Daily Life - Facial Hair (C0223)

Officer Brown:

Ok Sally, we have an artist here to help us. We’ll ask you questions about the bank robber you saw and Paul will draw a picture. Are you ready?

Sally:

Yes, hmmm. Well, he had brown hair…… long hair…… and he had some facial hair…… was brown, too.

Officer Brown:

Good! Ok, the facial hair, was it a beard or a mustache?

Sally:

Both! His mustache was very short and thin, …. on the top of his lip.

Paul:

un-uh hmmm…, like this?

Sally:

Yes, that’s the mustache! But the beard isn’t right, mean, it didn’t cover his whole face…. think it was just on his chin.

Officer Brown:

A goatee? Was it like Paul’s?

Sally:

Ah yes, that’s it, he had a goatee.........

Paul:

Okay, what about sideburns? Did he have sideburns?

Sally:

Um, they were long and thick, yours!

Paul:

Alright, was this the man you saw?

Sally:

Yes, that’s him! Hmmmmm, he looks a lot like you.

Officer Brown:

Hmmm, why yes he does. Paul, where were you on Friday afternoon?

Paul:

What? That’s ridiculous! It wasn’t me! I didn't do anything.

Key Vocabulary

facial hair

hair on the face

beard

the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face

mustache

an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip

goatee

a small chin beard trimmed into a point

sideburns

hair that grows on the sides of man

thick

not thin;great in extent from the surface

ridiculous

very unreasonable or silly

why yes

as a matter of fact

Supplementary Vocabulary

Sketch Artist

A person who can draw a face from instruction

razor

a sharp instrument used to shave a beard

Shaving cream

a lather applied to the face for a smooth shave

Hair Clippers

An electric machine that cuts hair

Muttonchops

Sideburns that are long and extend towards the corner of the mouth

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