Task 2 Below are facts and ideas provided by students on the advantages and disadvantages of plastic\cosmetic surgery. Think of a proper theme, decide on your purpose, re-examine the lists, and use your own words to write an outline, making use of details related to your theme. Advantages: 1. Plastic surgery is a means of gaining confidence and self-esteem 2. A beautiful appearance can improve one's chances in the job market and later help one’s career. 3. People not beautiful may be neglected. Some graduates are turned down by employers due to their homely appearances. 4. Some positions related to public relations, mass communication and foreign affairs require pleasant appearances, which may represent the image of the department 5. Just as people should dress neatly and wear some make-up when appearing in public places, a beautiful appearance is also a sign of respect for others 6."A thing of beauty is a joy for ever” (Keats: "Endymion) 7. With the development of technology, the risks and costs of plastic surgery can be minimized. 8. Having plastic surgery does not necessarily mean neglecting inner beauty 9. The beauty industry has become an integral part of economy and will help promote other industries 10. Plastic surgery is a personal choice, having nothing to do with others. Disadvantages: 1. Plastic surgery is expensive 2. The failure rate in cosmetic surgery is high 3. The foreign matter implanted into our body may not be sale 4. Different people have different standards of beauty. What some people regard as beautiful may be regarded as ugly by others. 5. Standards of beauty, like fashion, are always changing; we can never keep up with them. Bound feet are no longer considered as beautiful today as they were in the Song dynasty. 6. ” Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” 7. Handsome is that/as handsome does. 8. As everyone will become old, outer beauty is temporary. 9. It is capability not beauty that determines one's destiny. 10. One's appearance may have positive or negative influences, but they are definitely not crucial. 11. Companies will not hire a girl/boy with an appealing appearance but not brains. 12. Our natural appearance is exclusive to ourselves. It makes us unique. It is not a pleasant experience to see others having the same eyes, nose, or mouth as we do. 13. Plastic surgery will produce many clones when more and more people model their appearance on that of some film star. 14. Plastic surgery is an obstacle for people to seek inner beauty. 15. Michael Jackson has had several plastic surgeries, but not everyone thinks that his appearance is "beautiful.” 16. Real beauty is a combination of external and internal beauty. 17. True beauty stems from character, integrity, and ability. 18. The meaning of life lies in cultivation and perfection of character instead of seeking transient outer beauty.