2014.7.9
Gangnam, the Plastic Surgery Capital
of the World (Part 1)
It's official.
We're obsessed with plastic surgery.
Constantly speculating on which celebrity had work done and where. Dishing
out an estimated $12 billion on cosmetic
enhancements last year alone. // But there's a place where it's even more
extreme. A plastic surgery mecca, where 7.5 million people have travelled to go under the knife. Gangnam, the ritzy district in Seoul, South Korea
that Psy put on the map.// It's full
of Korean women seemingly trying to emulate the doll-like features of these
K-pop girls in Psy’s video and in bands like"Girls’ Generation."// A staggering one in five South Korean
women has had plastic surgery. The streets lined with hundreds of clinics and
19-year-old Christina here is about to join
those ranks.//
be obsessed with 사로잡히다, 중독되다
speculate on 추측하다, 짐작하다, 투기하다
ex> It is useless to speculate why he did it.
have work done =have plastic[cosmetic] surgery 성형수술을 받다
dish out 주다
ex> She’s always dishing
out advice, even when you don’t want it.
cosmetic enhancement 미용 수술
mecca 메카, 성지
go under the knife 수술을 받다
ex> Peter hates his nose so much that he’s
seriously considering going under the knife to have it made smaller.
ritzy 호화로운, 화려한
ex> Palm Springs has ritzy restaurants and glitzy nightlife.
put ~ on the map 유명하게, 중요하게 만들다 (= make a
place well-known)
ex> The exhibition has helped put the city on
the map.
seemingly 외견상으로, 겉보기에는
emulate 모방하다, 따라 가다
staggering 충격적인, 믿기 어려운
join the ranks of~ (대열에) 합류하다
ex> At 50, he was forced to join
the ranks of the unemployed.
2014.7.10
Gangnam, the Plastic Surgery Capital of the World (Part 2)
But it's not just for women living in Korea. 6,000
miles away, in sunny Los Angeles, Jessica Choi, a property manager for a real estate company, is getting ready to
head to Seoul for her own plastic surgery overhaul.
//“I haven't been to Korea since I was 3. I don't remember much.” (It) turns
out that the cosmetically inclined
all over the world are drawn to the
city’s expertise and competitive pricing. // “I think the results will be
better in Korea because they know the Asian face better.” Jessica is hoping to
improve surgery she’s had in America and to undergo a series of new ones.// “So
in high school my first procedure was getting this double eyelid, hmm, crease
put in and just recently, I had my nose done by a Beverly Hills plastic
surgeon. But it's still not what I'm looking for.”//
property manager 부동산자산관리자
overhaul 정비, 점검
ex> A radical overhaul of the tax system is necessary.
cosmetically 미용(성형)적으로
inclined ~을 하고 싶은, ~쪽으로 기우는
be drawn to 마음이 끌리다
expertise 전문 지식, 기술
competitive pricing 경쟁력 있는 가격 책정
undergo surgery 수술을 받다
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