ESL Podcast: In this ESL Podcast we learn about someone getting cosmetic surgery. Do you think you would ever get cosmetic surgery or know someone that has? Let us know while learning great vocabulary and phrases in English for daily conversation practice.
Discussion forum
Cosmetic Surgery
ESL Conversation
| A: Did you hear that Christine is going in for a nose job?
B: What? She doesn’t need plastic surgery. Why would she do that? A: People have been telling her that her nose is too small. She wants to make it bigger. B: That’s ridiculous! Her nose is cute. How is she paying for it anyway? There’s no way her insurance will cover this kind of unnecessary cosmetic surgery. A: She’s paying out of her own pocket. She’s been cutting back on a lot of her other expenses for months in order to pay for this. B: I sure hope it works out for her. |
Phrases and Vocabulary used:
Nose job: A type of surgery on your nose to make it look better.
Plastic surgery: Surgery on a body part or skin to improve appearance or working ability. People who experience really bad accidents often need plastic surgery.
- The scrapes on his face were really noticible after his car accident. Now that he’s had plastic surgery, you can hardly notice them at all.
Cover: Here cover means to “pay for”. We use this word when discussing whether or not insurance will pay for something.
- My insurance company told me that they will cover up to $10 000 of my surgery.
Cosmetic surgery: A type of surgery to improve appearance.
- Cosmetic surgery is a multi-billion dollar a year industry. Many people will pay a lot of money to look better.
Paying out of her own pocket: If you pay “out of your own pocket” it means you are paying the money yourself. No one else is paying for you.
- I had to pay out of my own pocket for my surgery. My insurance company said it was unneccesary and wouldn’t cover it.
Cutting back: Cutting back means using or doing less. We often “cut back” on spending or “eating”
- The government needs to cut back on their spending. They’ve been spending more than they make for years.
- You should cut back on calories if you are serious about losing weight.
October 9th, 2008 at 4:42 am
Make a nose bigger? It’s really sounds strange. I suppose many girls want to make their noses smaller, not bigger.
Anyway, great lesson again! And I’m first who sais it today!
October 10th, 2008 at 2:38 am
that’s funny! thanks for your podcast!
oh by the way i found there is something wrong in the website. when i click “Podcast” in the main page and then click “Fun English Lessons”, i got a “Error 404 – Not Found”, and the url is “http://www.china232.com/www.china232.com/category/fun-english-lessons”. it seems that somthing wrong in the code of website. hope you guys figure it out asap:)
Regards.
Jack
Beijing
October 10th, 2008 at 3:28 am
Er, I am a chinese girl, and I can understand the friend you mentioned in the podcast. I think the small or big nose is not the problem, your friend doesn’t want to make her nose bigger, instead she wants to make the bridge of her nose higher. No girlwant to have a snub-nose in China. Anyway, I admire her courage, it must be painful.
October 10th, 2008 at 5:51 am
Jack,
How did you get to that url. It should be http://www.china232.com/category/fun-english-lessons which works fine, not http://www.china232.com/www.china232.com/category/fun-english-lessons
October 11th, 2008 at 7:43 am
i left a Response yesterday but now it disappeared for some reason.
i click “Podcasts” from the table which in the upside of the main page to get into “http://www.china232.com/podcasts.php”, and in this page i click “Fun English Lessons” which is shown in the bottom right page, and then i get the error.
sorry for my english, hope it can be understood
Jack
October 12th, 2008 at 1:20 am
Good lesson~~ Thank you for your lesson~~
I didn’t do plastic surgery. But sometimes I want to change my appearence.
Because I think that It’s so interesting and funny. XD~
Meanwhile, the cost of plastic surgery is so so expensive.
October 12th, 2008 at 7:43 am
Hi Guys,
Great lesson! Great vocabulary! once again !
I have heard about many jobs but \"who has given this \"Nose- job\" is a nose job.\"
It sounds weird, Isn\’t it?
I liked Alice comments
Thanks for adding such words in my vocabulary.
Prinkle | India
October 12th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Hi Guys,
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I enjoy listening your podcasts very much! In exchange, I’ve just ‘put’ your link on this website (angoltanulas.lap.hu / Fun English Lessons – Free ESL podcasts) which is a kind of a recommendation list on good language learning materials in my country. Hope this helps a bit to attract more ppl here.
October 12th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
hey guys! good episode!
I HAVE A QUESTION!!!!
WHERE\\\’S THE SOUND THAT INTRODUCES THE EPISODES?? THE SOUND OF A SIREN?? THAT\\\’S IMPORTANT ISN\\\’T IT?? HEHEHEHE
BYE!
October 12th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
OHH OK OK!! I ALREADY KNOW WHAT MADE YOU GIVE UP THAT SOUND!
I THINK YOU SHOULD PUT ANOTHER SOUND IF YOU REALLY WON’T PUT THAT ONE AGAIN, THAT WAS ONE MARK OF YOUR PROGRAM. A LITTLE BIT WEIRD BUT FUNNY. HEHEHE
SEE YOU!!
October 13th, 2008 at 12:39 am
good posting!
October 13th, 2008 at 2:54 am
Great work. Are u guys in Shanghai?
October 13th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
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October 13th, 2008 at 9:29 pm
Hi guys!!
Today I enjoyed your podcast, because I haven’t heard the lessons 3 weeks ago, and I felt that I need it.
Thanks again for the new vocabulary, it is so useful in daily conversations and common dialogues.
I will try to practice it as much as I can in order to get more confidence in myself when I talk with people around me.
Thanks guys, it is awesome and enjoyable to heard your podcasts, please keep doing it; it is a great job.
October 15th, 2008 at 8:17 am
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October 15th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
hey guys by the way I\\\’d like to hear a discussion about what\\\’s going on in the stock market worldwide, the havoc wreaked both on housing market and on company finances and a podcast about presidential candidates in the USA. IT\\\’S JUST A SUGGESTION.
October 16th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Hello, guys!
I have been studying these podcasts of yours. I think they’re great!
Little by little I am improving my English knowledge, especially the listening skills.
Each day I learn a lot of good words and expressions.
By the way I am very happy with my nose and the rest of my body.
I don’t need a cosmetic surgery neither a plastic surgery. i have just learn the difference betuwenn these words.
I hear the voices of Andrew and Addison everyday. Thank you for helping me to improve my English knowlegde.
Bye! I am going to listen you later!
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October 21st, 2008 at 8:30 am
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October 21st, 2008 at 11:04 am
Hi,everybody
This is the first time to leave my message here, I really appreciate the brothers to give us this lesson. That’s very important to learn English with interests.
I knew the website from a canadian for a long time, but never mention it, I guess I missed more wonderful episodes, so I hope I can catch up with other learners..
By the way, hope to meet some nice friends here from now on..
Thanks for the nice brothers..
November 7th, 2008 at 7:28 am
Hey,
I am those chinese girl who enlarge nose
Now I want to do the same with my ears
Chinese girl
November 9th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
you guys are talking to long so it’s getting a little bit boring on the end
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