课件28张PPT。What is beauty?皖西中学
陈 健Unit18 Lesson1Key Words: Describing Beautyastonishing, attractive, awesome, beautiful, brilliant, elegant, good-looking, handsome, leave me breathless, lovely, perfect, pretty, a thing of great beauty, unbelievable handsome good-looking
brilliant astonishing attractive Yang Lipingelegant Mona LisaLeonardo da Vinci lovely, perfect
leave me
breathless, 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.
physical 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”?
①____________________________________________________________________________
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 sentencesIn 19th centuryIn the pastIn some countriesIn other culturescorsetswoolen shawlsto achieve a body shapeto be attractivetattoo or body artas an addition to costumes
to show family associations
to mark criminalsYoung women follow slimming diets to lose extra kilos in preparation for wedding dayLooking a little overweight is considered more attractivePara2 Fill in the blank:Traditions and fashions change with time.whiteSlim
dark The main idea of Para3 In contemporary society, culture influences the
standards of beauty greatly.(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.eye of the beholder.Traditions, fashionssocietyculturesInnerphysical kindness, warmth, a healthy conscience importantPlease 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 . Let’s appreciate the true beauty around usCan 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.Thanks for listening!
