Vocabulary: The body

 

 

 Vamos a recordar hoy el vocabulario relacionado con las partes del cuerpo. En la entrada de hoy aprovecho para que sirva para varios niveles de inglés, incluso para los niños, así todos podéis adaptarlo al propósito que queráis.

 

THE  FACE	THE  BODY	THE HAND
eye – ojo nose – nariz ear – oreja mouth boca lip – labio cheek – mejilla chin – barbilla forehead – frente eyebrow – ceja eyelash – pestaña eyelid – párpado jaw – mandíbula tooth – diente (teeth- dientes) tongue – lengua pupil – pupila iris - iris	head – cabeza body – cuerpo neck – cuello shoulder – hombro throat – garganta chest – pecho back – espalda waist – cintura stomach – estómago hip – cadera armpit – axila arm – brazo elbow – codo forearm – antebrazo toes – dedos del pie heel – talón instep – empaine sole – planta del pie leg – pierna thigh – muslo knee – muslo calf – pantorrilla ankle – tobillo foot – pie (feet -pies)	wrist – muñeca fist – puño mano – hand palm -palma thumb – pulgar finger – dedo nail – uña

 

Para los que tienen ya algún nivel de ingles os dejo aquí algunos idioms relacionados con las partes del cuerpo:

 put your foot in your mouth – se usa cuando queremos decir que se ha hecho o dicho algo que ha ofendido a una persona

get off my back – se usa cuando te esa criticando lo que haces todo el tiempo

to have an eye for something – “Tener buen ojo”

cost an arm and a leg – cuando nos referimos a que algo es demasiado caro, lo que nosotros traducimos como “costar un riñón”.

give someone the cold shoulder – ignorar a alguien

a sight for sore eyes – cuando estamos muy contentos de ver a alguien o por algo

 have a firnger in every pie -  cuando decimos que alguien está metido en muchas cosas, nosotros lo podemos traducir “está en todas las salsas”.

open someone’s eyes – “abrirle los ojos a alguien”, hacerle ver la verdad a alguien.

off the top of my head – cuando dices algo sin pensar lo que dices, espontáneamente.

look down your nose – cuando alguien se cree mejor que los demás

play it by ear – improvisar o hacer las cosas sin preparación previa.

have eyes in the back of one’s head – estar alerta, estar pendiente de lo que sucede alrededor.

do something with one’s eyes closed - “hacer algo con los ojos cerrados”, hacer las cosas fácilmente.

 También relacionado con las partes del cuerpo nos encontramos con adjetivos compuestos. Estos adjetivos compuestos están formados a artir de partes del cuerpo, algunos de estos ejemplos os los dejo a continuación y además os dejo unas oraciones para que relacionéis algunos de esos adjetivos de las listas con ellas.

 

left-handed big-headed sour-faced light-fingered dark-skinned

double-breasted pot-bellied cross-eyed strong-willed fair-haired

narrow-waisted red-faced knock-kneed bow-legged broad-minded

cold-blooded round-shouldered slim-hipped empty-handed right-footed

 

!. My boss is terribly……………, walking around as if he were holding his salary cheque between his knees. His wife’s quite the opposite:………….., as if she had just got off a horse.

 

2. I used to wear………….suits until I decided that one button was far more suitable for……………people such as myself.

 

3. My sister is so……………and…………….she reminds me of one of those long thin wine bottles.

 

4. He’s Scandinavian, so he’s…………..and………….., and looks far better in jeans than I do.

 

5. It looked as if United were going to return home…………..until Bradfield scored with an incredibly powerful………….shot from outside the penalty area.

 

6. Off we go on holiday with visions of returning…………..and beautiful, forgetting that we always come back……………and with peeling backs.

 

7. Hoskins, if you go on starting at that magazine any longer, you’ll go………… . Now either be………….., dear boy, and put it away or give it to me until the end of the lesson.

 

8. My boss is so……….., always looking as if he knew tomorrow was going to be the end of the world. And his wife is so…………; I have to keep a careful eye on my things when they come round to the house, or they just disappear.

 

9. Most………….tennis players seem to win more easily against right-handers. Taking of tennis players, aren’t those professionals a ………….bunch, shouting all the time about how great they are?

 

10. A lot of liberal, …………people find it difficult to accept that there is such a thing as murder.

 

KEY:   1. Knock-kneed, bow-legged    

            2. double-breasted, pot-bellied

            3. round-shouldered, narrow-waisted

            4. fair-haired, slim-hipped

            5. empty-handed, right-footed

            6. dark-skinned, red-faced

            7. cross-eyed, strong-willed

            8. sour-faced, light-fingered

            9. left-handed, big-headed

            10. broad-minded, cold-blooded

 Y ahora os dejo un ejercicio más apropiado para todos los niveles. Siguiendo las definiciones tenéis que buscar en la sopa de letras la palabra que corresponde a cada una de ellas.

 Most people have 32 of them and use them to eat………

The part of your body where food is digested after you’ve eaten it……….

When you cry or peel onions, they go red………..

When you sit down in the dentist’s chair, the dentist asks you to open this……..

It can be straight, wavy, or curly…………..

They’re half way down your legs…………

When you have a cold, it’s sometimes difficult to breathe through it and you can’t smell anything………….

A cat uses it to drink milk……………

There are five of these on each of your feet…………..

At the end of a concert, the audience does this to show they like what they’ve heard…..

When you want to show you’re happy, you do this…………….

In most countries you do this if you want to agree with something someone says without speaking…………….

We usually do this to flowers when we are given them…………..

In art galleries you mustn’t do this to the paintings or sculptures…………

You make this sound with your lips to attract someone’s attention in the street……..

Basketball players move the ball to each other by doing this………….

Food that has too much salt in it………….horrible!

We have two of these to hear……………..

You should swim a lot if you have problems with this part of your body…………

It’s a verb and it means to look at somebody or something for a long time………..

 

FOR KIDS

 Y si hay niños que quieran practicar os dejo aquí para que completen con las partes del cuerpo a Minnie Mouse o a Mickey Mouse.

 

 

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