THAT’S ENGLISH! – MOD 9 - UNIT 9 BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN-DEEP A) GRAMMAR - I WISH / IF ONLY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buFJvc59uZU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4c0J8BiVvg http://www.examenglish.com/grammar/wish_if_only.htm http://random-idea-english.blogspot.com.es/2011/08/revising-i-wish-and-if-only-lessonand.html - INTONATION in WH-QUESTIONS http://www.elementalenglish.com/intonation-asking-a-wh-question/ - CONNECTORS – ADDITION http://www.shertonenglish.com/resources/es/connectors/connectors-continuative.php http://www.myenglishteacher.net/connectorsandotheraddinfowords.html http://isabelcota.blogia.com/2011/090501-2nd-bach.-linking-words-exercises-.php B) VOCABULARY (APPEARANCE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ83SdKihNc https://quizlet.com/45134609/ielts-speaking-people-physical-appearance-flash-cards/ http://www.ieltsspeaking.co.uk/ielts-physical-appearance-vocabulary/ C) READING COMPREHENSION http://www.headsupenglish.com/upperintermediate/newslessons/botoxbonus/botoxintermediate.pdf
BEAUTY AT ANY COST!
Everyone wants to look good! Most women and even some men try to improve their appearance by using cosmetics and hair coloring. You can even change your eye color by wearing color contact lenses. Another, more dramatic, way to change appearance is plastic surgery. Surgeons can remove wrinkles, correct our body shape, shorten noses and even make lips thicker. However, until recently, you could only dream of becoming ten centimeters taller. Now Professor Ismailov gives people, who think they are too short, the chance "to grow". In his clinic in the small Russian town of Kurgan, Dr. Ismailov makes patients' legs longer by using a special instrument after breaking their bones and moving them apart. It is a very long and painful process, which may take up to eight months. People come to his clinic for different reasons. Some were born with certain defects and can’t live a normal life without this operation. Others have perfectly healthy legs but believe that the extra centimeters will help them in their careers. Still others feel that this will help them find love or improve their relationships. In China there are three million people who want to be taller and believe it will change their life for the better. Dr. Dzan Lin runs a clinic, similar to Dr. Ismailov's, in Changsha, where people come to break their legs in order to get longer ones. Whatever their reasons, people are ready to suffer the pain of having their legs broken, and being tied to a wheelchair for months. 1. How can you change your eye color? ___________________________________________________ 2. What can plastic surgeons do to help people look better? a) ____________________________________________ b) ____________________________________________ c) ____________________________________________ 3. Where does Dr. Ismailov work? ____________________________________________________ 4. How long does the treatment last? ____________________________________________________ 5. List three reasons why people may want to become taller? a) ____________________________________________ b) ____________________________________________ c) ____________________________________________ 6. How many Chinese want to be taller? ____________________________________________________ 7. Who can help those Chinese who want to have longer legs? ____________________________________________________
http://www.upv.es/ingles/modelos/modelo4.pdf Models under 16 banned in London Models under the age of 16 will be __________ from London’s Fashion Week. In addition, all models may soon have to show a health certificate before they are allowed to walk down the __________. These are the decisions of the Model Health Inquiry that was set up in March by the British Fashion Council to __________ models eat healthily. One major concern was how skinny models have become. Super-thin is in and experts fear that models are __________ their health due to a variety of eating disorders. An unwanted side __________ is that teenagers and young women in their twenties and thirties copy the __________ and shape of size-zero models and put their health at risk. The inquiry is in __________ to the deaths of two Uruguayan models Luisel Ramos, 22, and her sister, Eliana, 18, who died last year because of __________ diets. Effect catwalk
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The Model Health Inquiry did not recommend __________ models based on their body mass __________ (BMI). It said that the BMI - the ratio of weight to height - was "not an __________ method of determining health". The inquiry said models could easily make themselves __________ to try and beat the tests and get on the catwalk. Other countries have __________ models with a BMI of less than 18. The World Health Organization says a BMI of 18.5 is a minimum healthy standard. The report made 14 recommendations, which include __________ drug tests and a "rigorous scientific study" into the extent of eating disorders within the industry. The report also said that from September 2008, models "should __________ a medical certificate attesting their good health from doctors with __________ in recognizing eating disorders." barred expertise
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http://www.englishdaily626.com/comprehension.php?053 D) LISTENING COMPREHENSION http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/1303/130325-body_image.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM4Xe6Dlp0Y How do you become a model? Can I be a model when I grow up? Do you retouch all the photos? Do you get free stuff?
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What is it like to be a model? http://www.elllo.org/english/0651/T689-Rina-FaceLegs.htm http://www.elllo.org/english/0951/T981-Jess-Beauty.htm http://theieltstutor.edublogs.org/2015/02/21/discussing-cosmetic-surgery-in-ieltswriting-and-speaking/ E) WRITING Do you think it is important to look and dress well in Spain? (Page 100) F) SPEAKING http://ieltsliz.com/reported-ielts-speaking-topic-april-2015/ http://www.ielts-mentor.com/cue-card-sample/1374-ielts-cue-card-sample-335describe-a-jewellery-or-cosmetic-item-you-often-use http://www.goodluckielts.com/IELTS-speaking-samples.html