Pretty is as pretty does
Name the body parts:
| (1) | What do you think of cosmetic surgery? |
| (2) | Do you think there’s a difference between cosmetic and plastic surgery? |
| (3) | Would you consider having cosmetic surgery? |
| (4) | Do you think cosmetic surgery is more popular with women or men? |
| (5) | What do you think are the dangers of cosmetic surgery? |
| (6) | What parts of your face / body would you like to change? |
| (7) | Would you like to be a cosmetic surgeon? |
| (8) | Why is cosmetic surgery so popular in some countries but not at all in others? |
| (9) | What do you think of people who have cosmetic surgery? |
| (10) | Do you think there should be an age limit for people to have cosmetic surgery? |
Listen and write
- Who do you think is the most beautiful person in your country?
- Who do you think is the most beautiful person alive today?
- Who was the most beautiful person in history?
- Who is the most attractive in your family?
- Does beauty affect one's success in life?
- Is it better to be physically attractive or intelligent?
- Is it better to be physically attractive or wealthy?
- Is beauty related to power?
- Can you think of anyone who is in a position of power that is not physically attractive?
- Do people spend too much time and money on beauty?
- How much time should be spent on making yourself look better each day?
- Who would you say is beautiful that others maybe wouldn't?
- Do you think people should have cosmetic surgery to enhance their looks?
- If so what is the minimum age when someone should have plastic surgery?
- How popular is plastic surgery in your country?
- What is the most popular feature for cosmetic alteration?
- Do you think self-esteem affects beauty?
- Do you think beauty affects self-esteem?
- How important is beauty in your daily life?
- Have you ever noticed anyone ever feeling pressured to be more beautiful?
- What do you think of the proverb, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder?"
- Do you have any proverbs or idioms from your country that relate to beauty?
- What do you think "beauty is skin deep" means?
- What are some beauty tips that you could share?
- Do you think people with many tattoos can be beautiful?
- How many tattoos are too many?
- Would you ever get a tattoo?
- Do you have a tattoo?
- Do you think people with many piercings can be beautiful?
- What kind of body piercing, if any, do you feel are acceptable?
- What kind of piercing, if any, do you feel are unacceptable?
- What personality trait is the most important for inner beauty?
- How do you define beauty, using your own words?
- Would you ever date someone who was not conventionally attractive?
- What makes one person more attractive than another?
- Do you think people from different countries than you see attractive the same way?
- Is there someone famous that is considered beautiful, that you think is not?
- Are beauty pageants good or bad?
- Should children be entered into beauty pageants?
- Do you think one gender or group worries more about beauty than another?
- Would you want your children to be beautiful or talented?
- What are some of the drawbacks of being beautiful?
- What do you think about plastic surgery?
- Would you ever have plastic surgery?
- If so, what would you change?
- What do you think of celebrities who get plastic surgery?
- Do you think it's necessary to have plastic surgery if you are famous in order to be successful?
- Do you think skin color affects whether a person is regarded as beautiful or not?
- Do you think that fairer skin makes you more beautiful?
- What are some advantages of being beautiful?
- What makes someone beautiful in your country?
- What differs between that idea and the American idea of beauty?
- What do you think "beauty is skin deep" means?
- How many different adjectives can you think of to describe a beautiful woman or a handsome man
What do these English expressions mean?
1. TRUE / FALSE: Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
- Police could not match passport photos with air passengers' faces. T / F
- Immigration officials could not identify three women at an airport. T / F
- The women's faces were both swollen and bandaged. T / F
- The three women do not know when they can go back to China. T / F
- China is the cosmetic surgery capital of the world. T / F
- Half a million Chinese have cosmetic surgery in S. Korea every year. T / F
- The article says half of South Korean women have had cosmetic surgery. T / F
- The article says parents are telling kids not to have cosmetic surgery. T / F
2. Gap fill
match
swollen
extent
unclear
stranded
allowed
officials
identity
Three Chinese women were left (1) ____________ at a South Korean airport after immigration (2) ____________ said their passport photos did not (3) ____________ their faces. The women had just had cosmetic surgery to change their looks. The surgery had transformed their faces to such an (4) ____________ that passport control officials in South Korea could not confirm their (5) ____________. Photos of the women went viral on the Internet. Their faces were (6) ____________ from the surgery and were heavily bandaged. The Shanghaiist.com website reported that the women were not (7) ____________ to take their return flight back to China, and were instead held for questioning by the airport authorities. It is still (8) ____________ if the women have been able to return to China.
residents
estimated
capital
prime
hugely
tourism
undergo
clinics
South Korea has become the cosmetic surgery (9) ____________ of the world. Cosmetic surgery (10) ____________ from China is now booming business. More than 500,000 Chinese (11) ____________ a year flock to clinics in South Korea to reshape their faces and bodies. Many of them go to (12) ____________ that specialize in making clients look more "Western". Cosmetic surgery is also (13) ____________ popular with South Koreans. Around half of women under 30 in the capital Seoul are (14) ____________ to have had surgery. Many parents encourage their children to (15) ____________ surgery in efforts to gain a "competitive edge" in the job market. There are even hugely popular (16) ____________ time TV shows that feature before and after transformations.
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