BeautifulPeople.com suffers "ugly invasion"
A social networking site for ''beautiful people'' has been hit by a ''Shrek'' virus which allowed tens of thousands of ''ugly'' applicants to sign up.
Members of BeautifulPeople.com must traditionally pass a strict ''rating'' stage where existing users vote on whether someone is attractive enough to be accepted into the online community.
But this screening process was brought down last month, allowing anyone to join, regardless of their looks.
Owners today apologised to more than 30,000 ''unfortunate'' people who were ''wrongly admitted'' to the site and subsequently banished.
Source: Daily Telegraph
What do you think of this website and the people who want to join it?
How do you think the people who were kicked out feel?
Would you ever try to join such a club?
Don't you think it is all just a publicity stunt?
Vocabulary:
to s___ __ - to become involved in an orgnized activity
to c___ to t____ with sth - to gradually accept a sad situation
to r_____ - to refuse to accept sth or sb / r________ (n)
a s________ - sth that protects things from harm
to b_____ security - to break through security
b_____ (adj) - with an unpleasantly sharp taste
to be no o__ p_______ - to not be attractive
r_________ of (adv) - despite, not affected by sth
albeit (conj) -
on average -
to swallow -
a pill -
a slice -
heaven (n) -
banished (adj) -
a screening process -
a rating -
a rate-
a rate-
a stage (in a process) -
Grammar point:
"It is believed a former employee may have been responsible."
We are not sure but it is possible that an employee was responsible.
Structure:
may / might / could + have + past participle
We use the above structure to say that something was possible in the past (but we are not 100% sure):
A: Where is Graham? Is he late again? B:He may have forgotten that we have a lesson today.
I might have seen this film before. The plot seems familiar.
His wife could have killed him. She had plenty of motives.
may / might + not have + past participle
Phone Marc. He may not have heard the news. (there is a possibility that he hasn't heard the news)
Let's run. The train might not have left yet. (there is a possibility that the train hasn't left yet)
Read this previous post on Henry VIII which is followed by many modal verb examples and links to other exercises.
Grammar point:
"It is believed a former employee may have been responsible."
We are not sure but it is possible that an employee was responsible.
Structure:
may / might / could + have + past participle
We use the above structure to say that something was possible in the past (but we are not 100% sure):
A: Where is Graham? Is he late again? B:He may have forgotten that we have a lesson today.
I might have seen this film before. The plot seems familiar.
His wife could have killed him. She had plenty of motives.
may / might + not have + past participle
Phone Marc. He may not have heard the news. (there is a possibility that he hasn't heard the news)
Let's run. The train might not have left yet. (there is a possibility that the train hasn't left yet)
Read this previous post on Henry VIII which is followed by many modal verb examples and links to other exercises.
Comments
This post is a mockery of people who believe that they are beautiful. It’s to laugh out laud. It may have been funny. Regardless, a website of beautiful people is very fan, with due respect. I can’t imagine the face of 30,000 people who passing from to be beautiful to ugly. In my opinion this event deserves a big indemnity for psychological damage. It may have been very hard. Suddenly, they were no oil painting as they thought before.
In my opinion, this website is very useful to progress of the human being. It serves to fight against sickness, wars, poverty and so on. It’s possible that they have no idea what happens in the world. They live with their idea of to be gorgeous is the most important in life. In any case, everyone can do that he wants. LOL
It’s possible that it was a publicity stunt to increase the number of members of the club for “beautiful people”, as you say.
If you want to know when I’m going to join to this club, I tell you that I’ll join when pigs fly.
Don’t check this vocabulary because I’m sure all responses are correct:
To set up
Come to terms
Reject-rejection
Safeguard
Breach
Bitter
Oil painting
Regardless
See you.
I do appreciate you commenting on posts without any comments. It means my efforts were not an entire waste of time. LOL
I'm not sure what you mean in some parts but I'll do my best to correct you.
This post makes a mockery of people who believe that they are beautiful. It’s to laugh out loud. It may have been funny. Regardless, a website of beautiful people is very funny, with due respect. (these last two sentences don't make any sense together> I can’t imagine the face of 30,000 people who turn from beautiful to ugly. ....
In my opinion, this website is very useful for the progress of the human being. It serves to fight against sickness, wars, poverty and so on. It’s possible that they have no idea what happens in the world. They live with their idea that being gorgeous is the most important thing in life. In any case, everyone can do what they want. LOL
I didn't check the vocabulary. I have complete faith in your abilities :D