1 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Look at the photo. Do you like the tattoo? Is it a form of art? Does it tell you anything about the woman's personality or not?
2 Read the article. Why do some people think it is necessary to hide their tattoos when they have an interview?
Amanda recently had a colourful butterfly tattooed on her wrist. Brad had the names of his two daughters tattooed on his neck under his hair. His friend Doug had his back decorated with a large tattoo of a shield. For the people themselves, these examples of body art are meaningful and important. Nevertheless, they deliberately had them done in places that can easily be hidden. Why? Because they want to give themselves the best possible chance of getting a job, and many employers have a negative attitude towards tattoos and other forms of body art (piercings, body painting, etc.). That is because many employers do not think that decorating yourself with tattoos is acceptable. But when these employers were young themselves, back in the 1980s, they probably had their hair dyed a bright colour to shock their parents! Fashions change, but younger generations always have the desire to be different.
LEARN THIS! have something done
a You can use the structure have + object + past participle to say that you arranged for somebody to do something for you. (You did not do it yourself.)
She had her hair dyed.
I haven't had my eyes tested for years.
b You can also use the structure for unpleasant things that somebody or something has done to you.
He had his nose broken in a rugby game.
3 Read the Learn this! box. What examples of have something done can you find in the article in exercise 2?
4 Use the prompts to write sentences with the correct form of have something done. Then match each sentence with rule a or b in the Learn this! box.
1 Olivia/her hair/dye/red/for charity
2 Josh / his bike/steal / at the weekend
3 the house / its roof/blow off / in the storm
4 we / the carpets / clean / after the party last weekend
5 my sister/always / her nails / do/ on Fridays
6 she/her visa application / refuse / last month
5 Correct the mistake in each of the following sentences.
1 Tom has had his house breaking into twice.
2 Where do you usually have your hair to be cut?
3 The teacher had the exercise rewrite the third time.
4 The movie star made his nose broken during the fighting scene.
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6 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Which of these things has your partner done or experienced? Use Have you ever had your... ? Ask follow-up questions if appropriate.
| 1 ears/pierce 2 hair/dye 3 email account/hack | 4 phone/steal 5 portrait/paint 6 fortune/tell |
Have you ever had your ears pierced?
Yes, I have. I had them pierced when I was fifteen.
