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Do you know any kind of eating disorder? How can people have such
eating disorder? Learn more about it by watching the following video
entitled “How I become anorexic”.

Listen to some details the girl mentioned in the video to
answer these questions.
1. How was her school life?
a. She was one among other popular girls. d. She has popular group of friends.
b. She often fell down. e. She seemed to be invincible to her friends.
c. She always noticed all the boys at school.

2. What was her second priority after getting to get into her dream college?
a. Her parents d. Parents’ blessing
b. Appearance e. Cosmetic surgery
c. Her study

3. Below are some of the surgeries she went into …
a. bridge nose lift and V-shape face d. V-shape face and nose augmentation
b. eye enlargement and bridge nose lift e. lip augmentation and tummy section
c. double-layered eye and tummy suction

4. Why did she feel unhappy even after the surgery?
a. People thought she was not beautiful. d. Society didn’t accept her well.
b. She had some extra weight to lose. e. Boys at college didn’t tease her anymore.
c. She is too skinny.

5. What had all the teasing caused her to feel?
a. She lost her confidence. d. She gained more self esteem.
b. She joked about it a lot. e. She let the time went on.
c. She took everything seriously.

Watch the rest of the video and complete the following chart with ONE word to illustrate
how she developed anorexia.

How I become anorexic

I started to feel uncomfortable with my body size. I wanted to become (1) _________________________
I exercise a lot and watched some clips online and get myself (2) _________________________ by
looking at beautiful and fit girls on Instagram.

At college, I became popular. Ever since I was nominated for the queen of Summer Ball, I started to

(3) _________________________ more for I still believed that my body was not perfect.

I control my diet and became (4) _________________________ of what to eat and lost some weight
very quickly.

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