Unit 6 Suffering to Be Beautiful

1. Unit 6 Suffering to Be Beautiful • Part I Listening and Speaking Activities • Part II Reading Comprehension and Language Activities • Part III Extended Activities

2. Part I Listening and Speaking Activities • Introduction of functions • Listen and speak • Try to speak more • Make your own dialogue • What are they for?

3. Express satisfactory be pleased /satisfied /happy/ content with It is very satisfactory. …feel completely thrilled. to one’s own satisfaction, … I’ve never been happier. It’s just what I had in mind/ need/ wanted/meant/was looking for. Everything is to my satisfactory. Express dissatisfactory I don’t see why… be angry/mad at… Well, to tell the truth, I was a little disappointed. Honestly, I wasn’t very pleased with it. To be honest (with you), it was (a little) disappointing. Why don’t you …? This is not what I wanted/ need/ had in mind, I’m afraid. Introduction of functions

4. Listen and speak • Listen to the conversation and tick the correct answer to each question. • Why is Kathy unhappy? • Key: b • What is Daisy’s attitude towards women’s putting on weight? • Key: c • In Daisy’s opinion, . • Key: c • Daisy holds the view that to be healthy and beautiful on should first of all . • Key: a

5. Try to speak more Note: • be a slave to/of something: to be so strongly influenced by something that you cannot make your own decisions - used to show disapproval • fashion: something that is popular or thought to be good at a particular time e.g. go out of fashion: stop being fashionable be out of fashion now: it is no longer fashionable all the fashion: they are very fashionable the latest fashions: the most recent fashions be in fashion: they are fashionable

6. Make your own dialogue • Jack and Mary are friends. They are eating out in a Chinese restaurant. Use the following cues to make a dialogue (Turn to page 77) • Study the following cartoons to find what is funny about them. Make a story on the basis of the pictures and then tell your classmates. (Turn to page 77)

7. Part II Reading Comprehension and Language Activities • Pre-reading Tasks • Background information • Language points

8. Part II Reading Comprehension and Language Activities • Pre-reading Tasks • What is your definition of beauty and beautiful? • What are the underlying reasons why a woman/girl goes to great lengths to make herself beautiful? • How would you interpret the following two sayings? • A. Beauty is only skin deep • B. Don’t judge a book by its cover.

9. Background information • Head to head: a talk show program on the TV. A talk show (or chat show) is a program on the radio or television in which well-known people are invited to talk or asked questions on a particular, popular topic.

10. Suffering to Be Beautiful • Turn to p.79, and listen to the text

11. Language points • 1. current: adj. [only before noun] happening or existing now: • e.g. -- the current President • -- In its current state, the car is worth £1,000. • n. [countable] • 1). a continuous movement of water in a river, lake, or sea [tide] • e.g. -- ocean/sea/tidal etc current • -- Strong currents can be very dangerous for swimmers. • 2). a continuous movement of air: • e.g. -- Some birds use warm air currents to help them fly. • --- current of • e.g. -- currents of warm air rising from the plain • 3). a flow of electricity through a wire: • e.g. -- an electrical current • -- alternating current, direct current • 4). an idea, feeling, or opinion that a particular group of people has: • e.g. -- The committee reflects the different political currents within the organization. • --- current of • e.g. -- There was an underlying current of discontent among teachers. • -- Do not confuse with currant (=small dried fruit).

12. 2. ensure: especially British English also insure American English [transitive]to make certain that something will happen properly [= make sure]: • e.g. -- facilities to ensure the safety of cyclists • --- ensure (that) • e.g. -- The hospital tries to ensure that people are seen quickly.

13. 3. considerable: fairly large, especially large enough to have an effect or be important [inconsiderable] • e.g. -- considerable amount/number etc of something • -- We've saved a considerable amount of money. • -- Michael has already spent considerable time in Barcelona. • -- issues of considerable importance • -- The series has aroused considerable interest.

14. 4. go to great length to do: be willing to use any methods to achieve sth you are very determined to achieve. • e.g. -- Susan is prepared to go to any lengths to get her daughter back. • -- He went to great lengths to keep their name out of the papers. • -- Bella would go to any lengths to fulfill her ambition.

15. 5. the way I see it: also to my way of thinking, used before telling someone your opinion • e.g. -- The way I see it, it was a fair trade.

16. 6. it’s up to sb to do sth: • a) used to say that someone can decide about something: • e.g. -- You can pay weekly or monthly - it's up to you. • b) used to say that someone is responsible for a particular duty: • e.g. -- It's up to the travel companies to warn customers of any possible dangers.

17. 7. perspective: • 1). [countable] a way of thinking about something, especially one which is influenced by the type of person you are or by your experiences [viewpoint] • perspective on • e.g. -- His father's death gave him a whole new perspective on life. • from somebody's perspective • e.g. -- The novel is written from a child's perspective. • from a feminist/Christian/global etc perspective • e.g. -- We have to look at everything from an international perspective. • a much-needed historical perspective • wider / broader perspective • e.g. -- Our work in Uganda and Romania adds a wider perspective. • 2). [uncountable] a sensible way of judging and comparing situations so that you do not imagine that something is more serious than it really is: • e.g. -- I think Viv's lost all sense of perspective. • -- The figures have to be put into perspective. • get / keep something in perspective (=judge the importance of something correctly) • 3). [uncountable] a method of drawing a picture that makes objects look solid and shows distance and depth, or the effect this method produces in a picture: • e.g. -- the artist's use of perspective

18. 8. horrendous: • 1). frightening and terrible [= horrific]: • e.g. -- a horrendous experience • -- She suffered horrendous injuries. • 2). Informal, extremely unreasonable or unpleasant: • e.g. -- horrendous debts • -- The traffic was horrendous.

19. 9. go in for: • 1). to do an examination or take part in a competition: • e.g. -- I go in for all the competitions. • 2). to do or use something often because you enjoy it or like it: • e.g. -- I never really went in for sports. • 3). to choose something as your job: • e.g. -- I suppose I could go in for advertising.

20. 10. ridiculous: • very silly or unreasonable: • e.g. -- That's a ridiculous idea! • -- Don't be ridiculous! • -- I'd look ridiculous in a dress like that. • --- absolutely / totally / utterly ridiculous • e.g. -- It's an absolutely ridiculous decision. • --- it is ridiculous that • e.g. -- It's ridiculous that we have to wait six weeks.

21. 11.there is no point in doing sth: it’s meaningless to do sth • e.g. • There's no point in worrying. • 担忧是没有意义的。 • There is no point in waiting for her. She is probably not coming. • 等她没有什么意义，她可能不来了。

22. Comprehension work (Questions for discussion ) • What does Mary do? What business does Sue own? And what is Elizabeth’s profession? • What is the topic of the show? • What is Sue’s opinion about the question “Do you think people should try to be beautiful?” • How does Elizabeth see the issue?

23. Comprehension work (Questions for discussion ) • Why does Elizabeth cite examples from history? And what are the examples? • Why does Elizabeth want to use the word “beautiful” in quotation marks? And what comments does she make on these extreme cases? • How does Sue’s view differ form Elizabeth’s on these historical cases? • How does Elizabeth relate the historical examples to the present situation? And what conclusion does Elizabeth draw? • Did Mary give her view in the programme? And what is your point of view?

24. Part III Extended Activities • Translation

25. Translation • I find it difficult to keep up with the changes in fashion. • He doesn't go in for outdoor sports much. • My English is poor so I'm not up to translating the poem. • People usually judge a person by his/her appearance. • She looked as if she hadn't slept all night. • He was determined to go to great lengths to fulfill his ambition • He sat in the front so as to hear clearly.