clothes make man uneasy

Radically: fundamentally; thoroughly; completely Everything has been changing radically. Terrorism is reported to be worsening radically.
Sideburns: patches of hair growing on the side of a man’s face in from of the ears. His sideburns grow luxuriantly, which makes it easy to recognize him. By the way, in British English, the word sideboards could be used instead of sideburns.
◆ Gist Questions: 1)Why did the choices men made have an enormous meaning in the world of men? Because they marked or embodied men’s individual identity.
Dramatic: of a drama, i.e. of plays for the theater, radio or TV; of plays as a branch of literature or a performing art; The play is a dramatic representation of a real event. Her opening remarks were simply dramatic.
◆ Contents: ★ About the Lesson This expository essay deals with the changes in masculine fashion, focusing on the drastic changes in the West in the1960s, pointing out the significance of masculine choices of clothes, and laying bare masculine narcissism and vanity.
★ Structural Analysis of Text I: Para. 1 tells us that the 1960s saw a large number of men feeling more uneasy about what to wear, and that the choices men had to make always had an absolute anonymous meaning in the world of men, an identifying stamp usu. incomprehensible to female judgment.
sartorial: elating to clothes, especially the style of clothes that a man wears - used especially humorously a man of great sartorial elegance Parson was distinguished for his lack of sartorial style.
◆ Aid: Lecture notes prepared by the teacher ◆ Warm-up Questions: What kind of clothes do you like to wear? Is it important what a person wears, especially in public?
4. Teaching Methods
Interactive teaching Communicative teaching
5. Teaching Aids
Lecture notes prepared by the teacher
PART II: TEACHING LECTURES Periods 1-2 (80 mat pain, anxiety or worry intensely about sth. The woman agonized about her child's safety. He agonized himself with the thought of his possible failure in the exam. He agonized for a whole week about whether he should take this poorly-paid job after a long time of unemployment.
2) What do you know about men’s and women’s choices of clothes in the 1960s?
Men’s choices of clothes were quite limited. Men had only a small range of possible alternatives. In contrast, women had a huge range of personally acceptable possibilities. The choices men had to make never looked very momentous to a feminine eye accustomed to a large range of personally acceptable alternatives, but they always had an absolutely enormous meaning in the world of men.
Subtle: fine, delicate, not easy to detect or describe; ingenious; She has a subtle charm and a subtle humor. There is a subtle distinction between the two synonyms. The teacher made a subtle analysis of the problem.
2)Before the mid '60s whether to wear a tie was the most dramatic sartorial problem: everything else was a subtle matter of surface variation.: Before the mid '60s whether to wear a tie was the biggest decision for men to make about (tailored) clothing; everything else was just trivial, superficial change that was hardly noticeable.
2. Teaching Objectives
To know some basic features of expositive writing; To grasp the new words and expressions;
3. Time Allocation
Periods 1-2: Analysis of Text I and Rhetorical Notes; Part I of the text (Para. 1) Periods 3-4 : Part II of the text (Paras 2-5) Periods 5-6: Part III of the text (Para. 6); Comprehension questions; Exercises, Oral Activities; Text II
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Unit 15 Clothes Make the Man --Uneasy
An Integrated English Course (5)
PART I: CLASS PLANNING
1. Teaching Materials
Textbook: An Integrated English Book 5; Teacher’s Book Dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner’s English-Chinese Dictionary (Fourth edition); A New English-Chinese Dictionary .
brace yourself to do something Cathy braced herself to see Matthew, who she expected to arrive at any minute. To make something stronger by supporting it Wait until we've braced the ladder. Workers used steel beams to brace the roof.
★ Detailed Study of Para. 1 of Text I: Analysis The first paragraph tells us that the 1960s saw a large number of men feeling more uneasy about what to wear, and that the choices men had to make always had an absolute and enormous meaning in the world of men, an identifying stamp usually incomprehensible to female judgment
3)Brace: to mentally or physically prepare yourself or someone else for something unpleasant that is going to happen brace yourself (for something) Nancy braced herself for the inevitable arguments. You had better brace yourself - I have some bad news.
Para.2-5 is the main part of the essay. Para.6 is the last part. In this part, the writer first offer reasons why men hate fashion risks and then describes masculine fashion preferences and their purposes in the contemporary age.
◆ Contents: Detailed study of Para. 1 of Text I 1)The idea that one might agonize over whether to grow sideburns or wear trousers of a radically different shape had never occurred to a whole generation.: A whole generation had never thought that one might suffer extreme agony about whether to grow sideburns or wear trousers of a completely different shape.