BEAUTY MARKETS The National Geographic ACTIVITES a) Useful vocab: plastic surgery buttock enhancement nips and tucks tissue fillers neurotoxins rhinoplasty morph b) Comprehension questions: 1) What kind of new treatments are non-surgical? 2) What Brazilians prefer? And Americans? c) Speaking activity: 1) Why you think women turn more to plastic surgery than men? Do you think that gender discrimination has something to with it? What ideas, preconceptions and stereotypes does our society have on women/men? 2) For example, the growing tendency of foreign people from the rest of Europe to get surgery in Spain has dropped over the last few years Tunisia is now the favourite place to go Did you know that? Can you think of a possible reason for this? Do you think that these statistics from the National Geographic are real? 3) China had been a communist country, but it’s no longer communist now The communists did not believe in the importance of external, physical beauty Now the situation has changed radically Did you know that many Chinese women undergo very drastic surgery to lengthen their legs and become taller? They also make their eyes less almond-like to resemble the European Caucasian shape of the eyes Can you think of a possible reason?