The Reading / Listening - Eye Colour - Level 4

More people are having cosmetic surgery to improve their looks. However, procedures to change the colour of one's eyes are risky. Research conducted by an eyewear store states eye colour surgery has a 92 per cent chance of problems. The surgery is the riskiest cosmetic procedure. Operations include a procedure called keratopigmentation. This is a permanent colour change in which a special dye is inserted into the eyes with lasers.

An American eyecare group warned against eye colour change procedures. It said things can go wrong. These include dye leakage, allergic reactions, sensitivity to light, and blindness. It added: "Anything that we do with the eyes, we have to be very, very cautious." An eye specialist said getting coloured contact lenses was better than surgery. She said this, "can give you the look you want without putting your eye health at risk".

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Eye Colour - Level 5 or  Eye Colour - Level 6

Sources
  • https://nypost.com/2024/08/28/lifestyle/eye-color-change-surgery-most-dangerous-cosmetic-surgery-study/
  • https://www.aol.com/quick-surgical-procedure-permanently-change-103002578.html
  • https://health.clevelandclinic.org/dangers-of-eye-color-change-surgery


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Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. More people are
  2. improve their
  3. Research conducted by
  4. surgery has a 92 per cent
  5. The surgery is the riskiest
  6. This is a permanent colour
  7. a special
  8. inserted into the
  1. cosmetic procedure
  2. change
  3. eyes with lasers
  4. an eyewear store
  5. having cosmetic surgery
  6. dye
  7. chance of problems
  8. looks

Paragraph 2

  1. An American eyecare
  2. It said things can
  3. dye
  4. allergic
  5. sensitivity
  6. an eye
  7. getting coloured contact
  8. this can give you the
  1. specialist
  2. reactions
  3. go wrong
  4. lenses was better
  5. leakage
  6. look you want
  7. to light
  8. group

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

More people are (1) __________________________________ to improve their looks. However, (2) __________________________________ the colour of one's eyes are risky. Research (3) __________________________________ eyewear store states eye colour surgery has a 92 per cent (4) __________________________________. The surgery is the riskiest cosmetic procedure. Operations include a procedure called keratopigmentation. This (5) __________________________________ colour change in which a special (6) __________________________________ into the eyes with lasers.

An American eyecare (7) __________________________________ eye colour change procedures. It said things can go wrong. These (8) __________________________________, allergic reactions, (9) __________________________________, and blindness. It added: "Anything that we do with the eyes, we have to be (10) __________________________________." An eye specialist said getting (11) __________________________________ was better than surgery. She said this, "can give you the look you want without putting your eye (12) __________________________________".

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

Morepeoplearehavingcosmeticsurgerytoimprovetheirlooks.Howeve
r,procedurestochangethecolourofone'seyesarerisky.Researchco
nductedbyaneyewearstorestateseyecoloursurgeryhasa92percentc
hanceofproblems.Thesurgeryistheriskiestcosmeticprocedure.Oper
ationsincludeaprocedurecalledkeratopigmentation.Thisisapermane
ntcolourchangeinwhichaspecialdyeisinsertedintotheeyeswithlasers.
AnAmericaneyecaregroupwarnedagainsteyecolourchangeprocedur
es.Itsaidthingscangowrong.Theseincludedyeleakage,allergicreacti
ons,sensitivitytolight,andblindness.Itadded:"Anythingthatwedowit
htheeyes,wehavetobevery,verycautious."Aneyespecialistsaidgettin
gcolouredcontactlenseswasbetterthansurgery.Shesaidthis,"cangiv
eyouthelookyouwantwithoutputtingyoureyehealthatrisk".

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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Free writing

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Answers

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