1. Can Fashion Be Hazardous to Your Health? Vocabulary Review

2. Discussion 1. What kinds of things are fashionable these days? 2. Can these fashionable things be dangerous to our health? 3. In what ways do some people risk their health in order to be in style? 4. What kind of things do women and men do to look more attractive? 5. Have you ever done something drastic to change your appearance? If yes, what?

3. hazardous (adj.) dangerous, risky, unsafe, harmful hazardous Drinking is hazardous to the liver.

4. fashionable (adj.) stylish, trendy, in fashionable Sideburns were fashionable in the 60s.

5. in style (p.p.) trendy, popular, fashionable in style Teenagers like to dress in style. They wear designer’s clothes.

6. Padaung people of Myanmar Neck ring

8. weak (adj.) not strong weak Mr. Anderson has been in the hospital for a while. He is weak and shaky.

9. to bind (v) bound, bound, binding to tie, attach, fasten binding Foot binding is harmful because it damages women’s feet.

10. "When I was small, even at a very early age I knew I would have to bind my feet, because all the other women around me had them. All women did it. My mother explained that the smaller your feet are, the better a husband you could get, so at age five she began binding my feet. I could walk even at first when the binding was tight and painful. When the pain got to be too much, I would just rest for a while. If I cried my mother would send me out to play to get my mind off it.

11. procedure (n) a way, process or practice of doing something procedure Everyone has a procedure for answering a multiple choice test.

12. to wrap (v) to cover wrapped Jane wrapped her sandwich in foil paper.

13. bandage (n) a narrow piece, a cloth used around a part of the body that has been injured bandage When Peter cut his finger, he wrapped it with a bandage.

14. absurd (adj.) completely stupid, foolish, ridiculous absurd Tom and Tina want to get married soon. It is absurd because neither of them have a job.

15. to arch (v) to curve, to bend arch When doing yoga, you need to arch your back slowly.

16. nerve (n) A long thin thread-like part of the body sends messages to the brain nerve Tom injured a nerve in his leg playing basketball.

17. ultra-high (adv) very, extremely high Some women can walk with ultra- high platform shoes.

18. Ultra + adjective (adv) ultra During the summer the sun is ultra-bright.

19. to accuse (v) to blame accused The police accused the robber of carrying a deathly weapon.

20. sole (n) the bottoms of a shoe Tina’s boots have thick rubber soles soles. sole

21. to brake (v) to stop or slow down a vehicle or bicycle brake Tina had to brake suddenly when she had a flat tire.

22. indeed (adv.) without a doubt, definitely, certainly gives additional emphasis after a word or phrase. Driving under the influence of drugs is a crime indeed.

23. ideal (n) Idea of perfection, model, goal Bob was on a diet until he ideal reached his ideal weight.

24. makeup (n) stuff such as powders, eyeliner, mascara, lipsticks that people put on their faces makeup Actors wear makeup.

25. pale (adj.) light, whitish pale After her surgery, Tina was as white as a snow flake. She looked pale.

26. corset (n)

27. waist (n) the middle part of a person’s body waist Some women wear corsets to make their waist look smaller.

28. to puncture (v) to make a small hole, to stab punctured A nail punctured the tire, so the air escaped.

29. to faint (v) to become unconscious for a short time, to pass out fainted Several teenagers fainted at Elvis Presley’s concert.

30. fainting couch

31. convenient (adj.) useful or suitable to you convenient Drive-through are convenient for people who do not like to walk.

32. body piercing (n) making holes in your body Body piercing Body piercing is popular among young people, but it is a dangerous procedure.

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36. Pronunciation and Review hazardous fashionable in style weak to bind (bound, bound) procedure to wrap bandage absurd to arch nerve ultra + adjective to accuse sole to brake indeed ideal makeup pale corset waist puncture faint convenient body piercing