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UNIT 2: Preparations and Planning
2.1 Grammar – THE FIRST CLIENT.
The beauty salon ...............................
(NAME)
will get its first client tomorrow. It is important to know
as much as possible about the client prior to the treatment. The following text explains how the
client feels about having a beauty treatment for the first time in her life.
Read it and try to fill in the missing gaps with the most appropriate forms of the verbs in brackets by
using Will Future and Going to Future. Consult the grammar section.
Tomorrow I ............................... (go) to a beauty therapist. I have my appointment at 9 a.m. I
............................... (not probably sleep) tonight, because I am so excited. I have never been to a
beauty treatment before, that is why I ............................... (be) nervous for sure tomorrow.
I have problems with skin and my doctor advised me to go to a beauty salon to see if they can do
something about it. I hope they ............................... (able) to do something about my skin problem,
otherwise I ............................... (see) a dermatologist.
I have very dry skin and in winter time. I hope it ............................... (not get) worse. I used to have
the normal type of skin, but ever since I started using a new face cream I have had problems. My
doctor says that some nutritious masks ............................... (not be) enough and that visiting a
beauty salon a few times ............................... (help). Usually they know how to deal with these
kinds of problems.
When I called there, they explained the whole procedure, step by step. They said: “First we
............................... (look) at your skin to see what type of skin you have. That is what we always
do first. Then, we are going to decide on the treatment procedure. Probably we ...............................
(first do) a facial. You ............................... (come back) again in a week’s time, to see if there are
any improvements. I assume around 5 sessions............................... (be) needed, so I
............................... (plan) your therapy for 5 weeks.”
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2.2 Grammar –FINALLY THE FIRST TREATMENT.
Not
just the client, but Mia also is excited about tomorrow.
Read about how she feels and try to choose the most appropriate forms of the verbs in brackets. You
may use Will future, Going to Future and Present Tenses. Be careful about time clauses and consult
the grammar section if needed.
Mia ............................... (be) very excited, because very soon she ............................... (get) her first
customer into her salon. She ............................... (hope) everything ............................... (go)
according to her plan.
The client ............................... (have) an appointment on Monday at 9
o’clock. Mia believes politeness is the key to success. That is why,
when the first customer ............................... (come), first of all, she
............................... (greet) her and ............................... (escort) her
to the treatment room. This is how she ............................... (plan)
her first session with a client:
She ............................... (prepare) for the type of treatment well in
advance. She ............................... (get) the room and all the
products needed ready before the customer ...............................
(arrive).
The customer ............................... (arrive) in the morning, that is why
she ............................... (offer) her some coffee.
After coffee they ............................... (go) to the treatment room. There,
Mia ............................... (explain) her the whole procedure to make sure she
............................... (understand) it completely.
Then Mia............................... (turn on) some music for relaxation and she ...............................
(begin) with the treatment.
She............................... (expect) that the treatment............................... (take) approximately 60
minutes.
After the treatment............................... (be) over Mia ............................... (ask) the client to fill in a
short questionnaire to express how she feels about the treatment. Such feedback from a client
............................... (be) very important so that Mia can improve anything if needed.
In the end Mia............................... (ask) the client to sign her guestbook which ...............................
(be) available at the reception.