Eating Skin

10/10/2020 3:45:00 PM
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Do you know?

  • In spas, letting fish eat the dead skin on your feet is a way to relax.
  • The fish that do this job have a few special characteristics.

Let's explore it!

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Listen and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

  • Which of the following spa activities is NOT mentioned in the audio?
  • According to the audio, what is the fish's diet made up of?
Which of the following spa activities is NOT mentioned in the audio?
  • getting back rubs
  • taking mud baths
  • doing exercise

According to the audio, what is the fish's diet made up of?

  • bread
  • dead skin
  • sausage

Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.

Eating Skin

A spa is a place where people go for their health. At some spas, people get back rubs. At other spas, people take . In some spas, people have their skin eaten. How can it be possible that someone has his or her skin eaten?

The people put their feet in filled with warm water. The tanks are also filled with fish. The fish are small, toothless, and have a very strange diet. The fish's diet is made up of !

The fish nibble at the people’s feet. They and eat all the dead skin. The fish leave healthy skin alone because without teeth, they cannot it off. They can nibble at dead skin because it flakes off.

Read and answer the following questions.

Eating Skin

Garra rufa - the fish that eats dead skin. Image: en.wikipedia.org

A spa is a place where people go for their health. At some spas, people get back rubs. At other spas, people take mud baths. In some spas, people have their skin eaten. How can it be possible that someone has his or her skin eaten?

The people put their feet in tanks filled with warm water. The tanks are also filled with fish. The fish are small, toothless, and have a very strange diet. The fish's diet is made up of dead skin!

The fish nibble at the people’s feet. They remove and eat all the dead skin. The fish leave healthy skin alone because without teeth, they cannot bite it off. They can nibble at dead skin because it flakes off.

Source: Daily Warm-ups Reading Grade 2

What is NOT true about the fish in spas?

  • They are small.
  • They have teeth.
  • They can live in warm water.
  • They have a strange diet.
Why do the fish NOT eat healthy skin?
  • Because healthy skin is less delicious than dead skin.
  • Because the fish are too full after eating all the dead skin.
  • Because people lift their feet off tanks too fast.
  • Because healthy skin needs bitting off by the fish's teeth.

When something is removed, it is _____.

  • looked up
  • taken away
  • talked over
  • called off

Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text.

  1. At other spas, people take .
  2. The people put their feet in filled with warm water.
  3. The fish's diet is made up of !
  4. They and eat all the dead skin.
  5. The fish leave healthy skin alone because without teeth, they cannot it off.

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for the words in the text. 

  1. Most resorts in Nha Trang have on-site and massage centres.
  2. We'll have to get a plumber in to look at that water .
  3. cells can leave skin looking dull. 
  4. The men came to the rubbish from the backyard.
  5. He his fingernails.