PLASTIC SURGERY FOR SEVEN-YEAR-OLDS?

CHILD MAKEOVER[1]

PLASTIC SURGERY FOR SEVEN-YEAR-OLDS?

 

 

 0. Most parents would go very far to protect their children from BULLYING.

1. The number of children and teenagers undergoing cosmetic surgery has increased by _________________ over the last decade.

2. Kids are sick of being _______________ for how they look.

3. Some common examples of cosmetic fixes [2]are orthodontia and ________________.

4. Samantha’s family thought that ________________ would ward off bullies.

5. Samantha has cup ears, which means that her ears ________________.

6. Samantha’s mother thinks her child’s ears are making her ________________ and ________________.

7. Samantha will undergo surgery in ________________.

8. It is the first time both mother and child have ever ________________.

9. Dr Steven Pearlman is fixing Samantha’s ears ________________ thanks to the Little Baby Face Foundation.

10. Samantha could only have a look at what she now looked like ________________ later.

11. Dr Pearlman is adamant [3]that even the slightest ________________ can bring on teasing and bullying.

12. The reason why it is so easy to do these kinds of procedures is because children’s ears are ________________ of the size of an adult.

From : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq4s4S9wMWI&feature=fvwrel

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[1] Makeover: a complete transformation of the appearance of someone or something.

[2] Fixes: a solution to a problem; to repair or restore.

[3] Adamant: refusing to be persuaded or to change one’s mind.  Firme, categórico.

 

KEY

 

1. 30%

2. TEASED

3. CONTACT LENSES

4. PLASTIC SURGERY

5. STICK OUT

6. CONSCIOUS – SHY

7. NEW YORK

8. FLOWN / VISITED NEW YORK / BEEN ON A PLANE / TRAVELLED BY PLANE

9. FREE OF CHARGE

10. A WEEK

11. ABNORMALITIES

12. 90%

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