{"id":29454,"date":"2025-01-17T11:19:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T10:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=29454"},"modified":"2025-01-24T04:34:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T03:34:36","slug":"the-hidden-cost-of-koreas-beauty-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2025\/01\/the-hidden-cost-of-koreas-beauty-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"The Hidden Cost of Korea&#8217;s Beauty Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Korea is regarded as the global center for cosmetics, providing the state-of-the-art procedures that have kept them at the forefront of the beauty industry. And they continue to prosper and expand over the years as they successfully promote their medical sector to foreigners who are prepared to pay for their promising services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See the video below to learn more about the dark side of Korea&#8217;s beauty business success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"The Hidden Cost of Korea\u2019s Beauty Industry\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K0n8OJAG1FE?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vocabulary Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Explain &#8220;<strong>biggest draw<\/strong>&#8220;. <em>\u201cThe <strong>biggest draw<\/strong> was people were very satisfied with their results.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em>&nbsp;Create a sentence using this term.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does \u201c<strong>to put someone\/something at the top of the game<\/strong>\u201d mean?\u00a0<em>\u201cThese cutting-edge treatments <strong>are putting South Korea at the top of the beauty game<\/strong>.<\/em>\u201d Use this idiom to make your own sentence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is the meaning of \u201c<strong>to<\/strong> <strong>turn back the clock<\/strong>\u201c?\u00a0<em>\u201cFrom non-invasive lifting ultrasound, to skin boosting injections using DNA from salmon, she&#8217;s hoping <strong>to<\/strong> <strong>turn back the clock<\/strong> on her appearance.<\/em>\u201d Give two (2) synonyms or similar expressions and use \u2018turn back the clock\u2019 in your own sentence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What effects does medical tourism have on the nation&#8217;s healthcare system, as discussed in the video? And by being the cosmetic capital of the world, secure better healthcare?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How did Korea manage to succeed in the beauty game?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What are your thoughts on chasing beauty through state-of-the-art aesthetic procedures? Will you patronize it given the chance? Why or why not?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Share your thoughts on how South Korean government promotes medical tourism? Does your government promote it to boost the economy? Why or why not? <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate South Korea is regarded as the global center for cosmetics, providing the state-of-the-art procedures that have kept them at the forefront of the beauty industry. 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