Answer Key Module 6-RBs

Tape script of Listening Comprehension

Surgery Safaris
How far would you go for a perfect body?
Many people these days are going as far as South Africa to get their version of perfection. People
from across Africa and the world come for so-called “surgery safaris.” There are no animals to see on
these safaris. The visitors instead look for smaller stomachs, firmer bottoms or perhaps new eye, nose
or chin shapes.
Businesses that provide medical safaris say they have seen a large increase in African customers.
South Africa is becoming the leading country in Africa for people seeking cosmetic surgery. For years,
South Africa has appealed to medical tourists from Europe and the United States. But local cosmetic
surgeons say now more clients from Africa’s growing economies are interested in such operations.
Lorraine Melville is a doctor with Surgeon and Safari. She has been performing cosmetic surgeries
for nearly 16 years in Johannesburg. She says that more than 80 percent of her clients now come from
sub-Saharan Africa. She says this is because Africa did not experience the economic problems that hit
other parts of the world.
Her clients are treated like movie stars. Assistants take them from the airport to a luxurious
guesthouse. They explain in detail the medical operation to be done. Doctors operate the next day. And
then clients have a week or two to enjoy a shopping safari for new clothes and handbags. Clients can
spend from $5,000 to $7,000 on a cosmetic treatment. They might spend an additional $2,000 on the
cost of the hotel.
For many African women, less is more. Ms. Melvill says the most popular forms of cosmetic
surgeries for African women are breast reductions and liposuction.
South Korea is also a popular spot for cosmetic surgery. But the leading treatments there are
operations to create larger eyes, thinner noses and pointy chins. A 2009 report said one in five South
Korean women has had plastic surgery.

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 Answer Key Module 6-RBs

Comprensión de Lectura Comprensión Oral

1. A B C 7. A B C
2. A B C 8. A B C
3. A B C 9. A B C
4. A B C 10. A B C
5. A B C 11. A B C
6. A B C 12. A B C

General Language

13. decided 24. AMAZINGLY

14. had already tried 25. CALMLY

15. was convinced 26. STRANGELY

16. was working 27. ODDLY

17. has eaten / has been eating 28. OBVIOUSLY

18. Alternative clinics have been visited by many
desperate people in order to lose weight.
19. Margaret is the person (who/that) Peter told
me about.
20. Excuse me sir, how far is the airport (from
here)?
21. Michael is a friend of ours.
29. Once upon a time, there was a
prince who wanted to kill a dragon…
30. Did your brother use to play the
same video games you played?
Pronunciation
31. vegetable / chocolate

22. How do you feel about alternative medicine? 32. glasses

23. B: I wouldn’t do that/it.

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