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filed teeth, long necks, double eyelid, small feet, breast augmentation

Multiple Choice

Cultures from the world. Where do young adult girls and boys still get their teeth filed?

• Republic of Congo

• Mexico

• China

Republic of Congo:

After this tradition is completed the teens are now considered adults and are allowed to have sex and marry.

In ancient cultures, people started modifying their bodies to be more beautiful. In Mentawai culture, for example, those with teeth that have been sharpened are deemed more beautiful. Tooth sharpening would have been traditionally done at puberty, though contact with outside civilizations has resulted in a decline of tooth sharpening. They haven't had their teeth sharpened as much as in the past.

Multiple Choice

Where do pubert girls have their necks elongated?

• Some parts of North America

• Some parts of Asia

• Some parts of the Polynesia

Kayan tribe in Myanmar, Asia:

The length of the coil is gradually increased to as much as twenty turns to deform and create an impression of a longer neck.

The custom of wearing neck rings is related to an ideal of beauty: an elongated neck. Neck rings push the clavicle and ribs down. Although it can vary from person to person whether the removal of neck rings can cause pain, if they have their rings removed incorrectly, this may result in death. The custom requires that the girls who do choose to wear the neck rings start before puberty in order to get the body used to them.

Multiple Choice

Where do people have their double-eyelid surgery done?

• India

• Russia

• South Korea

South Korea:

Most are born without eyelid creases. That’s called a single lid or a monolid. Although people all around the world get double eyelid blepharoplasty, this one is the most common aesthetic surgery in East Asia.

Double eyelid blepharoplasty is the most popular aesthetic surgery in East Asia. Millions of Asians with small eyes and single eyelids get this surgery done to construct supratarsal folds and enlarge their eyes. Double eyelid blepharoplasty is also a fashionable surgery for Asians to enhance the beauty and attractiveness of Oriental eyes. 

Multiple Choice

Where did women have their feet bound?

• Sierra Leone

• Denmark

• China

China:

Foot binding was the Chinese custom of applying tight wrappings to the feet of young girls to modify their shape and size.

The practice possibly originated among upper class court dancers during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in 10th-century China, and the practice finally came to an end in the early 20th century. Girls got their feet bound because it was considered a status symbol as well as a mark of beauty. Yet foot binding was a painful practice and significantly limited the mobility of women, resulting in lifelong disabilities for most of its subjects.

Open Ended

Write your opinions.

Why or what for do Colombians get plastic surgery done? i.e., nose jobs, breast augmentation, liposuction, body modification, etc.

The Pasive Causative

Grammar Presentation (Unit 19: Steps 1-4)

Multiple Choice

True or False?

The passive causative is generally used with the verbs get and have which have a similar meaning.

• True

• False

I. Causative Verbs

Have, Let & MakeSubject (person) + Have / Let / Make + Object (person) + Base Verb

causing someone to do something.

Multiple Select

Choose all the possible options:

You can use the passive causative with

• all verb tenses

• all modals

• gerunds and infinitives

There is a big difference between and active and passive causative sentence.

• I had my sister do her homework in my computer (I caused her to do something)

• I had my homework done by my sister in my computer. (My sister did my homework)

• I have shaved my face. ( I did it some time in the past)

• I have my face shaved ( Somebody does it for me regurlarly)

There is a big difference between and active and passive causative sentence.

• Indonesians had permed their hair before colonization started. (People started the process before colonization.)*

• Indonesian elderly had their girls in their communities perm their hair before colonization. (Elderly caused them to do something)

• Indonesian girls had their hair permed as an old tradition. (Somebody/others did it for them regularly)

Active or Passive Causative?

I had my friends tell me what happened. (not told)

She will let her friend borrow her new jacket. (not borrows or will borrow)

Mark’s teacher makes him do homework every day. (not does)

The subject and object of causative sentences are usually people, but things are also possible.

The heavy rain made the paint peel off the building.

The phone message made him feel nervous. We let the dogs run wild at the beach.

Also, the imperative verb form (no subject) is common with causative verbs, since both causatives and imperatives are used for giving orders.

Have Mr. Smith call me.

Let the dogs go outside after dinner.

Make her secretary type out the report.

Multiple Choice

True or False?

The passive causative is more common in writing.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or False?

You may use by when the agent is necessary in the passive causative.

• True

• False