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II. Basic Listening Practice
3. Script
W: Did you hear? Helen got modeling jib! She?s going to be sashaying down the catwalk. M: Wow, that?s great! All that walking practice really paid off. And foe once she won?t be complaining about being so tall. Q: Why did Helen get modeling job?

4. Script
M: Julia, come and see the Miss America contest on TV. All those beautiful girls are walking around in bathing suits, so the judges can decide who has the best figure. W: Bah! That?s the worst kind of exploitation. They are treating women like toys for people to enjoy. I would never take part in this kind of contest.

Q: What do the man and the woman think about the beautify contest?

3. Script
W: What shall I do? I?m fat. I want to be slim and beauty, but I?m fat. I?ve tried all the new ideas, high carb and low carb, but nothing works. M: Those diets are just fads, popular for a while and then forgotten. Just follow the usual diet with fruits, vegetables, fish, water, and get plenty of exercise. Before long you?ll see results. Q: What has the woman tried?

4. Script
W1: I think Lily is really attractive. She?s half Spanish and has this really sultry look about her. W2: That explains why she tans so well. I?ve always been jealous of her skin color in the summer. Q: Which of following is true of Lily?

5. Script
M: Trust me, it was tight there on the Internet: “Plastic Surgery Increasing at a Faster Rate Among Men”. Apparently more and more men are trying to improve their appearance. W: I saw it too on the news. Face-lifts, nose jobs, and box to hide wrinkle are now very popular with men. Men say it?s for business reasons, but we know it?s vanity. Q: What does the woman think the real reason is that men have plastic surgery?

Keys: 1.B 2.A 3. C 4D 5B

III. Listening In
Task 1: A Friendly Stylist
Stylist: Morning, sir. This chair, please. What can I do for you? Nick: A simple haircut: short on the back and sides. Stylist: Very good. I can, of course, do something fashionable for only $60. Nick: 60 dollars! That?s highway robbery—twice what I ordinarily pay. Stylist: Perhaps, sir. But your haircuts haven?t been in harmony with your character. Your hair is at war with your soul. Nick: I?ve never heard of such a thing. Stylist: If I may say, I?m an expert at matching hairstyle to personalities. Believe me; you?re suffering a “disjunction”. Nick: A disjunction? What the devil is a disjunction? Stylist: Your hair does not match you. Nick: This is utter nonsense. However, I?d like to hear how you?d solve this so-called problem.

Stylist: Your character is artistic, imaginative. But your hair is dull. I can correct that imbalance in seconds. Nick: Okay, let me see what can you do about the…uh…disjunction, as you call it. Stylist: We?re going to use scissors to create peaks, which we?ll keep in place with a liberal helping of gel….This tuft in the back we?ll braid into a pigtail. Now, it?s the new you! Nick: I love it. It?s just like me: imaginative and artistic. Now what are you doing? What?s wrong? Don?t you see harmony in my new hairstyle? Stylist: Something?s preventing your hairstyle from being a true fashionable statement. Nick: For heaven?s sake, tell me what?s missing. Stylist: Streaks. By putting in a few yellow streaks in your hair, it will become a work of art. Streaking will cost you more, but… Nick: Do it. Forget the cost. But, by the way, what is the total getting to be? How much am I paying to avoid disjunction? Stylist: That?s…$135. Sir? Sir, are you all right? Oh, he fainted.

6. When the stylist mentions $60, what does the customer say? 7. What does the stylist think about the customer?s hairstyle? 8. What will the stylist do with the customer?s hair? 9. What will streaking do to the man?s hair according to the stylist? 10. What is the passage mainly about? Keys: 1C.A 3.D4.B 5.A For Reference: 1. It means there is no match between you and your hair. 2. That?s…$135. Sir? Sir, are you all right? Oh, he fainted.

Task3: A View of Happiness
Script
Men are turning to plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures to brighten up their appearances at a faster rate than women, according to a survey released on Wednesday.

Men?s use of fat injections to soften deep wrinkles leaped 47 percent last year from the previous year. Women?s use of the injections fell 36 percent, according to a survey by the American Academy of Facial and Plastic Reconstructive Surgeons. Men?s use of botox injections to eliminate frown lines rose 88 percent, while women?s botox use fell 8 percent. And for smoothing skin, the use of laser resurfacing among men rose 13percent, the survey showed. Meanwhile, women?s use of laser resurfacing dropped 38 percent during the same time period. The number of men getting nose jobs rose 47 percent, while the number of women doing so rose 5 percent. Typically, men and women visiting plastic surgeons for cosmetic reasons were age 40 to 59. The study said 44 percent of men and 57 percent of women tell their doctor that looking younger is the reason they are choosing cosmetic surgery. By about 18 percent, men are more likely than women to say they want facial cosmetic surgery for work-related reasons. The study was conducted by written questionnaires from January 20 to March 3 among more than 2,600 members of the association, who focus on treatment of the face, head, and neck. By comparison, in the previous year, women?s use of botox rose 60 percent while men?s fell 14 percent; women?s use of laser resurfacing rose 13 percent while men?s fell 19 percent; women?s use of fat injections fell17 percent and men?s fell 54 percent.

6. What is true of men and women?s use of fat injections? 7. While of the following is true of nose jobs? 8. How much greater is the percentage of women choosing cosmetic surgery to look younger than the percentage of men? 9. What is true of men and women using botox in the previous year? 10. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

Keys: 1C 2.C3. B 4.B 5.D

VI.

Further Listening and Speaking

Task1: Beauty Contests and Plastic Surgeries Script
Juliana Borges, who was named “Miss Brazil” early on Tuesday, had plastic surgery four times and underwent 19 smaller operations. She was just one of many competitors who were determined to improve their appearance through surgery. “Plastic surgery make me more beautiful and gave me confidence in myself and the perfect measurement that won me this title,” said the beauty queen in a green dress, who was representing Brazil?s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul. Borges, 22, had liposuction and had her chin, nose, and ears worked on, as well as, had her breasts enlarged. With the development of plastic surgery, more and more of Brazil?s would-be beauty queen are finding it easier to achieve the ideal measurements. These days, young hopefuls from the Amazon jungle to big cities in Brazil?s south are planning surgery. A third of the 27 finalists at the beauty contest went under the scalpel after rules were changed in the 1990s.The new rules permit plastic surgery, colored contact lenses, and hair dye at beauty contests. The organizers of the Miss Brazil contest said, “It?s a war out there, and all of the beauty tools that can be used should be used. Other countries like Venezuela paved the way, and Brazil is going to have to use those tools as well if it wants to compete in Miss University beauty contests.” But Brazil?s love for plastic surgery is not limited to beauty contests. Most young women who undergo surgery want to find a better man or a higher-paying job. 5. How many surgical operations did the former Miss Brazil have altogether? 6. What change has plastic surgery brought, according to the passage? 7. Which of the following is allowed after the rules changed in the1990s?? 4. Which of the following countries is mentioned as a pioneer in using beauty tools? 5. What is the goal of most young Brazilian women who undergo surgery?

Keys: 1.A 2.C 3.D 4.B 5.A

Task 2: Is it true beauty?
Script
John: There goes Camilla. She looks gorgeous today, doesn?t she? Her skin is as smooth as a baby?s bottom. Her lips are a perfect Cupid?s bow. She must have dozens of admirers. Becky: I wonder what she looks like without all makeup. She must out it with a spoon. It?s like a mask. I don?t understand what men find so attractive about her. John: Do I detect a hint of jealousy? Becky: She has nothing for me to be jealous about. John: I?ll be you believe in those saying like: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Becky: True beauty comes from within. Natural materials should be enough to bring it out. John: But do you always stick to those rules? When I went past your apartment last night, I saw you in the kitchen with some green substance smeared all your face. Becky: They were cucumbers. They?re natural healers of the skin. Haven?t you heard people say on TV that they soften the skin, wipe out the roughness, and build strength and resilience? John: Yeah, yeah, yeah! They wipe out lines and age signs. Blah, blah, blah! See, I can even recite that advertisement. Becky: You?ve learned a lot, haven?t you? John: Since you can keep your skin so young-looking and maintain your figure so well, you might as well as write a book on beauty secrets. Becky: Don?t pull my leg. Anyway, you?d do well to try the cucumber treatment on yourself. Put some cucumber slice on your head. At least they?ll keep that bald spot from shining so brightly. .

Keys: FTFTF