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READINGBeauty Rituals around the World.For at least 6,000 years, people, especially women, in nearly all societies in the world, have been performing daily rituals with the purpose of making themselves beautiful. Skin and hair care products (cosmetics) are not modern inventions, because ancient societies used them, too. In fact, some of the present-day beauty rituals have roots in very old practices.Ancient Egyptians invented first skin creams and lip balms made of beeswax, olive oil and rosewater. They also came up lotions for problems like baldness and greying hair. It is believed that Cleopatra, a famous Egyptian Queen, regularly bathed in milk and honey to maintain her beauty. Moreover, ancient Egyptians used henna to paint their fingernails. However, according to historians and archaeologists the actual invention of fingernail paint originates from ancient China. Chinese people started using nail polish around 5,000 years ago. Different colours were used by different social classes. For example, lower classes were not allowed to paint their nails in bright colours. The empress Wu Ze Tian of China (7th century) regularly put pearl powder on her skin to whiten her skin. This beauty method is still used in China and other parts of Asia and today many skin care creams and masks in Asia?contain pearl powder. It is gaining popularity around the world. Throughout the Middle Ages in Europe, the ideal of beauty among higher classes was pale skin. For this reason, royals stayed indoors most of time, and used additional white powder to make them look paler. Pale skin indicated a higher level of class.(The reading text is adapted from )VocabularyMatch the words with their meanings.Bald a. having no or little hair on the head.Royal b. to showRitual c. it is used to colour fingernails.Ancient d. light in colourRoot e. origin of somethingPale f. very oldNail polish g. something you do regularlyIndicate h. a member of the king’s or queen’s familyMaintain i. aim, goalPurpose j. keep something at the same levelComprehensionMark the sentences TRUE or FALSEDifferent ancient societies have different beauty ritualsIn the Middle Ages, higher classes in Europe thought dark skin is beautiful.Ancient Egyptians bathed in milk and honey. Today people still use pearl powder in cosmetics especially in Asia. In the middle ages, royals didn’t go out much because they were afraid of tanning.Colour of fingernails indicated social status in China. Ancient Egyptians used natural products to make skin creams Ancient Egyptians invented nail polish. Cleopatra bathed in rosewater for her skin.Ancient Egyptians tried to find solutions for baldness.Extra VocabularyComplete the sentences with the correct form of the words in parenthesis. There are more words than you need. (lotion, royal, purpose, maintain, root, ancient, ritual, bald, powder, indicate, pale,)Photographers follow the ………………… everywhere. A new study ……………… that coconut oil is beneficial for Alzheimer’s disease.Are you feeling well? You look ……………The high crime rate has …………..in unemployment and poverty.Archaeologists?study?……………..?civilizations.Reading the newspaper is a part of my morning …………….. When he took his hat, we saw that he was ………………I have a dry skin. I always use body…………… after shower. The ……………..of this research is to find the effects of coconut oil on heart diseases. None of the teachers can………………….. discipline in this class(Some sentences are taken from Cambridge Dictionary online)Answer KeyVocabularya 2. h 3. g 4. f 5. e 6 . d 7. c 8. b 9. j 10. iComprehensionT 6. T F 7. T F 8. FT 9. FT 10. TExtra Vocabularyroyals 3. pale 5. ancient 7. bald 9. purposeindicates 4. roots 6. ritual 8. lotion 10. maintain ................
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