A True Life Story

from CNN
UK breast implant
want answers

victims

Read and complete the paragraph.

_____ name is Rowena Macintosh. ____is a beautiful woman at
the age of 25. She is ______Bournemouth, England. She decided
to get breast implants 2 years ago. Her doctor said, there will
not be any leaking silicone from the implants. French company guaranteed for 25 years. 6
months after her surgery, Macintosh begins to get burning and stabbing pains in the area.
More recently, she finds a hard mass in one breast. She fears that her PIP implants have
leaked and she wants them removed and replaced immediately. Its like a ticking time
bomb inside me she says. She goes to her doctor and he says that the PIP implants have
leaked.
The problem: ______will pay for the operation?
95% of breast implant operations are done in
private clinics.
But now that women want PIP implants be removed,
some clinics are refusing to treat them.
Rowena Macintosh says she saved up _______paid almost $8000 for her breast implants,
including surgery and after care. But the clinic refuses
to give her a scan to detect ruptures, she says, and also

declined (see refuse) to consider removing and replacing

the implants until there was a proven problem. _____
wants the private clinic and surgeon to pay to remove and
replace the PIP implants as soon as possible, but she
realizes that may not happen until after a long legal battle.

breast implant:

victim:

leaking:

surgery: operation

burning and stabbing :

hard mass :smth hard

detect : find out, look

refusing : say no
rupture: cut

battle :fight

Write the questions.

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_____________________________________? Rowena.
_____________________________________? 07732 428 765
_____________________________________? 72, London Road, Bournemouth.
_____________________________________? r.macintosh@online.co.uk
_____________________________________? 25.
_____________________________________? Macintosh.
_______________does she pay for the surgery? $8000.
_____________does she decide to get implants? 2 years ago.
________happens after 6 months of her surgery? She begins to get burning and

stabbing pains in the area.

10. __________does she want to get them removed? Because the implants are leaking.

A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower when the
doorbell rings. Ding dong...ding dong The wife quickly wraps herself
in a towel and runs downstairs. When she opens the door, there stands
Bob, the next door neighbour. Before she says a word, Bob says, Ill
give you $800 to drop that towel. After thinking for a moment, the
woman drops her towel and stands naked in front of Bob.
After a few seconds, Bob hands her $800 dollars and leaves. The
woman wraps back up in the towel and goes back upstairs. When she gets to the bathroom,
her husband asks. Who was that? It was Bob the next door neighbour, she replies.
Great! the husband says, Did he say anything about the $800 he owes me?

Physical description
Complete the mind map with the words from the box.
ugly

thin
pretty
tall
shoulder-length
short(2x)
fat
attractive
straight

looks and build

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green
red
blonde

beautiful
black
brown(2x) wavy
curly
dark
dyed

hair
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blue
slim

long

eyes

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A True Life Story

from CNN
UK breast implant
want answers

victims

Read and complete the paragraph.

Her name is Rowena Macintosh. She is a beautiful woman at the
age of 25. She is from Bournemouth, England. She decided to get
breast implants 2 years ago. Her doctor said, there will not be
any leaking silicone from the implants. French company guaranteed for 25 years. 6 months
after her surgery, Macintosh begins to get burning and stabbing pains in the area. More
recently, she finds a hard mass in one breast. She fears that her PIP implants have leaked
and

she

wants

them

removed

and

replaced

immediately. Its like a ticking time bomb inside

me she says. She goes to her doctor and he says
that the PIP implants have leaked.
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The problem: Who will pay for the operation?

95% of breast implant operations are done in private clinics.
But now that women want PIP implants be removed, some clinics are refusing to treat
them.
Rowena Macintosh says she saved up and paid almost $8000 for her breast implants,
including surgery and after care. But the clinic refuses to give her a scan to detect
ruptures, she says, and also declined to consider
removing and replacing the implants until there was a
proven problem.

She wants the private clinic and

surgeon to pay to remove and replace the PIP implants

as soon as possible, but she realizes that may not happen
until after a long legal battle.