1. Going Under the Knife

2. In the past, only fairy tale characters could be magically transformed from beast to beauty. Now, thanks to cosmetic surgery, over a million Taiwanese a year have improved their faces or bodies. The most popular procedure in Taiwan is double eyelid surgery, which makes eyes look larger and rounder. Other common types of plastic surgery include nose jobs, breast augmentation, and tummy tucks.

3. Why are so many Taiwanese going under the knife? Many women think it well enhance their social lives and increase their self-esteem. Some parents even give daughters cosmetic surgery as a graduation present. Taiwanese men, on the other hand, often see plastic surgery as a way to improve their career opportunities. They want features that will be auspicious according to traditional Chinese face reading.

4. What all these people have in common is the fairy tale idea that if you change your body, you can transform your life. In a world that values appearance, people seem to have forgotten that beauty is only skin deep.

5. Vocabulary fairy tale characters 童話角色 transform 改變外貌 cosmetic surgery 美容 procedure 療程 double eyelid surgery 割雙眼皮手術 plastic surgery 整形 nose job 隆鼻

6. breast augmentation 隆乳 tummy tuck 縮腹 under the knife 挨刀 enhance 改善 social live 社交生活 self-esteem 自信心 graduation present 畢業禮物 auspicious 吉利的 face reading 看面向 skin deep 皮相

7. Analysis In the past…Now… 是古今對比的句型 thanks to, due to, because of 都是「因為」 前者的意思較正面，後二者較中性 on the one hand 一方面來說 on the other hand 另一方面來說