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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