课件36张PPT。Lesson 1 What is beauty?Key Words: Describing Beautyastonishing, attractive, awesome, beautiful, brilliant, elegant, good-looking, handsome, leave me breathless, lovely, a real masterpiece, perfect, powerful, pretty, scenic, superb, superior, a thing of great beauty, unbelievable handsome ,
good-looking ,
brilliant attractive
pretty
lovely
good-looking
beautifulelegant,
graceful, leaves me breathlessunbelievable , scenic ,awesome ,
brilliant scenic , astonishing , attractive superiora real masterpieceperfectastonishing,
surprisingelegant , beautiful,
gracefulWhat is beauty?貂蝉贵妃昭君西施The four beauties in Chinese ancient time . Have you ever heard this Chinese poem?——“楚王好细腰,宫中多饿死。”A beauty should be slim!In Tang Dynasty,a beauty should be fat!Traditions and fashions
change with time. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
Which of the following idiom is closest to its meaning?
A. Beauty is only skin-deep.
B. Birds of a feather flock together.
C. The eyes of lover are blind.Can you find out any Chinese equivalents to the expression?
A. 金玉其外, 败絮其中. B.情人眼里出西施.
C.物以类聚, 人以群分.Some new words in the readingcorsetshawlwool(l)en blanketwool(l)en glovetattoophysical beauty
clothes
kindness
inner beauty
woolen shawls
body shape
personal qualities
corsets
Warmth
tattoo/ body art
11 a healthy conscience
beauty1427589311610Fast reading:Physical beauty
inner beauty
clothescorsetswoolen shawls
tattoo/ body artbody shape
personal qualitieskindness
warmth
A healthy
conscienceBeautyCareful reading: Read the text carefully and finish the exercise.(Para1) How does the writer explain Margaret Wolfe’s words “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”?
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② ____________________________________________________________________________There was no consistent view on beauty.Standards of beauty change across time and cultural groupsStandards of beauty change
across time and cultural groups.Key sentences(Para2) Our ideas of beauty change with time:Women used to wear corsets to achieve a body shape.Men would wear woolen shawls across their shoulders.used tattoos as an addition to costumes to show family relationship or to mark criminals..It is no longer considered healthyIt is not seen as attractiveIt is a form of body artTraditions and fashions change with time.(Para3) Culture influences our ideas of beauty: Example :
in some countries:
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in other cultures:
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extra kilos in preparation for their wedding day.Looking thin for a husband-to-be is not what
a man desires at all.In contemporary society, culture influences the
standards of beauty greatly.whitening Slim
dark 云南少数民族:以肥为美,以黑为贵。 In contemporary society, culture influences the
standards of beauty greatly..(Para4) Why does the writer think that “the human race would die out if we all saw physical beauty in the same way”?
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The writer believes that if we all saw beauty in the same way, we wouldn’t be able to find marriage partners since people all look the same.(Para5) Paraphrase the underline words in the following sentences. ①Physical beauty must also be accompanied by an attraction to something deeper within a person .
②Judging the appeal of a person’s inner beauty is much more subjective.
判断一个人的内在美是否有感染力是颇为主观的,
③It takes more than a casual glance to appreciate and it is much more important than physical beauty.To get together 外在美一定要靠内在魅力来强化Attraction A quick look, not seriously不似随意一瞥就能欣赏到那样容易.The inner beauty is more complicated and
important than physical beauty.Please use one sentence to summarize
the whole text:We are influenced by our culture , our
biology and our time in history to notice
physical beauty quickly and easily , but
it is inner beauty that requires us to
truly see .Can you work out the main structure of the whole passage?Introduction
Argumentation
SummaryBeautyPhysical beautyInner beautychange and adapt withmuch more important (para5.)time (para2.)culture (para3.)no precise criteria (para4.)Conclusion:There was no consistent view on beauty. (para1.)1.2.3.Beauty has more than one dimension“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”.Beauty is certainly in the eye of the beholder. (para6.)judging inner beauty is more subjectivebe accompanied byDiscussion:Artificial BeautyVoice your opinionWhat do you think of artificial beauty (人造美女)? Is it necessary to become more beautiful by operation? Why?Homework:
Do Exercise 6,7 and 8
In Page 35.