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1. What is the most beautiful place you have been to in Japan or abroad? When did you go there? Why did you go there?
2. Tell us about how or why you consider it a beautiful place.
3. Who for you is the most beautiful or handsome actress, actor or model in Japan? What features make him/her beautiful/handsome?
4. Tell me about a habit you have that either helps you look young and healthy or, inversely, makes you less attractive?
5. What is the attitude in your country to plastic or cosmetic surgery?
6. If you could change a physical feature of yourself, a member or your family, a friend, a colleague or a famous person, what would it be? Why?

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Question 1

One of the most beautiful places I have ever been to is a place called Blue Lake. It's near Mount Gambier in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia. I went there about thirty-five years ago on a family vacation.

Question 2

Blue Lake is a lake situated in a dormant volcano. Something about the volcanic soil gives the lake the most amazing blue colour. I went there when I was about five or six years old and the memory has stayed with me all these years.

Question 3

I like Yu Yamada. She has nice eyes and a great smile. It's kind of strange to admit but I also like the shape of her nose.

Question 4

I don't think I get enough sleep. By the time I get home from work, it's usually close to 10:30. Realistically, I should be going to bed as soon as I get home. I usually don't though. I want to watch a little TV or catch up on my correspondence with my friends back home first. This means I don't get to bed until after midnight, which only gives me six hours sleep or less. I'm sure I look tired all the time and I think lack of sleep has made my body age quicker.

Question 5

I think there used to be a stigma around getting plastic surgery, like only the super rich or incredibly vain get it. I think that has changed in recent years though and people are more accepting of the idea.

Question 6

I would like to have more hair. I miss my hair.

Tough Vocabulary

- English -	- Japanese -
situated in	に位置する
dormant volcano	休火山
volcanic	火山
realistically	現実的に
correspondence	対応
stigma	汚名
vain	無駄
accepting	考え方が柔軟な