SUMMARIZING

Before the listening

1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. 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

During the listening

2. Multiple choice quiz

1) How many women are stranded at a South Korean airport?
a) 6
b) 5
c) 4
d) 3

2) What could immigration officials not confirm regarding the women?
a) their address
b) their identity
c) their passport number
d) their reason for visiting

3) What were the women's faces covered in?
a) bruises
b) tattoos
c) bandages
d) veils

4) What were the women held for?
a) questioning
b) 5 days
c) rehabilitation
d) medical care

5) When will the women be able to return to China?
a) when the surgery is reversed
b) the day after tomorrow
c) it is still unclear
d) after their bruises disappear

6) Where is the cosmetic surgery capital of the world?
a) China
b) South Korea
c) Brazil
d) USA

7) How many Chinese visit South Korea each year for cosmetic surgery?
a) just fewer than 500,000
b) exactly 500,000
c) around 500,000
d) over half a million

8) How many South Korean women under 30 have had cosmetic surgery?
a) around half
b) three-quarters
c) two-fifths
d) a third

9) What might cosmetic surgery give young people in the job market?
a) a job
b) hope
c) a competitive edge
d) a higher salary

10) What do prime time TV shows feature regarding cosmetic surgery?
a) things that go wrong
b) before and after transformations
c) surgeons' lives
d) surgical techniques

3. After the Listening

Circle the correct word

Three Chinese women were left strand / stranded at a South Korean airport after immigration officials said their passport photos did not match / suit their faces. The women had just had cosmetic surgery to change their looking / looks. The surgery had transformed their faces to such an / the extent that passport control official / officials in South Korea could not confirm their indemnity / identity. Photos of the women went viral / virtual on the Internet. Their faces were swollen / swell from the surgery and were heavily bandaged. The Shanghaiist.com website reported that the women were not allowed to take their return flight back to China, and were instead / steadily held for questioning by the airport authorities. It is still unclear / nuclear if the women have been able to return to China.

South Korea has become the cosmetic surgery capitalistic / capital of the world. Cosmetic surgery tourism from China is now booming / boomed business. More than 500,000 Chinese residents the / a year flock to clinics in South Korea to reshape their faces and bodies. Many of them go to clinics that specialize on / in making clients look more "Western". Cosmetic surgery is also hugely / huge popular with South Koreans. Around half of women under / beneath 30 in the capital Seoul are estimated to / that have had surgery. Many parents encourage their children to oversee / undergo surgery in efforts to gain a "competitive edge" in the job marketing / market. There are even hugely popular prime time TV shows that feature / future before and after transformations.

	Created by rodolfo margarida about 4 years ago

Note on SURGERY TOURISM, created by rodolfo margarida on 20/04/2020.