Make Your Way 8, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

Plastify it Matching words and their definitions Plastic surgery is big business and more and more people are going under the knife to make themselves more beautiful. Here are some popular operations. Match the words in italics with the definitions on the right. 12 Language for discussion: Hypothesising about statistics How much do you know about plastic surgery? Do the following quiz and find out. Useful language: 13 1 a nose job 2 a tummy tuck 3 cheek implants 4 breast augmentation 5 face lift 6 hair transplant 7 breast reduction 8 nose reshaping 1 How much money did the industry bring in? a 10 million b 3 billion c 6.5 billion d 43 billion 2 How many operations were performed? a 120,000 b 900,000 c 1.9 million d 12 million 3 What percentage of operations were for men? a 87% b 45% c 13% d 3% 4 Put the following operations in order of popularity. a rhinoplasty (nose job) c breast reductions e eyelid surgery b breast enlargements d liposuction 5 Put the age groups in order of the percentage of operations they accounted for. a 19 – 34 b 35 – 50 c 51 – 64 6 How much is the national average cost of a breast enlargement operation? a $1,523 b $2,550 c $3,360 d $9,470 7 What operation do you think you could get for $3,869? a liposuction b a nose job c a face lift d breast reduction a increase / make bigger b make higher (pull sagging skin up) c very informal way of referring to an operation. d decrease / make smaller e change the appearance of something f fold in (excess skin) g bring from somewhere else and put into a new place h add substance to make something look fuller That’s far too high/low. That’s not nearly high/low enough. It can’t be that much/many. Something tells me that that’s too high/low. It must be somewhere around that figure. That sounds about right. Let’s just make a guess at … I’ve absolutely no idea. 84 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verl gs öbv