Unit18-Lesson 1

1. Unit18-Lesson 1 What Is Beauty?

2. Teaching aims: • Knowledge and ability aims:①. To learn some language knowledges about beauty. ②. To read and understand the passage about beauty. 2. Procedure and method: Student-centered Teaching,Task-based Teaching 3. Emotional aim: To guide students to treat inner beauty and physical beauty correctly.

3. Which one is more beautiful? Typical Chinese beauty!

4. Have you ever heard this Chinese poem?—— “楚王好细腰，宫中多饿死。”

6. 云南少数民族：以肥为美，以黑为贵。

7. Beauty is quite different in the eye of different people. Familiar? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

8. “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 the Chinese translation 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.

9. Match these words with their definition. a.go together with b.responsibility or promise c. part of a situation d. a personal view or opinion e. never changing f. concerning material things g. a person’s mind or soul h. become accustomed to a new situation 1.Consistent 2.Adapt 3.Physical 4.Inner 5.Accompany 6.Subjective 7.Dimension 8.commitment

10. Step3. Reading Task1. Fast Reading(2min) 1.How many types of beauty are being mentioned in this text? What are they?. They are physical beauty and inner beauty.

11. Task2.Detailed Reading Please read the passage carefully and finish the exercises 1.How does the writer explain the words “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”? There are no ______________ on beauty, and standards of beauty ____________________.

12. Task2.Detailed Reading 2. In 19th-century Europe, women used to____. • wear woolen shawls across their shoulders • B. have tattoos or forms of body art • C. wear corsets to achieve a body shape • D. follow slimming diets to lose extra kilos in preparation for their wedding day

13. 4.If we all saw physical beauty in the same way, the human race would _____. A. develop in the same way B. look the same as each other C. soon die out D. have the same criteria about beauty 5. When judging a person’s inner beauty, we may consider his ______. A. kindness B.warmth C. healthy conscience D.all of the above 6. According to the text,which of the following dimensions doesn’t influence our judgement of physical beauty?_____ A. biology B. time C. culture D. feeling

14. Task2.Detailed Reading 1.How does the writer explain the words “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”? consistent view There are no ______________ on beauty, and standards of beauty ____________________. change across time and cultural groups

15. c 2. In 19th-century Europe, women used to____. • wear woollen shawls across their shoulders • B. have tattoos or forms of body art • C. wear corsets to achieve a body shape • D. follow slimming diets to lose extra kilos in preparation for their wedding day

16. 4.If we all saw physical beauty in the same way, the human race would _____. A.develop in the same way B.look the same as each other C.soon die out D. have the same criteria about beauty C

17. D 5. When judging a person’s inner beauty, we may consider his ______. • kindness • warmth • healthy conscience • all of the above 6. According to the text,which of the following dimensions doesn’t influence our judgement of physical beauty?_____ A. biology B. time C. culture D. feeling D

18. There was no consistent view on beauty. (para1.) “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. 1. time (para2.) Physical beauty change and adapt with no precise criteria(para4.) 2. 3. be accompanied by Beauty culture (para3.) 1 judging inner beauty is more subjective Inner beauty much more important (para5.) Conclusion: Beauty has more than one dimension Beauty is certainly in the eye of the beholder.(para6.)

19. (Para3) Culture influences our ideas of beauty: Example : • in some countries: • ______________________________________ • ______________________________________ • in other cultures: • ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Young women follow slimming diets to loose extra kilos in preparation for their wedding day. Looking thin for a husband-to-be is not what a woman desires at all. In contemporary society, culture influences the standards of beauty greatly.

20. (Para2) Our ideas of beauty change with time: 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 used tattoos as an addition to costumes to show family relationship or to mark criminals.. It is a form of body art Traditions and fashions change with time.

21. Step5. According to the text and cues, wirte down the missing words. What is beauty relies on people seeing beauty in difference and (1)____(deep). However,there are no (2)_________ view on beauty.Standards of beauty (3)______ across time. For example, in the 19th century, men would wear (4)_____(wool) shawls acrosstheir shoulders,but now few men will wear (5)_____. Nowdays, (6)_______(cultural) plays an important part in determining our ideas of beauty.

22. Step5. According to the text, wirte down the missing words. There are no precise criteria which can be used to (7)_______(judgement) what is beautiful.Physical beauty must be (8)___________(accompany) by an attraction to something deeper within a person, which is found in a wide (9)______ of personal qualities.In fact, it is inner beauty that requires us to (10)_______(true) see.

23. depth Step5. According to the text and cues, wirte down the missing words. What is beauty relies on people seeing beauty in difference and (1)____(deep). However,there are no (2)_________ view on beauty.Standards of beauty (3)______ across time. For example, in the 19th century, men would wear (4)_____(wool) shawls acrosstheir shoulders,but now few men will wear (5)_____. Nowdays, (6)_______(cultural) plays an important part in determining our ideas of beauty. consistent change woollen them culture

24. Step5. According to the text, wirte down the missing words. There are no precise criteria which can be used to (7)_______(judgement) what is beautiful.Physical beauty must be (8)___________(accompany) by an attraction to something deeper within a person, which is found in a wide (9)______ of personal qualities.In fact, it is inner beauty that requires us to (10)_______(true) see. judge accompanied range truly

25. Step7.Homework: 1.To find out the sentences which indlude “used to” or “would”. Step6. To sum up what we have learned in this class 2. To underline the basic language points, including phrases and words. 3. Finish 《英语学习辅导报》中Lesson1 的“练练吧”部分.

26. Thank you!