87 Look at the photographs. One of them is the original picture and the other has been changed with a retouching program. Can you tell which one is which? Look at eyes, eyebrows, spots, skin tone, ears, colours, … SPEAKING 12 a A healthy body image Talk about these questions in pairs. 1 Why do people and companies retouch pictures? 2 Which body parts are most often retouched with computer programs? 3 What retouching apps and software do you know? Have you used any of them? b You are going to listen to a discussion about a social studies project at Whitehall. Here are some expressions you might need in order to understand the discussion. Look them up in a dictionary if you’re not sure what they mean. anxiety artificial body neutrality gorgeous to impact sth. limbs skull waist LISTENING 13 a Now listen to the discussion. First you will have 45 seconds to study the task below, then you will hear the recording twice. While listening, match the beginnings of the sentences (1–5) with the sentence endings (A–H). There are two extra sentence endings that you should not use. Write your answers in the spaces provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. After the second listening, you will have 45 seconds to check your answers. b 16 0 With computer programs, you can . D 1 Images used in advertising can . 2 The DOVE campaign tried to . 3 Marc thinks there is less pressure on women to . 4 The majority of girls don’t . 5 Unrealistic beauty standards can negatively . A conform to exaggerated ideas of beauty B think that advertising is real C make people feel bad about how they look D turn a nice-looking person into a really unattractive one E show that beauty in advertising is artificial F feel positive about their body G influence the health of some young women H buy a lot of beauty products What is beauty? Read the end of the discussion between Lizzie and Marc. What do you think Marc wanted to say? 14 Lizzie: I don’t know … if you see an ad with a picture of a very beautiful girl and then the caption “The girl in this photo has not been retouched” – do you really believe this? I mean, advertising isn’t about telling the truth, is it? Marc: Well, I suppose you’re right, it’s just … Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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