Lesson 1 What Is Beauty

Nowadays, we consider this kind of girl as beauty because she is slim.
Long neck!
silver jewellery
In 19th-century Europe, women used to wear corsets to achieve a body shape.
Homework:
1.Listen to the tape and read the text following the tape. 2.Write a short passage “On students’ dyeing hair” (染发）.
For: 1.come into fashion, hairstyle,
2.To read for specific information. 3.To grasp the structure of the text. 4.To learn how to find out topic sentences.
Pre-reading: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Inner beauty is found in a wider range of personal qualities and depends on the personality and preferences of the person judging it.
Structure of the text
Physical beauty change and adapt with
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. There was no consistent view on beauty. (para1.) time (para2.) no precise criteria (para4.)
II. Careful-reading
Step III. Read Paragraphs 5 carefully and do the following exercises.
1. Find words and phrases which mean the following.
1.a variety of (para.5)
Beauty
be accompanied by Inner beauty
culture (para3.)
judging inner beauty is more subjective much more important (para5.)
Conclusion: Beauty has more than one dimension Beauty is certainly in the eye of the beholder. (para6.)
An Argumentation on Views
“观点” 性议论文
Para.1: Different people have different views /opinions…
Some people think that … Para. 2: However, others think that …
A：Good morning, Jane. Yesterday when I watched TV, I saw more and more people have an operation to become more beautiful. I think It’s necessary to …because…
commitment
2. disappear or stop existing completely(para.4) die out
2.Decide the statements are true or false.
1. According to the writer, tradition , history society and culture influence people’s ideas of beauty. F 2. The human race would die out if we could only see physical beauty in the same way.
II. Careful-reading
Step II. Read Paragraphs 4 carefully and do the following exercises.
1. Find words and phrases which mean the following.
1.responsibility or promise (para.4)
Warm up:
Mother Teresa
Do you think the people in the pictures are beautiful? What’s beauty in your eyes?
Tang Dynasty
A beauty used to be fat! overweight
Culture
In some countries
In other cultures
In some countries, young women follow (6)___________ to lose extra kilos slimming diets (7 )______________ their wedding day. In other in preparation for cultures, (8) ___________________ looking a little overweight is considered more attractive.
Para. 3: As far as I am concerned, I am in favor of…
Pair work: make a dialogue about the
topic: What do you think of artificial beauty (人造美女)? Is it necessary to become more beautiful by operation? Why?
Men would wear woolen shawls across their shoulders.
tattoo
Unit 18 Lesson 1
What Is Beauty?
Objectives
1.To practice reading strategies for working out the meaning of words through context.
People all have different opinions about what is beauty. Which of the following idiom is closest to its meaning? a) Beauty is only skin-deep. 金玉其外, 败絮其中 b) Birds of a feather flock together.物以类聚, 人以群分 c) The eyes of love are blind.
Para 4
Para 5 Para 6
II. Careful-reading
Step I. Read Paragraphs 2 and 3 carefully and complete the table.
Adapt with
Examples
would wear (1) Time In the Women used to wear corsets and menGive example ; Fra Baidu bibliotekast woollen shawls _____________. comparison
. 2.match one’s clothes, 3. a strong character…
2. damage one’s health, cause cancer, 3.physical beauty, inner beauty, …
Against: 1.disobey the school’s rules,
Nowadays
One in every ten people has a tattoo or (2) a form of body art
Tattoos was used as (3)____________costumes an addition to mark criminals to show (4)______________or to (5)____________so that family associations they could easily be recognised.
While-reading
Do you want to know more?
I. Fast-reading
I. Find topic sentences of each paragraph. Para 1 Para. 2-3
There is no consistent view on beauty. Physical beauty changes and adapts with time and culture. No precise criteria for judging beauty. Inner beauty is much more important than physical beauty. Conclusion: Beauty has more than one dimension.
a wide range of accompany
2.go together with(para.5)
3. a personal view or opinion(para.5)
subjective
2. Why is inner beauty more difficult to determine than physical beauty?
Your opinion:
Do you find any true beauty in our real life? Can you give
some examples?
B: I’m afraid I can’t agree with you…/I don’t think so… Yes No
I think/ Personally/ to be honest/frank, feel more confident, be good for finding a good job… Our ideas of beauty change and adapt with … Physical beauty must be accompanied by … Inner beauty , beauty of soul/behavior… damage your health…