beauty and

What is beauty in
your eyes?
Have you ever heard this
Chinese poem?——
“楚王好细腰，宫中多
饿死。”
A beauty should be slim!
Tang Dynasty
A beauty should
be fat!
In 19th-century Europe, women wear corsets
to achieve a body shape.
“ China’s 50
Most Beautiful
People” poll
Lesson1
Have you heard of the expression
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”?
Which of the following idioms is closer
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 lover are blind.
情人眼里出西施。
Fast-reading
Match the paragraphs with these headings
Para.1
Inner beauty
Para.2
Multi-dimension
Para.3
Beauty changes with time.
Para.4
No precise criteria
Para.5
No consistent standard
Para.6
Cultural influence
Fast-reading
Please match the key words with correct
definitions.
consistent (para.1)
adapt (para.2)
physical (para.5)
inner (para.5)
criteria (para. 4)
accompany (para.5)
subjective (para.5)
dimension (para.6)
1. a person’s mind or soul
2. of the body
3. standard by which something
is judged
4. go together with
5. never changing
6. part of a situation
7. change something to make it
suitable for a new situation
8. influenced by personal
feelings
Guidance: Relative key words
criteria
consistent
physical
dimension
Beauty
accompany
inner
subjective
adapt
consistent adapt physical inner criteria
accompany subjective dimension
Can you tell me that the standard or
criteria of beauty is consistent
________
________ or not? Actually,
beauty has more than one dimension
________. And we can
physical
inner
divide it into ________
beauty and ______
adapt with time,
beauty. But which one will ______
culture or something else? Which one must be
accompanied
___________ by the other one? Which one is
subjective and important?
more _________
Intensive Reading
adapt
with
Time
In the past
Now
Women___________
_________________
Men______________
__________________
Culture In some countries
It is a form of body
art
In other cultures
Fill in the blank:
In the past
Now
Women used to wear
corsets to achieve a
body shape.
It is no longer
considered healthy
Men would wear
woolen shawls across
their shoulders.
It is not seen as
attractive
Some cultures used tattoos
as an addition to costumes to
show family relationship or to It is a form of body art
mark criminals.
In some countries
Culture
Young women
follow slimming
diets to lose
extra kilos in
preparation for
their wedding
day.
In other cultures
Looking thin for
a husband-to-be
is not what a
woman desires
at all.
1.What is inner beauty? Can you give
some examples?
kindness, warmth, a healthy conscience…
2. Is inner beauty easy to judge? Why?
No. This particular kind of attraction is
found in a wide range of personal qualities,
it takes more than a casual glance to
appreciate.
Is there any relationship between
them?
Summary
Beauty
the
eye
of
the
beholder
Beauty is in ____________________
Physical
_______ beauty
changes and adapts
with 1. time
culture
3. society
2.
Inner
difficult
__________ to judge
_____ beauty is
subjective
Judging it is more ______________
and
important
inner beauty is more _______________
has
more
than
one
dimension
Beauty ______________________________
A Volunteer Teacher
Writing
What Is Real Beauty?
Group discussion: What Is Real Beauty?
Useful Expressions:
1. I think…
2. In my opinion, …
3. Personally, …
4. From my point of view, …
5. I suppose that…
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对某事物的�在或发生提出不同观点和看法。
开头：Some (people) think that …
In their opinion / In their point of view, …
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issue of…
other people argue…
结尾：Personally, I stand on the side of…
As far as I am concerned, I am (strongly) for
/ against …
Different people have different opinions.
1. Choose one of the following topics to write
a composition (100-120 words):
(1)What Is Real Beauty
(2) Physical Beauty and Inner Beauty
2. Review the text and find out the difficult
points.
Thank you