Unit 3

Language in use
视觉 Eye Look
嗅觉 Nose
Smell
听觉 Ear Sound
味觉 Mouth Taste
触觉 Hand Feel
We use our eyes / noses / hands / mouths /
ears to …

look sound smell

taste feel
Read these sentences.
It tastes good.
You look very pretty.
It doesn’t smell fresh.
I feel nervous when I speak Chinese.
 pizza

It looks lovely, it smells delicious, it

tastes good.
 cheese
It doesn’t smell fresh. It smells too
strong and it tastes a bit sour.
chocolate cookies

They taste really sweet and they feel soft

in the middle.
She looks very He looks strong.
pretty.
 cheese
She feels sad when she gets
bad marks at school.
She feels quite shy when she is with
strangers.
She feels nervous when
she speaks Chinese.
She feels sorry when she does not know
how to do things in the right way.
She feels afraid when she travels
by plane.
1. Look at the picture. Complete
the sentences.
e.g. The cakes taste delicious.
1. The bananas ____________________.
taste delicious
2. The students ____________________.
look happy
3. The flowers _____________________.
smell nice
4. The juice _______________________.
tastes sour
5. The chair _______________________.
feels soft
6. The music ______________________.
sounds beautiful
2. Write sentences about yourself.
Use the words in the box to help
you.
feel look smell sound taste

e.g. I like this dress very much. It feels

comfortable.
I like pandas. They look funny
and friendly.
 3. Put the words into the correct
columns.
beautiful, dark, fair, friendly, nice
old, pretty, proud, quiet, short,
shy, strict, tall, young
What does he / she What is he / she like?
look like?
beautiful dark friendly nice
fair old pretty proud quiet shy
short tall young strict
 look like/like 的用法与区别
look like 着重问人物长相， look 是看
上去，即看上去是个什么样。
be like 着重人的内在性格、人品，是
个什么样的人。 like 在此是介词。
e.g. What does he look like?
他长什么样？
What is he like?
他是个什么样的人？
 Work in pairs.

4. Use the table in Activity 3 to ask

and answer questions about the
people.
your mum
A: What does your mum look
like?
B: She’s tall and beautiful.
A: What is your mum like?
1. your dad
2. your maths / Chinese / music teacher
3. your uncle
4. your best friend
e.g. — What does he look like?
— He is big and strong.
— What is he like?
— He is nice.
5. Complete the conversation with
the correct form of the words in
the box. You need to use some of
the words more than once.
be look taste

Jane: Hi, Alex! How are you today?

Alex: Great!
look very happy!
Jane: You (1) _____
Alex: Oh, yes. My mum made a cake
for me. Here, have some. It
really (2) _____
tastes delicious!
Jane: Thanks. It (3) _____
looks very pretty
too. Mm, you’re right. It’s nice.
Alex: And another good things is, my
friend Ben is coming to stay.
Jane: Oh, really? What (4) ___is
he like?
Alex: He’s really friendly and kind.
Jane: What does he (5) ____
look like?
Alex: Well, he’s tall and thin. He’s
good at sport. Would you like
to meet him?
Jane: Yes, I’d like to.
 6. Complete the passage with the
words in the box.
close, friendly, look, meet, noisy, with

Americans usually shake hands with

meet
each other when they first (1) _____.
When two Americans are talking, they
close to each other.
do not stand too (2) _____
If they meet some friends at a party
with someone
while they are talking (3) ____
else, they usually bring their friends into
look
the conversation. Americans (4) _____
each other in the eye when they talk.
noisy sometimes,
They may be a bit (5) _____
but they are quite (6) _______.
friendly
7. Write about how things feel,
look, smell, sound or taste. Use
the words in the box to help you.
beautiful, comfortable, delicious, fresh
great, hot, nervous, nice, noisy,
quiet, round, strong, sweet
e.g. Flowers look beautiful. They smell nice.
 Work in pairs.

8. Describe a thing in the box to

your partner. Your partner should
guess what it is. Use the words in
the box in Activity 7 to help you.
a basketball, a bird, a cat, a flower,

a hamburger, a lantern, a plane,

grass, the sun,
A: It looks beautiful.
B: Is it a flower?
A: No, it isn’t. It’s round and hot.
B: Is it a lantern?
A: No, it isn’t. It’s much hotter and
bigger than a lantern.
B: Is it the sun?
A: Yes, you’re right.
Around the world

Polite expressions
Read the passage and fill in the blanks.
In the West, people are quite open about
their feelings. Many people hug each other
when they meet. People are friendly and
informal. They usually use given names,
even at work. It is polite for people to say
“thank you” very often, even to their family
members.
1. People in the West are quite ____
open
about their feelings.
2. Many people ____hug each other when
they meet.
3. People in the West are _______
friendly and
________.
informal
4. It is _____
polite for people to say “thank
you” to others.