture?
When is it acceptable to cry in public?
3 What restrictions are there in your culture on
eye contact?
6 A lot of expressions have the word eye in them.
a Here are some examples in English. Match them
with their meanings.
ro see eye to eye wirh I ro ignore something
someone
to attract someone's
to keep an eye on
attentiofi
someone or something
to catch someone's eye I to agree wirh som?on?
to look someone
to watch carefully
(straight) in the eye
to give someone the eye I to be the favourite
to be someone's blue- to show that you are
eyed boy/girl
I i*rrrrrrd in"someone
to turn a blind eye to
something I to be direct with someone
b Do you have similar expressions in your language?
unhappy and sometimes when we are very happy. But :iti#ffi
we can also control some eye signals. For example, we +
can wink at someone or raise an eyebrow. Sunglasses :tt L"ngrug" focus: os ... os...
make someone appear mysterious or dangerous,
because they hide the eyes and so we can't see the We can compare things using os ... os ...
signals. a Look at these sentences.
Blue eyes are as tough as brown eyes.
find large eyes more attractive. Children have Green eyes aren't as common as blue or brown eyes.
E ffi Fu
Ed W large eyes in proportion to their heads. Cartoon b Write sentences using this information and
characters always have large eyes, too. We can't ds,.. os...
actually change our eyes, but we can make them look 1 brown eyes/ sensitive to light/ blue eyes
bigEer with make-up. Eye make-up isn't new. False 2 in hot countries blue eyes/ common/ brown
eyelashes can make eyelashes longer. Eye shadow on eyes
the eyelids can make the eyes look bigger and more 3 whole eye/ big/ table tennis ball
dramatic. Glasses can also make eyes look bigger. 4 small eyes/ attractive/ large eyes
5 women's eyebrows/ thick/ men's
H ffi Fe do not normally look into someone's eyes for 6 lens in an old person's eye/ flexible/ a young
W W tong, especially when they are very close. Eye person's
contact can be very threatening, so people only do it 7 eye make-up/ old/ history
8 our ears/ important/ our eyes
when they want to threaten someoRe. lt is also very
intimate. lt's also why people don't look at each other ii
in lifts. fui+...
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