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Introduction 4 Acknowledgements 7
Section 1: The human body
11 Age 8 1.6 Body size and body parts 20
1.2 Beauty 10 1.7. Armsandhands 22
1.3 Parts of the face 12 1.8 Ways oftouching andholding 24
14 Hair 14 1.9 Legsandfeet 26
1.5 Seeingandsight 16 1.10 Ways of moving 28
Review 18 Review 30
Section 2: The inner self
2.1. Happiness and sadness 32 2.6 Intelligence 44
2.2 Stressandanger 34 2.7 Waysthe mind works 46
23 Fear 36 2.8 Unusual states of mind 48
2.4 Loveandloving 38 2.9 Good guys andbad guys 50
2.5 Marriage 40 2.10 National characteristics 52
Review 42 Review 54
Section 3: The world about us
3.1. Townandcountry 56 3.6 Travellingbyair 68
3.2. Theworldofplants 58 3.7. Drivingacar 70
3.3. Theanimalkingdom 60 3.8 Noises 72
3.4 Weather 62 3.9 Materials 74
3.5 Energysources 64 3.10 Sizeandshape 76
Review 66 Review 78
British English and American English differences 80
Index 81 Key 851 The human body
1.1 Age
Except for the word teenager which
describes someone whose age ends in the
syllable ‘teen’ (such as fourteen, fifteen
or sixteen), words which describe age are
not exact. When, for example, does a
baby stop being called a baby and be-
come a young child? When does a boy
become a young man and a little girl
become a young woman? At what age
does middle age begin? When do you
call someone elderly and not simply
old? At what age does someone become
‘an adult? In some countries, like
Britain, France and the United States, it
is when the government says a person is,
old enough to vote, Is that really the
difference between a child and an adult?
Exercise 1