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9 Beauty Is Only Skin Deep 4 Conversation Sophie: I'd like to speak with a manager. Anne: I'm the manager. How can I help you? Sophie: Look at my hair! Anne: It's lovely. رابط الدرس الرقمي www.ien.edu.sa Sophie: I'm not going to beat around the bush. I am very upset with this haircut. It's by far the worst haircut I've ever gotten. The hairstylist didn't listen to me at all. This is not the style I asked for. I'm fit to be tied. Anne: I'm sorry you didn't get what you were expecting. But I have to tell you, I saw you when you walked in. I did a double take when I saw you after the haircut. I think this style really suits you. It's a dramatic improvement. Sophie: But it's too short and it has all these layers! I look ridiculous. Anne: Not at all! You just aren't used to it. Trust me. It brings out your eyes, and it makes you look more sophisticated. Sophie: You're just trying to make me feel better. Anne: No, I'm being entirely honest. You look elegant and sophisticated. Sophie: I have a wedding to go to this weekend, and I wanted to look my best. Anne: Perfect! You're going to blow them away with your new style. Sophie: You really think so? Anne: Absolutely. I'll tell you what: See what happens at the wedding. If your family and friends don't like it, come back next week, and we'll give you any haircut you want on the house. Sophie: Well, OK. I guess that's fair. About the Conversation 1. What was Sophie's complaint? 2. How did Anne respond? 3. How did Sophie's attitude change by the end of the conversation? Why? Real Talk beat around the bush = speak indirectly by far = by very much; obviously = fit to be tied very angry did a double take = looked again in surprise at someone or something blow them away = really impress them on the house = free وزارة التعليم Your Turn Role-play with a partner. Think of a situation in which someone might make a complaint about a service or product. Pretend you are the customer and make the complaint. Your partner, who has given the service or represents the business, responds to the complaint. Making a Complaint I am very unhappy/upset about/with... I insist that you... I want to make a complaint. I'd like to speak with a manager. I'm not (at all) satisfied with this (situation). I'm sorry to have to say this but... This is completely unsatisfactory. This is not what I expected/is nothing like... This...is too... Ministry of 42ation 2024-1446 MG_03_COMBO_TEXT_2024.indb 142 30/4/24 3:06 AM

Conversation Beauty is only skin deep

About the conversation What was Sophie's complaint?

Role-play with a partner Think of a situation in which someone might make a compiaint about a service or product Pretend you are the customer and make the complaint. Your partner, who has giv

5 Listening O baby food Listen to the lecture given by a nutritionist about fad diets. Then complete the chart. Name of Diet Idea Behind Diet Problems with Diet cabbage 1. 2. 3. cotton balls 6 Pronunciation Affirmative auxiliary verbs are usually not stressed in sentences unless they are used for special emphasis. However, negative auxiliary verbs are stressed within sentences. Listen and practice. 1. One recent fad diet that was popular with some famous people was the baby food diet. 2. Baby food has a texture and taste that is unappealing to adults. 3. The small portions aren't enough to keep an adult healthy. 4. It doesn't provide any of the vitamins and nutrients a person needs to survive. 5. This diet isn't guaranteed to result in weight loss. 7 Vocabulary Building A. You will see the following words in the reading on pages 144 and 145. Match the words with their meanings. وزارة التعليم Ministry of Education 2024-1446 1. emerge a. idea of perfection 2. famine 3. ideal 4. instinctive ம் 5. plump b. done from feeling rather than reason or learned behavior c. the relationship of one part of something to another part in size and shape d. appear e. something against which other things are measured 6. proportion f. change in form; be different from 7. standards g. serious food shortage 8. vary h. slightly overweight B. Check your answers with a partner. If you do not understand the meaning of a word, look it up in a dictionary. MG_03_COMBO_TEXT_2024.indb 143 143 30/4/24 3:06 AM

Listen to the lecture given by a nutritionist about fad diets. Then complete the chart. Name of Diet

Aftimative auxliary verbs are usually not stressed in sentences unless they are used for special emphass However negative auxitary verbs are stressed within sentences. Listen and practice.

You can see the following words in the reading on pages 40 and 41 match the words with their meanings 1. emerge