Richard MacAndrew, Ron Martinez-Taboos and Issues_ Photocopiable Lessons on Controversial Topics (LTP instant lessons)-Heinle ELT (2001)

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Language Match these types of plastic surgery solutions to the problems below: breast enlargement bair impldnt rhinoplasty (nose job) uaricose uein remctudl facelift tummy tuck 1. "This thing on my face is an atrocity. I'm surprised birds don't sit on it or that lightning doesn't strike it in thunderstorms." 2. "1 hirte them. I can't wear shorts or a bikini because they stick olrt, especially on the back of my tl-righs. They're the ugliest things I've ever seen <strong>and</strong> they're getting worse every year bccausc I havc bad circulation." 3. "l started receding really badly at the age of 23. My wife says she doesn't mind, but I hate it. I meirn, I'm not completely bald or anything, but I constantly wear hats <strong>and</strong> baseball caps becirusc I'm so self-conscious about it. I could ncvcr wcar a wlg. 4. "l hate being flat-chested. The boys at school used to call me 'ironing-board'. Imagine! I think I have a pretty face but I don't feel confident about myself from the chin down. I would like to feel good about wearing a tight sweater or a low-cut dress." 5. "l used to have such a youthful, vibrantlooking face. Now my skin just sags. I think I look twice my age." 6. "No matter what I do, my belly sticks out. I think it has something to do with my posturc. If I could just get a flat stomach, I wouldn't feel so bad about looking at myself sideways in the mirror." Which of the above treatments are most popular in your country? Are there any other ones that were not mentioned? lf you had the problems above <strong>and</strong> plenty of money, would you have the surgery? Tell your partner what you would do for each problem. Discussion ln a survey of 37,500 girls aged 12 to 15, more than half listed appearance as their biggest worry. What do you think is the reason for this? ls it a worrying statistic? Are you happy with your size <strong>and</strong> weight? ls there a part of your body that you would like to change (i.e. make smaller, make bigger)? Here is an alternative point of view from a culture where people take a different view of size: "l must eat so l'll be fat <strong>and</strong> people won't laugh at my figure," explains one of the women in a fattening room in Calabar, Southern Nigeria. "Nobody will marry me if I don't get fatter." Women come from all over Nigeria to put on extra pounds at these fattening rooms. "We can make any woman obese," boasts the owner. "They will get a husb<strong>and</strong> after their stay here, no problem." The women eat all day <strong>and</strong> avoid moving so they don't burn off any calories. "lt's a bit tiring eating all the time, but I know when lcome out lwill be attractive, healthv <strong>and</strong> beautiful," said the woman we spoke to. Do you think it will be fashionable to be fat one day? <strong>Taboos</strong> <strong>and</strong> /ssues Are you happy with your body?
lmmigration <strong>and</strong> racism Discussion Discuss these questions in small groups: 1. What different ethnic groups are there in your 2. \Where town / regloni h:rve they come from <strong>and</strong> why? 3. Does your country offer help to refugees? If so, are you happy that your taxes help to support them? Reading Read the article <strong>and</strong> decide if these sentences are true (T) or false (F): 1. The villagers don't mind that the refugees are living nearby. 2. t-ittle Hurling was the only place the refugees could go. ASYLUM SEEKERS meeting in the village hall. "We are a tolerant group of people in Little Hurling," said Major <strong>Ron</strong>ald Smythe, who has lived in the village for 25 years. "We are happy that the government has offered assistance to these people <strong>and</strong> provided accommodation for Basil Lloga, a spokesman for the refugees, said: "I am sure the villagers are not discriminating against these villagers will welcome them people. Most of them have come here as genuine asylum seekers. They are afraid that There was trouble yesterday them. But Little Hurling is if they return home, they will in the village of Little Hurling in Kent as 150 Kosovar refugees arrived to not the place they should be. It would be better if they were in a large town or city." be killed or persecuted. After the terrible time they have had in their own country, they stay in the Hurling Business Am<strong>and</strong>a Parker-White, 52, need some peace <strong>and</strong> quiet to Centre just outside the leader of the village help them recover." village. Local people, upset committee, said: is no "Unfortunately, there was no that no one had spoken to entertainment here, no time to talk to the villagers", them before sending the refugees there, held a protest cinema, no library, <strong>and</strong> only one small village shop. The said Kim Thompson of the government's Refugee Action point is: what are these Group. "We only found out people going to do?" the refugees were arriving this morning <strong>and</strong> there was nowhere else for them to go. We very much hope the <strong>and</strong> accept them into the community." Read the article again <strong>and</strong> answer these questions: 1.Vhy do the villagers think Little Hurling is nor a good place for refugees? 2. Why might it be a good place for refugees, according to Basil Lloga? 3. Why did nobody talk to the villagers first? Discussion 1. Do you think the villagers are being honest about their reasons for wanting the refugees elsewhere? If not, what do you think the real reasons are? 2. How do you think the villagers in a small village in your country would react i{ 150 refugees were sent to live nearby? 3. How would you personally react? lmmigration <strong>and</strong> racism <strong>Taboos</strong> <strong>and</strong> /ssues
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