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BBC Learning English

Video Words in the News 

24 July 2013

Snail¹ facial

Transcript²:

It might not be what you imagine when you book a facial.

But in this salon³ in Tokyo, snail slime is the latest trend.

It's claimed the treatment makes skin supple⁴, and can help repair sunburn damage, though it has not yet been clinically tested.

Beauticians here think the treatment will eventually catch on, though at $100 a session, this might happen at a snail's pace.

Vocabulary:

facial

a beauty treatment to keep the skin on the face healthy

slime

sticky liquid substance, often produced by fish and snails⁵

supple

easy to bend, not stiff

beauticians

people trained to improve the appearance of their customers

at a snail's pace

very slowly

Exercise:

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from news reports. 

Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence correctly.

facial / slime / supple / beauticians / at a snail's pace

1.  A ________ who won a scholarship to study at a London law school after representing her mother in court has been awarded a first in her degree.

2.  I went in thinking I was going to have a _______ and ended up coming out with a hair cut... I still can't work out how it happened.

3.  The jawless⁶, spineless hagfish is a primitive⁷ creature that lives at the bottom of the ocean and dates back as far as 500 million years - but it exudes⁸ a very special _______, which could provide the clothing of the future.

4.  Then on the weekends you battle your way out of town ________ of about 15-20mph, and of course trying to get back into Seoul on a Sunday afternoon can take four hours for what should be only a 40-minute drive.

5.  Both sunlight and smoking create nasty molecules⁹ called free radicals¹⁰ which damage the skin by attacking the collagen which keeps skin ________ and youthful.

Answers:

1.  A beautician who won a scholarship to study at a London law school after representing her mother in court has been awarded a first in her degree.

2.  I went in thinking I was going to have a facial and ended up coming out with a hair cut... I still can't work out how it happened.

3.  The jawless, spineless hagfish is a primitive creature that lives at the bottom of the ocean and dates back as far as 500 million years - but it exudes a very special slime, which could provide the clothing of the future.

4.  Then on the weekends you battle your way out of town at a snail's pace of about 15-20mph, and of course trying to get back into Seoul on a Sunday afternoon can take four hours for what should be only a 40-minute drive.

5.  Both sunlight and smoking create nasty molecules called free radicals which damage the skin by attacking the collagen which keeps skin supple and youthful.