Beauty Standards – Part 3

Group of words with the same root words that help us to expand our vocabulary even more.

Examples:

- Cruella is a really unpleasant person to be around. That's why she's so unpopular.

- The Grinch hates people. Teamwork is not his cup of tea. He's a very unsociable person.

1. Write one or two sentences using the words in the examples. Share them with your classmates

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2. Choose a famous person you like that does NOT follow any beauty standards, e.g. Lizy Tagliani, Lil Nas X, etc.
Complete the story using the famous person you chose.

3. Word transformation. For question 1-11 read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of
the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line.

You wake up, have breakfast and then you hear someone is calling your
name. You realize you're on the TV! You’ve won a prize! Your mother/father
__________ (1) you that you entered an online contest last week. (MIND)

You can spend one weekend with your favourite famous person! There are
lots of ________ (2) you can make. (CHOOSE)

You hear your phone ringing. It’s one of the organizers. After listening to the
______________ (3), you take some time to think. (EXPLAIN)

Some minutes later, you decide to spend a weekend with _________________ (FP = famous person’s name)

- 2 weeks later -

You’re sitting in a fancy restaurant. Everything has been properly

arranged and you’re waiting for ___________ (FP) to come.

___________ (4), he/she arrives early. You thought it was going to

take him/her some more minutes because he/she is usually a busy
person. (EXPECT)

___________ (FP) sits and tells you he/she has prepared a _________
(5) because he/she feels a little nervous and that could probably help
him/her a lot. (SPEAK)

After hearing what ________ (FP) had to say you feel a little
_________ (6). (FLATTERY)

While you were talking with _________ (FP), the waiter approached the table to take your order. You don’t know the
place, the food, and the menu is in French. You’re really nervous and this didn’t go ___________(7). (NOTICE)

_________ (8), _________(FP) says: “Let me order for us” I know a couple of dishes that you will enjoy. (SUDDEN)

Somehow you feel relieved.

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Oh no! After trying the first dish you realize it has a very strong
___________ (9) taste. (SPICE)

You call the waiter and ask for a glass of water. It wasn’t as bad as you
thought. You can say ____________ (FP) has a good taste.

As time goes by, you realize you’ve been talking for hours. It’s probably
time to sleep.

_________ (FP) is really ________ (10) to have had the opportunity to meet you. He/she thinks you’re an interesting
person. (GRATITUDE)

Before leaving, __________ (FP) says “We should meet at the morning
so we can talk a bit more. What do you think?”

You agree.

You feel really happy and for you this is definitely a ____________ (11)
experience and the best day of your life (MEMORY).

You can’t wait till tomorrow.

4. Share with your classmates the famous person you chose. Explain why you consider that person does not follow any
beauty standards.

5. Check your answers and correct your mistakes if necessary.