5 a) Find two verbs in the text which mean look. How do they differ in meaning? Read the definitions and check.
glance: look at sth quickly
gaze: look at sth/sb for a long time because you find it interesting
stare: look at sth/sb for a long time (rudely/blankly)
glare: look at sth/sb angrily
peer: look at sth very hard as you can't see it clearly
peep: take a quick look at sth, often secretly and quietly
catch sight of/catch a glimpse of: see for a short time
b) Use the verbs from above to say how you would look in the following situations:
1 at your neighbour through closed curtains
2 at yourself in a mirror before you leave the house
3 at your watch to see what the time is
4 at someone who keeps interrupting you while you are delivering a speech
5 at newspaper headlines when in a hurry
6 at someone with very unusual clothes
7 at an art masterpiece
a) В тексте есть два глагола «смотреть»: staring («they would sit staring at the copper with such eager eyes» — сидели, уставившись на котёл) и gazed («He gazed in astonishment at the boy for some seconds» — смотрел с изумлением).
Разница: stare — смотреть долго, бессмысленно или невежливо (мальчики пялятся голодными глазами); gaze — долго смотреть, потому что это интересно или вызывает удивление (хозяин поражён словами Оливера).
b) Подбираем глагол по ситуации:
Предложение строим по образцу: «I would peep at my neighbour through closed curtains».
a) staring (stare) and gazed (gaze): stare — look for a long time rudely or blankly; gaze — look for a long time because you find something interesting.
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