E-Concussion

*Vocabulary
柚子 a pomelo; a grapefruit
農藥 insecticides; pesticides

CNN Life article
Fishy Feet—Friendly Flesh Eaters Spell Relief for Tortured Toes

CNN Anchor
An Asian form of pedicure made its way all the way to American. It involves the world’s smallest pedicurists, and they’re called doctor fish or nibble fish, as reporter Derek McGinty found out first hand, or fist foot.

Unidentified female
It’s like having your feet in champagne.

Derek Mcginty, Wusa Reporter
Believe it or not, these friendly flesh eaters are giving these feet a pedicure, one bite at a time.
This isn’t like sticking your foot in with Jaws, right?

John Ho, Yvonne Hair Salon
Nope. You stick four toes in there, you come out with four toes—if you have four.

Derek Mcginty, Wusa Reporter
But you also come out without much of the callus and dead flesh you hate.

Unidentified Female
Feels pretty darn good.

Derek
But which these fish apparently can’t get enough of.

John
They’re actually nibbling on your feet.

Derek
Does this hurt?

John
No, it doesn’t hurt in any way. It tickles like hell, though.


Derek
John Ho traveled all the way to China to learn the art of using these tiny garra ruga, or doctor fish, to eat the dead skin off your feet. Smoother and more sanitary than a razor, these particular fish take their meals at Yvonne Hair Salon, run by Ho and his wife in Alexandria.

John
They loved it. I have people coming back many, many times to try it.

Derek
Ho insists the doctor fish have had their fill of thousands of local feet, and we found more than one customer coming back to offer second and third helpings.

Unidentified female
It’s starting to feel like a massage more than a pedicure.

Unidentified female
And this is my first time. It feels great.

Derek
I know you guys weren’t gonna be satisfied unless I took the plunge, so here we go. Oh! Oh! Oh, man.
But as these fish go to town on my battered tootsies, you gotta wonder…
Do the fish ever get full?

John
They never get full.

*Vocab
1. spell: produce as a result
2. tortured: inflict torture on
3. pedicurist: a person who cares or treats the feet and toenails
4. manicure: a person who takes care of hands
5. nibble: take small quick or gentle bites
6. callus: patch or hardened skin
7. darn: =damn=very much; completely
8. Garra Rufa: doctor fish 生長於中東 2006年被引進於亞洲度假村（resort）
9. tickle: touch or stroke lightly so as to cause a slight tingling刺痛的 sensation
10. sanitary: a. hygienic 衛生的
11. battered: hit hard and often 飽受風霜
12. tootsy: feet

Quiz 1—use the words above
1. The boy tickled the baby’s nose with a feather.
2. It’s more sanitary if you bring your own chopsticks.
3. The warm bath soothed James’ tortured muscles.
4. Louise may be a pedicurist as well.
5. The battered old bus pulled into the roadside station.

Phrases
1. take the plunge 豁出去
2. plunge into 使陷入某情況
3. go to town on 卯起來做
4. on the town 城裡尋歡
5. a one-horse town 窮鄉僻壤

Quiz 2—Use the phrases above, one can be used more than one time.
1. The war plunged the country into economic depression.
2. Before gaining fame, Carey grew up in a tiny one-horse town.
3. Hungry Vince went to town on the extra-large pizza.
4. Paul and Yeah took the plunge and got married.