Being a beauty influencer

6 Minute English

语言学习

2022-08-25

6 分钟
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  • Neil: I'm Neil.

  • Sam: And I'm Sam.

  • In the UK there's a well-known children's game called, Happy Families.

  • Players have to collect all the cards belonging to one family -

  • there's a butcher, a baker, a carpenter, a doctor, and a tailor -

  • some of the traditional jobs that people in the UK have been doing for centuries.

  • Neil: But since the invention of the internet and social media,

  • a more up-to-date list of jobs in 21st century would be very different.

  • It would include modern jobs which didn't exist before,

  • online jobs like web designer and YouTuber.

  • Sam: One of the most unusual of these new digital jobs is the influencer –

  • someone who is paid by a company to promote their brand on social media,

  • encouraging people to buy their products.

  • In this programme, we'll meet two beauty influencers

  • from different parts of the world: Nigeria and Pakistan.

  • We'll discover how these women are using their online influence

  • to change attitudes towards female beauty,

  • and as usual, we'll learn some related vocabulary too.

  • Neil: But first I have a question for you, Sam.

  • YouTube make-up tutorials are very modern,