1、Lesson 1 What is Beauty?Are they beautiful?貂蝉貂蝉贵妃贵妃昭君昭君西施西施The four beauties in Chinese ancient time.Maybe some of you think they are beautiful,but some dont think so.Because the standards of beauty are not the same in the eyes of different people and they change across time and cultural groups.Have
2、 you ever heard this Chinese poem?“楚王好细腰，宫中多饿死。楚王好细腰，宫中多饿死。”A beauty should be slim.But in the Tang Dynasty a beauty should be fat!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
3、 feather flock together.C.The eyes of lover are blind.Can you find out any Chinese equivalents to the expression?A.金玉其外金玉其外,败絮其中败絮其中.B.情人眼里出西施情人眼里出西施.C.物以类聚物以类聚,人以群分人以群分.Some new words in the readingcorsetshawlwool(l)en blanketwool(l)en glovetattooReading Comprehension Choose the best answer.1.“Beau
4、ty 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.2.Whats the passage mainly about?A.Margaret Wolfe Hungerford.B.Standards of beauty.C.What beauty is.D.Standards of bea
5、uty change across time and cultural groups.3.Compared with physical beauty,inner beauty is _.A.objective B.subjectiveC.unimportantD.apparent_(para.3)Reading Comprehension Complete the structure of the passage.Beauty There was no _ view on beauty.(para.1)Physical beautyInner beautyadapt with_(para.2)
6、no precise criteria(para.4)much more_(para.5)Beauty has more than one _.(para.6)consistenttimecultureimportantdimensionReading Comprehension True or False?1.Margaret Wolfe believed that the standard of beauty always keeps the same.2.Nowadays,if you wear corsets to achieve a body shape,it will be con
7、sidered unhealthy.3.In all cultures,a beauty should be always slim.4.The human race would soon die out if we could only see beauty within a set of limited criteria.5.In 19th-century Europe,women would wear woolen shawls across their shoulders.6.Nowadays,tattoos are used to mark criminals.1.never cha
8、nging(para.1)2.made of wool(para.2)3.fat(para.3)4.responsibility or promise(para.4)5.disappear or stop existing completely (para.4)Reading Comprehension Find words which mean the following.consistent woolenoverweight commitment die out6.go together with(para.5)7.a variety of(para.5)8.a personal view
9、 or opinion(para.5)9.part of a situation(para.6)accompanya wide range of subjectivedimensionadapt withExampleSupporting detailsTimeIn the pastIn some countriescorsetswoolen shawlsto achieve a body shapeto be attractivetattoo or body artas an addition to costumes to show family associations or to mar
10、k criminalsReading Comprehension Read Paras 2 and 3 to fill out the table.CultureIn some culturesweightYoung women follow slimming diets to lose extra kilos in preparation for wedding dayLooking a little overweight is considered more attractiveIn other cultures1.Describe one way that standards of be
11、auty have changed with time.2.According to the writer,what three things influence peoples perceptions of beauty?Answer the questions.Reading Comprehension Women used to wear corsets to achieve a body shape that we now consider unhealthy.Society,time and culture.3.How are tattoos seen nowadays compar
12、ed to the past?4.Why does the writer think that we human race would die out if we all saw physical beauty in the same way?Tattoos are now generally accepted as a form of body art but in the past,they used to mark family associations and were even used to mark criminals.If we all saw beauty in the sa
13、me way,we wouldnt be able to find marriage partners since people dont all look the same.5.Why is inner beauty more difficult to determine than physical beauty?Inner beauty is found in a wider range of personal qualities and depends on the personality and preferences of the person judging it.QuizComp
14、lete the passage.Different people have different views on beauty,that is,beauty is in the eye of the _.Actually,there are three things influencing peoples ideas of beauty:society,time and _.With their influence,there are no _ criteria to judge what beauty is.If so,the human racebeholdercultureprecis
15、ewould soon _.Physical beauty must _ a persons inner beauty,which is much more important and _.Noticing physical beauty is quick and easy,but it is inner beauty that requires us to _ see.die outbe accompanied bysubjective trulyDiscussion:Voice your opinionWhat do you think of artificial beauty(人造美女人造美女)?Is it necessary to become more beautiful by operation?Why?Artificial BeautyHomework:Do Exercise 6,7 and 8In Page 35.
