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3.4 Grammar – CRISIS!
Fill in the missing gaps with the most appropriate forms of the verbs. Be careful about the
conditionals and check the grammar section if necessary.
It was already Wednesday morning and Mia............................... (wake
up) early and ............................... (leave) for the salon at 7 a.m. If she
............................... (be) late, she ............................... (miss) the
delivery service. If that ............................... (happen), it
............................... (be) a disaster, because she needed equipment as the
following week the salon needed to be fully ready for the clients and
equipped with machines for any kind of treatment.
She............................... (wait) for 2 hours, but nobody came to deliver
the equipment. She............................... (start) to panic, because she
needed the equipment.
She thought: “If they ............................... (not deliver) the equipment
today, I ............................... (not have) enough time to prepare the salon
to start operating normally.” She was so angry. She couldn’t understand
how they could be so irresponsible. “If I ............................... (be) in their shoes,
I............................... (not certainly behave) in such a way.” she said.
If a customer ............................... (pay) for the goods, the company usually ...............................
(deliver) them within 8 days. If Mia............................... (not already pay) for them, she
............................... (choose) another company which ............................... (probably be) more
responsible and serious about their business. But now, there was nothing she could do.
She finally decided and called the secretary of the delivery company. She found out they didn’t have
the right address which caused problems with the delivery and consequently resulted in a delay. If
she ............................... (not call) her, the delivery ............................... (probably take) much longer
or maybe they simply ............................... (not come).
3.5 Vocabulary – NEW EQUIPMENT.
Mia is planning to invest in the latest equipment to ensure high quality treatments, which
consequently means satisfied clients. In order to present
the equipment to her clients, she needs to be
able to explain the functions of the equipment in simple and clear language.
Help her provide simple definitions and explain the basic features of the following equipment. Use
the Internet if you are unsure how to explain certain words. In order to make the definitions more
easily understandable, also use the following expressions.
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This is a machine/product...
It is used for...
It helps to reduce...
We use it after/when...
EQUIPMENT:
DEFINITION:
wax heater
is a machine which is used to melt the wax.
electrolysis machine
laser
IPL (Intense Pulse Light)
steamer
micro-current
oxygen treatment machine
micro-pigmentation
spray tanning machines
3.6 Reading – HOW TO USE IT?
The salon finally got the equipment. Among other things she also decided to invest into a laser for
hair removal. Before operating it, it is essential to read the instructions carefully in order
to
familiarise yourself with its proper use. Mia has asked you to read the instructions
carefully and help her understand how it works.
PRE-READING
ACTIVITY
Which information do you find essential when getting to know a laser?
Make a list of questions which you would personally find important to be
answered in the text.
Compare the questions with your classmates and together make a short list
of the most important ones.
WHILE-READING ACTIVITY
Here is the introduction to the user manual of the hair removal laser.
Try to answer the questions which you have set in the previous task.
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...remove the unwanted hair with SONIC
®
laser!
Introduction.
Removing hair is one of the most popular beauty procedures. Many people wish to remove the unwanted hair
from various parts of their body,
such as the face, legs, forearms, underarms, back or bikini line. There are
several techniques of doing that, for instance shaving, waxing, tweezing and similar, however, only the laser
procedure may be used to permanently reduce the amount of body hair.
How hair growth and the structure of the skin.
Before beginning with the treatment it is important to understand the process of hair growth.
Hair grows in a
three-phase cycle at different rates of growth in different individuals. The length of growth also depends on
the type of hair as well as on the part of the body it grows on.
Read more about the hair growth cycle under the anatomy section in the manual.
How laser hair removal works.
A laser for hair removal emits light energy, which is absorbed by the pigment in the hair. The hair in the
active growth has the largest amount of pigment and therefore absorbs the light energy from the laser the
most. The energy absorbed then damages the hair and causes inability for the hair follicle to grow hair again.
Due
to the damage made, the hair, being exposed to the laser, eventually fall out. The result is lessening hair
growth.
Who is SONIC
®
laser for?
Research shows that generally the light energy is absorbed better if the hair colour is darker than the patient’s
skin colour. Therefore, the result of the treatment with SONIC
®
hair removal laser is likely to be less
successful with the individuals with darker complexion and the individuals with light colour hair. To achieve
the
same results, more treatments are usually needed for those individuals.
Hair removal procedure.
The procedure of removing hair with the help of SONIC
®
laser may take just minutes for smaller areas and
up to about an hour for larger parts of the body.
During the treatment both, the technician and the patient are required to wear special protective glasses to
protect eye-sight.
The procedure of the hair removal starts by choosing the area of treatment, as well as the size of it. Then the
selected area of the body is exposed to the laser’s light energy by the technician guiding the
laser over the
skin. After being exposed to the laser, the damaged hair falls out.
For the complete treatment the procedure has to be repeated several times due to cyclical hair growth. It is
advisable to repeat the treatment in 4 to 8 weeks after the last treatment has been carried out. Usually it takes
from 6 to 8 treatments to achieve the desired result; however, the exact number of treatments
varies
according to the skin complexion and the colour of hair of an individual, as described above.
After the procedure.
After the procedure the skin of the treated area may turn red or appear irritated. This effect usually disappears
within a few days. If not, it is necessary to consult a doctor regarding the sink condition. The patient must not
use any cosmetic products immediately after the treatment which may cause potential problems to the
damaged skin.
POST-READING ACTIVITY
Have you got the answers to all your previously set questions?
If not, find a website of a manufacturer of hair removal lasers to search for the missing
information there.