94 B2+ | 8. Klasse | Unit 08: The next chapter Writing your own essay: Coherence The following tasks will help you to prepare to write your own essay on cosmetic procedures. Your focus will be on making sure that your essay is coherent. Study the essay, then do tasks a–d. The benefits of cosmetic procedures (1) many people are extremely critical of cosmetic procedures and believe that they should be avoided, I am convinced that cosmetic procedures can be a good choice under certain circumstances. A First of all, it should be pointed out that there are many different kinds of cosmetic procedures, and most people who are against cosmetic procedures have the dangers of plastic surgery in mind. (2) , there are many treatments that are much less serious than plastic surgery and have practically no side effects, (3) , a Botox injection. A Botox injection is so simple that it can be done in a doctor’s practice instead of a hospital. There is absolutely no risk of anything going wrong, and (4) a Botox injection can definitely not be compared to a real beauty operation and should be considered by people who are not happy with the way they look. B Secondly, as for being unhappy with the way you look, people often claim that self-acceptance is the solution for this problem, (5) this is not always the case. When people are so dissatisfied with their looks that they develop psychological problems, they cannot suddenly learn self-acceptance. (6) , in many cases, they need to undergo surgery or have beauty treatments to overcome their unhappiness with the way they look. (7) , a cosmetic procedure can even lead to self-acceptance in the end. C Finally, it is true that the price for achieving self-acceptance through cosmetic procedures is often high. People spend astronomical amounts of money on operations (8) nose jobs and breast reductions. It has to be said, (9) , that somebody who has been unhappy with their prominent ears all their life might be happy to pay any amount of money to have them fixed. Being happy with what you see in the mirror increases a person’s quality of life and (10) , it is worth any amount of money. In conclusion, cosmetic procedures are mostly risk-free, can contribute to self-acceptance and increase people’s satisfaction with their life. For many people, they are (11) worth considering. WRITING 3 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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