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[Pages:5]DAY156 People get surgery to look like Snapchat filters

Cosmetic surgeons in the USA are reporting a disturbing increase in the number of patients seeking and having facial procedures to look like their Snapchat selfies. The surgeons have termed this alarming new trend "Snapchat dysmorphia". This term derives from the condition body dysmorphic disorder - a mental disorder where the sufferer is obsessed with the idea that part of their body or appearance is severely flawed and in need of drastic measures to fix it. The surgeons described the condition in the journal Facial Plastic Surgery. They wrote that 55 per cent of plastic surgeons reported an increase in the number of patients wanting alterations to their face to look like they do after using Snapchat filters.

Snapchat and other social media apps provide filters to allow people to "enhance" photos of their face to look "cuter". The professors say this is fuelling an obsession among younger people, especially teenage girls and women, with the "perfect" face. Doctors say many of the requests are physically impossible to perform surgically. They wrote: "This is an alarming trend because those filtered selfies often present an unattainable look and are blurring the line of reality and fantasy for these patients." They added: "The pervasiveness of these filtered images can take a toll on one's self-esteem." The most common procedures being requested include thinner noses, wider eyes and fuller lips.

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GIVE YOUR BEST ANSWER The article described a condition in which people disliked their body. T / F Many people want surgery to look like their Snapchat selfies. T / F A professor said teenage girls are becoming obsessed with their looks. T / F Doctors say it is possible for surgery to create all of the selfie looks. T / F What percentage of plastic surgeons reported an increase? What do social media apps allow users to look? What are teenage girls becoming obsessed with? What line did a doctor say the filters blurred?

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DAY 157

Keep it under your hat !!!

Walter Why are you smiling from ear to ear ? Betty I have a secret. Walter Come on. Tell me about it. Betty All right, but you have to promise to keep

it under your hat. Walter I promise. What is it ? Betty My brother is going to get married and

move. Walter That's great ! Betty It sure is. I've been waiting for his

bedroom for twenty years.

Explanation :

Under one's hat - As a secret or in confidence

Example : Keep this information under your hat..

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DAY 158 Scientists solve mystery of Stonehenge

Scientists say they have uncovered details about who built the 5,000-year-old prehistoric monument Stonehenge. The ancient stones in the southwest of England are famous all over the world. How Stonehenge was built has been a mystery for thousands of years. A new study shows that the architects and builders of Stonehenge could have come from Wales, which is more than 160 kilometres away. Researchers wrote in the Scientific Reports journal that some human bones found at the site were from the Preseli Mountains in west Wales. The researchers said the oldest human remains discovered so far date back to about 3000 BC, which is over 5,000 years ago.

Stonehenge is a ring of standing monoliths - giant stones. Each standing stone is around four metres high and 2.1 metres wide. They each weigh around 25 tons. Scientists say Stonehenge was first used as a burial mound. The giant monoliths also came from the Preseli Mountains. Scientists are not sure how ancient people transported the giant stones the 160 km to their site in Stonehenge. They now believe the people who are buried at Stonehenge helped transport, position and erect the stones. Researcher John Pouncett said: "People from the Preseli Mountains not only supplied the bluestones used to build the stone circle but moved with the stones and were buried there too."to take with them." The company added: "A fifth of people admitted they pack too much."

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GIVE YOUR BEST ANSWER

Scientists know the names of the people who built Stonehenge. T / F The ancient stones are in the southeast of England. T / F Scientists believe Stonehenge's architects are Welsh and not English. T / F The oldest human remains found at Stonehenge are 3,000 years old. T / F What 5,000-year-old remains were found at Stonehenge? What did the article say monoliths were?

How much does each of the stones at Stonehenge weigh?

What do scientists think Stonehenge was first used for?

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Day 159

Put our foot down !!!

Ennis Aren't you meeting Irene for lunch ? Elizabeth I was supposed to, but she canceled on

me again. Ennis She does that a lot. She did the same

thing to me last week. Elizabeth Well, I think we should put our foot

down and tell her to stop doing this to us. Ennis That's a good idea. How about having dinner together ? Elizabeth All right. But let me cancel my dinner with Aaron first.

Explanation :

Put your foot down - take a firm stand, to use your authority to stop something happening

Example When she started borrowing my clothes without asking, I had to put my

foot down.

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DAY160 UK politician says burka is 'bank robber' clothing

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The United Kingdom's former Foreign Minister Boris Johnson has been accused of racism. He made a number of comments about women wearing the burka while writing in the British newspaper 'The Telegraph'. Mr Johnson said women who wear burkas "look like letter boxes". He also said: "If a female student turned up at school or at a university lecture looking like a bank robber," he would ask her to remove it so that he "could talk to her properly". Johnson was writing an article about the recent full-face veil ban in Denmark. In the article, Mr Johnson said full-face veils should not be banned in the UK, but said women who wear a burka "look absolutely ridiculous".

The UK's Prime Minister Theresa May has asked Mr Johnson to apologize for his comments. She said: "I do think that we all have to be very careful about the language and terms we use, and some of the terms Boris used describing people's appearance obviously have offended." Another senior British politician has asked Mr Johnson to resign. Many other politicians said Johnson's comments were Islamophobic and were a hate crime. They say he knew his comments would offend many Muslims and others in the UK. Mr Johnson was London's mayor for eight years and the UK Foreign Minster for two years and so had thousands of experiences interacting with Muslim people.

Give your best answer

Mr Johnson said women who wear a burka look like 'letter boxes'. T / F Mr Johnson wants full-face veils to be banned in the UK. T / F Britain's leader asked Mr Johnson to apologize for his comments. T / F Theresa May said we must be careful about the language we use. T / F What has the foreign minister of the UK been accused of? How many comments did Boris Johnson make? What did Johnson say burka-clad women look like besides bank robbers? Why would Mr Johnson ask a woman to remove her veil?

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