Appearance

7 Curious Facts 

Your Appearance Says 

about You

I Lead in.

1)    Do you think that person’s appearance or looks can influence the way we think about that person?

2)    What are the associations between the appearance and the character of a person? In your opinion, are those associations right?

II Pronunciation focus. Look at the phonetic symbols [s], [tʃ], [ʃ]. How do you pronounce them? Put the words in the list in the correct column based on the way you pronounce the underlined letters. Listen or watch and check.

 facial; features; faces; structure; neuroscientist; ratio; score; distance; aggression; instinctually; perception

[s]	[tʃ]	[ʃ]
face	nature	mention

III Match the words to their definitions.

subconscious; rebellious; womaniser; appearance; villain; average; CEO; criminal; take advantage of; ratio; instinctually; soccer

      1.    the way a person looks

2.    someone who breaks the law

3.    football

4.    relationship that shows how big one amount is that the other

5.    typical and usual

6.    difficult to control and opposing the authority

7.    person with the most important position in the company (chief executive officer)

8.    by instinct

9.    make use of something

10.belonging to the part of the mind that a person is not fully aware of

11.bad person who harms people

12.a man who has a lot of temporary affairs with women

IV Watch the video above and fill in the gaps with the words from the list. There are some words you don’t need to use.

wild; connected; wider; appearance; video; personal; scientists; find; examples; personality; psychologist; psychiatrist; distance; number; find; individual; Hollywood; successful; aggression; play; power

Seven facial features that can say a lot about you.

 Research continues to show that our 1)_____ can say a lot about our 2)_____ and lifestyle. But what exactly do your facial features say about you? Just stay tuned to 3)_____ out. And while you're watching, how about a little game? Among all the faces you are about to see  we've hidden three images of famous criminals.  Can you 4)_____ them all? Keep an eye out.

Number seven: facial structure.

5)_____ and neuroscientist Dr. Keith Welker studied the facial structure of around 1,000 World Cup soccer players and found that a player's facial width to height ratio was closely 6)_____ to the number of goals he scored. This ratio is the 7)_____ between the cheekbones - width, divided by the distance between the brow bone and upper lip - height. A low score is from 1.5 to 1.7, average is 1.7 to 1.85, and a high score is around 1.85 to 2.0. According to the research, the higher the 8)_____, the more competent a person is. In other words, the visually wider your face, the higher your chances of being 9)_____ are. Of course this is all purely based on averages, and it really depends on the 10)_____. So find your facial to height ratio and see where you stand.

Number six: broad cheekbones.

Speaking of wide faces, this point might shock you especially after that last example. British 11)_____ have found that men with higher levels of testosterone have 12)_____ faces with broad cheekbones. This hormone is connected to a high level of 13)_____, rebellious tendencies, and a desire for 14)_____ which might explain why a lot of big CEOs have wider faces. Even more interestingly, women can instinctually sense all of this. 15)_____ takes full advantage of this subconscious perception. Directors like to choose men with such looks to 16)_____ villains, rebels, and womanisers. Just think about it, and lots of 17)_____ will come to your mind.

V Pronunciation focus. Look at the phonetic symbols [s], [ʃ], [g], [dʒ], [f] , [aʊ], [ɛʊ], [ju]. How do you pronounce them? Put the words in the list in the correct column based on the way you pronounce the underlined letters and letters in  bold. Listen or watch and check.

 certain;  muscles; eyebrows; get; crow; laugh; suggests; struggles; angle; scientists; engineers; mathematicians; psychologists; sciences; Humanities; differentiation; genders; hemisphere; fascinating; neurotic; general; figure

[s]	[ʃ]	[g]	[dʒ]	[f]	[aʊ]	[ɛʊ]	[ju]
city	mention	go	age	phrase	how	no	new

  

VI Match the words to their definitions.

  

hemisphere; fascinating; give away; vibe; overcome; frown; duck face; ridiculous; Humanities; wrinkle; crow's feet

1.      a slight line on  the skin of the face

2.      to tell information or facts that you should keep secret

3.      move one's brows in an expression showing, displeasure or concentration

4.      a branching wrinkle at the outer corner of a person's eye

5.      succeed in dealing with (a problem or difficulty)

6.      learning concerned with human culture, especially literature, history, art, music, and philosophy

7.      each of the two parts of the  (human) brain 

8.      extremely interesting

9.      an exaggerated pouting expression in which the lips are thrust outwards

10.  a person's emotional state

11.  absurd

VII Watch the video above and choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

Number five: wrinkles.

Having wrinkles doesn't just give away your stage/age/aged; it can also say a lot about your personality. How? You see, there are certain minuscule/cells/muscles that work every time you smile, cry, frown or raise your eyebrows. After some time they get used to particular emotions/emotional/motions and draw them on your face making them feasible/edible/visible even when your face is resting. Crow's feet and smile lines say you're a true optimist who's pretty emotional but also just loves to laugh/laughter/laughed and have a good time. A crease on your forehead between your eyebrows jests/suggests/reject a completely different story: you're a serious person who's had to overcome real struggles and difficult/faculty/difficulties over time. See, your wrinkles tell the story of your wife/life/strife.

 Number four: your good side.

A lot of us like our posture/picture/pictured taken from a certain angle thinking it's our best one. However, scientists at the University of South Australia have found that it's not so simple. It turns out that engines/veneers/engineers, mathematicians, and chemists usually pose with their right side to the camera, while art critics and psychologists prefer their left/leaf/cleft side. So basically it's the right side for people who like exact sciences and the left one for those who lean towards the Humanities. By the way, there's a slight differentiation between the genders as well. Women tend to turn to the came/camera/era with their left side. Researchers believe that this is because the left part of our face is controlled by the bright/right/tried hemisphere of our brain which is responsible for our emotions. That’s why it seems way more attractive/attracted/affected.

 Number three: selfies

In 2015 a group of scientists analyzed 123 selfies taken from Sina Weibo, a Chinese micro blogging cited/state/site sort of like Twitter. The researchers found a fascinating connected/connection/connective between types of selfies and people's personalities. People who are friend/friendlier/friendliest and more open to new experiences tend to use the bottom-up approach when taking selfies. They usually show their notions/motions/emotions more and aren't afraid to look funny or ridiculous. Selfie takers with the infamous duck face and high angle tend to be neurotic/neural/neuroscientist. However, students couldn't figure out all of an individual's personality traits correct/correctly/corrected only based on a photo. That’s simply because almost everybody tries to look better in their pictures which complicates the process of finding out who they truly are. Still you can easily tell someone's generally/general/generate vibe based on their profile pictures.

VIII Match the words from two columns to make collocations used in the text. Use three collocations in your sentences.

1.	give	A.	difficulties
2.	get	B.	used to
3.	crow's	C.	to new experiences
4.	smile	D.	for
5.	have	E.	a certain angle
6.	overcome	F.	funny or ridiculous
7.	from	G.	a good time
8.	exact	H.	away
9.	be responsible	I.	lines
10.	open	J.	out
11.	look	K.	sciences
12.	figure	L.	feet

IX Match the words to their definitions.

pointed; genuine; flip side; instantaneously; trick; conduct; affect; fleshy; addict; spot; identical twin

1.    not  thin

2.    another aspect or version of something

3.    having a sharp end

4.    either of a pair of twins who are alike in all genetic characteristics (including sex) and typically very similar in appearance

5.    have an effect on

6.    a person who is addicted to a particular substance, typically an illegal drug

7.    to deceive or cheat

8.    at once

9.    organize and carry out

10.true and authentic

11.see, notice

X Watch the video and fill in the gaps with the words you hear.

Number two: nose

A study published at the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery came to some very surprising 1)_____. Researchers analysed 1,700 pictures with 14 types of noses and then linked all of them to different personality types. They found out that the bigger a person's nose, the more 2)_____they are. These people are perfectionists and they always 3)_____what they start. Scientists even analysed the tip of the nose. Weird, but still pretty cool, right? So if the tip of your nose is a little 4)_____and fleshy, you'd make a great 5)_____and financier. And on the flip side, people with small pointed noses don't really care that much about 6)_____.

Number one: the Dorian Gray effect.

Have you ever noticed how identical twins start to look less and less alike as they get older?  You can have the best genes ever, but the 7)_____you lead will still affect your appearance. It’s like all of your bad 8)_____are slowly being imprinted right on your face. This lets everybody around you figure out what kind of lifestyle you've had, and what they can  9)_____from you. For example, you can always spot a heavy drinker or an out-of-control drug addict, right? That's what we're talking about here. So if you take care of yourself and your 10)_____, you'll look good at any age.

We've seen tons of examples of how a person's face can say a lot about their 11)_____and lifestyle. But appearance can also easily trick you. Alexander Todorov, a professor of psychology at Princeton University, is sure that we instantaneously form an 12)_____of a person standing in front of us purely based on their looks. This gives rise to the ‘halo effect’ when 13)_____people seem way friendlier than they really are. Todorov also conducted an experiment in which he asked students to judge the appearance of different composite images. Those with a round face and big eyes were seen as naïve, genuine, and 14)_____. Asymmetric, 15)_____and less attractive faces were associated with antisocial and bad behaviour.

  

XI Match the words from two columns to make collocations used in the text. Use six collocations in your sentences.

  

1.	come	A.	flip side
2.	personality	B.	type
3.	find	C.	care of
4.	on the	D.	drinker
5.	identical	E.	to result
6.	heavy	F.	any age
7.	drug	G.	to result
8.	take	H.	twins
9.	at	I.	out
10.	come	J.	addict

 XII Watch the video. Put the sentences from the talk in order (1-6).

a)  Here they are: the first man is Ted Bundy, an American serial killer and rapist; the woman is Rosemary West, a British serial killer; and finally this stud right here is Jeremy Mix, an American convicted felon who was even dubbed ‘the most beautiful criminal in the world’.

b)  With all that in mind, did you manage to find the three criminals hidden throughout the video?

c)  They don't look that violent, do they?

d) What do you think about this topic?

e) Do facial features really play a role in forming personality traits and did you recognize any of the criminals?

f) Just one more reason you shouldn't judge a book by its cover.

XIII Complete the sentences with the prepositions from the list. Watch all parts of the videos to check your answers.

out; to; in; of; of; to; to; on; by; for; between; out; on; in;  out; to; on; about; out; from; of; at; of; about; by; away; about; out;  to  in; of; on; of; to; to; on; by; for; between; out; on; in; out; to; on; about; out; from; of; at; of; about; by; away; about

1.    So if you take care _____ yourself and your body, you'll look good _____ any age.

2.    Just one more reason why you shouldn't judge a book _____ its cover.

3.    Just think about it, and lots of examples will come _____ your mind.

4.    Having wrinkles doesn't just give _____ your age; it can also say a lot about your personality.

5.    Your appearance helps people figure _____ what kind of lifestyle you've had, and what they can expect _____ you.

6.    _____ the flip side, people with small pointed noses don't really care that much _____ money.

7.    Students can’t figure _____ all of an individual's personality traits correctly only based on a photo.

8.    The researchers found a connection _____ types of selfies and people's personalities.

9.    If you want to find the pictures of criminals in this vide, you need to keep an eye _____.

10. According _____ the research, the higher the number, the more competent a person is.

11._____ other words, the visually wider your face, the more successful you can be.

12._____ course ratios and averages are not always correct, everything really depends _____ the individual.

13.The left part of our face is controlled _____ the right hemisphere of our brain which is responsible _____ our emotions.

14.A study published at the Journal of Craniofacial Surgery came _____ some very surprising results.

15.After some time muscles get used _____ particular emotions and draw them _____ your face.

16.We've seen tons _____ examples of how a person's face can say a lot _____ their personality and lifestyle.

17.Research shows that our appearance can say a lot _____ our personality.

18.Almost everybody tries to look better _____ their pictures, so it’s difficult to find _____ who they truly are.

19.Hollywood takes full advantage _____ the subconscious connection between wider faces and levels of aggression.

XIV Watch all parts of the video and answer the questions.

1) What is the connection between the facial structure of a person and the chances of success? What famous people are the examples of this association?

2) What is facial width to height ratio and how can we measure it?

3) What types of people usually have high cheekbones?

4) Where can associations between cheekbones and personality be used?

6) What can wrinkles tell people about person’s lifestyle?

7) Why do wrinkles tell a story of   person’s life?

8) What kind of people like to take pictures from their right side? What people prefer their left side?

9) How are men and women different when it comes to the best side for taking photos? How can you explain this difference?

10) What information about person’s character can we get from a selfie?

11) How are people with big and small noses different when it comes to money?

 12) What is Dorian Gray effect?

13) What is ‘halo effect’ in psychology?

14) What are the associations with round faces and big eyes? What do people tend to think about someone who has a less attractive face?

15) Are the  associations with people’s appearance always correct?

  

XV OVER TO YOU. A) Watch all parts of the video and complete the table below. For each feature find your own example (a famous person, a film character, et.) to illustrate the associations between appearance and personality.   

B) Answer the questions given at the end of the video: What do you think about this topic? Do facial features really play a role in forming personality traits?

	feature	associations	meaning	example(s) from the video	own examples
1	facial structure