True Beauty Comes from Within

Activity 1: Speaking: Discuss.

1. Do you believe the statement that ‘true beauty comes from within’? Why/Why not?
2. Do you have any friends who have dated girls/boys that you thought were unattractive?

Activity 2: Vocabulary: Match the words to their correct definition.

Word Definition
1 Planet A To take hold of or lift and move
2 Bad habit B The mucus inside your nose
3 Pick C A world in the universe
4 Dig D An unpleasant action which someone does very often
5 Bogies E Knows
6 Unhygienic F To remove or turn over something in a hole. E.g. You dig soil in the garden
7 Realises G Very unclean

Activity 3: Reading: Read the following letter from a problem page.

Dear Betty,
I have one of the most loyal, kind and considerate men on the planet, but he has one really bad habit – he
picks his nose!
It’s not so bad when we’re at home and nobody can see us, but he does it a great deal in public. On one
occasion we were at my parent’s house enjoying a party and he picked his nose in front of the other
guests. I was so embarrassed! He started digging around and dropping his bogies on the floor.
Afterwards, he often wants to hold my hand or touch my face and I really don’t want him to, because it’s
unhygienic!
I want to tell him about the problem, because it’s important to be honest in a relationship, but I don’t
want to hurt his feelings, because I don’t think he realises he’s doing it.
Please help. Emily

Activity 4: Questions: In pairs, answer these questions together. WRITE complete answers.

1. What four personality adjectives does she mention in the letter?

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2. How does she feel about his behaviour?.....................................................................................................
3. What doesn’t Emily want him to do?...........................................................................................................
4. What does the phrase ‘hurt his feelings mean’?.........................................................................................
5. Does her boyfriend know what he is doing?................................................................................................

Activity 5: Look for other words in the text which have the same meaning as the words below.

Thoughtful……………………………………………... A lot……………………………………………………….

Mortified……………………………………………….. Regularly………………………………………………..

Unsanitary…………………………………………….. No one…………………………………………………..
Activity 6: Grammar: Giving Advice using Should, Ought to and Shouldn’t

Form: Subject + should + verb

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Form: Subject + ought to + verb
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Form: Subject + should + not + verb
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Activity 7: Writing: Write down some advice that you would give Emily about her boyfriend’s bad habit.

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Activity 8: Vocabulary: Match the phrases in the box below to the correct picture.

“I couldn’t date someone who has……………………”

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a tattoo fake boobs bitten nails dandruff hairy legs a pierced belly button/a pierced naval

a beer belly/ a beer gut a pieced tongue a bald head false teeth thick body hair a mono-brow

Activity 9: Speaking: Discuss these questions.

1. Have you been in a relationship or on a date with anyone who had any of these physical features?
2. Do you think all of these things are problems, or are some very normal?
3. What advice would you give someone with any of these physical features?