SESSION 18: EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

SESSION 18: EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

NOTE: IN ORDER TO WORK WITH THE TEXT, UNDERSTAND AND PREPARE IT BETTER I RECOMMEND THESE EXERCISES.

THERE WILL BE TWO TYPES OF EXERCISES:

1. EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT: THESE ARE EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE READING COMPREHENSION, WORKING WITH VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSIONS.

2. EXERCISES FOR DISCUSSION: EXERCISES FOCUSING ON THE PREPARATION FOR THE DISCUSSION.

1. EXERCISES WORKING WITH THE TEXT

1.1 TRUE/FALSE: Look at the article and guess whether these sentences are True (T) or False (F):

a. An Internet site has started that only accepts beautiful people.

b. The site started last year in Japan and is now in the U.S.
c. Anyone who has an address in Hollywood can join the site.
d. The site is a place where ordinary people can date beautiful people.
e. Membership is based on scores your photo gets from members.
f. Pornographic photos will make your entry into the elite site easier.
g. You can try to join as many as 50 times before being barred.
h. The site is for people fed up with meeting ugly people on the Net.

1.2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:
a. coveted ................. 1. basically
b. ventures ................. 2. straightforward
c. blunt ..................... 3. regard
d. spiel ..................... 4. attract attention
e. stand out ................ 5. rejected
f. In essence ............... 6. desired
g. given the boot ......... 7. blatantly
h. ooze ..................... 8. sales pitch
i. unashamedly ............ 9. exude
j. deem .................... 10. undertakings

1.3 PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from this article (sometimes more than one option is possible):

a. the most beautiful and ............. 1. sexiness
b. the greeting ......................... 2. deliberately blunt
c. Membership requirements are .... 3. enough time
d. the curves ........................... 4. the majority
e. stand out from ...................... 5. of wasting time and money
f. given the ............................ 6. coveted network in the US
g. ooze ................................. 7. aesthetically pleasing
h. more than ........................... 8. in the right places
i. sick ................................... 9. you receive
j. can meet others they deem ...... 10. boot

1.4 GAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text:

SPIEL - BLUNT - STAND - COVETED - CURVES - VENTURES - RESERVED - LAUNCHED

BNE: “Dear Guest, Welcome to the most beautiful and _______ network in the U.S.” This is the greeting you receive at a new, elite and exclusive Internet site that has just been _______ in the U.S. BeautifulPeople.net follows similar, successful _______ in Denmark, Sweden and the U.K. Membership requirements are deliberately _______ – you must be very beautiful or handsome. If you don’t have the _______ in the right places or your face isn’t quite Hollywood, you are rejected. The site’s introductory _______ says it: “introduces beautiful people to truly beautiful people. It is a meeting place which is _______ for people who, because of their attractive appearance and personal qualities, _______ out from the majority.”

SICK - SUBMIT - WANNABE - BOOT - DEEM - OOZE - PORNOGRAPHIC - NETWORKING

In essence, it is a social _______ site where new members are accepted or given the _______ by existing members based on the scores assigned to the online photos they _______. The site recommends the photos _______ sexiness without being _______. Aspiring, beautiful applicants can post their photo and details up to 50 times, giving _______ beauties and hunks more than enough time to improve their looks. If accepted, you get the photo rating controls. Members also interact offline for friendship and dating. Greg Hodge, managing director in the U.S., said: “We unashamedly exist so that people who are _______ of wasting time and money meeting unattractive people on the Net can meet others they _______ aesthetically pleasing.”