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Tanning

Date: Aug 06 2019

Intro

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People have always done strange things to their bodies to fit their society’s idea of what it is to be beautiful. And from long necks to small feet, those ideas seem to be pretty random.

In some places it’s considered beautiful to have pale skin, but in the US, everyone wants to be tan (probably so people will think they’re a movie star from California). And there are easier ways to get tan than sitting in the sun. There’s a whole industry of artificial tanning.

Amanda is thinking of going to a tanning salon. Listen to her talk about it with Marni.

Dialog

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Marni

Amanda

Marni: Do you ever go to tanning booths?

Amanda: Well, actually, I have this huge wedding coming up, so I was gonna go fake and bake maybe 30 times or so.

Marni: 30 times?!

Amanda: Well, here’s the deal…

Marni: What?!

Amanda: It’s actually reasonable because the package that they sold me was unlimited visits for one month, so I’m not gonna go once, I’m gonna go every day.

Marni: You can’t go every day. You’re gonna bake your insides.

Amanda: Well, she said I needed to build a base. I don’t know what means, but…

Marni: OK, this woman, whoever talked to you, is crazy. You can’t do that to yourself. That’s not healthy. Skin cancer? Have you heard of it?

Amanda: No, she said these are safer tanning beds.

Marni: Oh please.

Amanda: That the types of rays were healthy and innocuous.

Marni: Uh-huh. OK. I would just be very leery. I would do some more research because you cannot go 30 times. You don’t to be that tan. I mean I used to tan all the time when in high school.

Amanda: Yeah, you could use a tan.

Marni: I know. I’m pale. I’m sickly white. But you know what? No wrinkles. No skin cancer.

Amanda: Do you think I should get a refund because she didn’t say anything about skin cancer at all?

Marni: That’s something to consider.

Amanda: She said it would be slimming and it would make me more popular.

Marni: Well, of course she said that. She wanted to sell you something. She wanted to sell you fake tans.

Amanda: Oh my God. I was totally taken.

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Discussion

Amanda wants to get tan for a wedding she has coming up but Marni is worried that it’s dangerous to get a fake tan too fast. They decide it would be good to do more research into the risks of cancer before tanning for 30 days in a row.

Marni used to tan but now she doesn’t because she likes not having any wrinkles and not having to worry about skin cancer. Have ever tried tanning? Did you use the sun or a tanning bed? Have you ever tried anything strange or dangerous to change your appearance?

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sisilena

China

i prefer pale skin. i dont like tan. but i get acnes on my face that always makes me mad. what i did to keep me more agreeable of society ideas. i guess i just wanna to keep fit, actually, i'm slender but i wanna lose more weight and i wish my above could be a little bigger. i tried some kind of tea, which tasted very bad, but i forced myself to go with it for one month. but they are still the same after 30 days, so i gave it up. i didnt search any information about that tea, dont know it's good or bad for my body, i think i was totally taken

sampin

China

well,you are gonnar be the most beautiful if you look healthy and natural.so be yourself!

兰子

Christmas Island

I like pale skin,but for some body it's more beautiful with tan skin

Sunny8631

China

Yeah, I agree the above friends's opinion, the naturl skin color is the best, no need to destroy it, maybe turn worse, even the worst – skin cancer.

Jobee

China

I consider fake and bake as a personal stuff.Everyone has the right to be like what they would like.I think there's two sides to every story.so you have to risk the wrinkles and skin cancer if you use a tan.you have to buy sun protect if you want to stay pale.so reasonable,right?