She is a beautiful
woman
who takes part in
the famous TV show
Running Man
Questions:
1. What is beauty in your eyes?
2. Looking at the following pictures, which beauty
do you like most?
natural beauty(自然美)
artificial beauty(人工美)
elegant beauty(优雅美)
different kinds of beauties from different times
Foreign Beauty
Chinese Beauty
standards change
across _____________________
Beauty is in the eye of _____________.
The eyes of love are blind.(情人眼里出西施)
the beholder
time and cultural groups
1. To remember useful words and phrasal verbs.
2. To use skimming and scanning strategies to
understand the whole text.
3. Try to retell the text with some clues.
4. Lead students to find the true beauty in real
life.
beholder (n.)
consistent (adj.)
corset (n.)
woollen (adj.)
shawl (n.)
tattoo (n.)
观看者
一致的,始终如一的
紧身胸衣
羊毛制的
披肩,围巾
纹身
Words Review
overweight(adj.)
commitment(n.)
die out
accompany(vt.)
a wide range of
conscience(n.)
inner(adj.)
subjective(adj.)
dimension(n.)
command(n.)
超重的,过重的
责任,义务;承诺
完全消失,灭绝
伴随,陪同
大范围的
命令,指挥
方面;度量
内部的,里面的
主观的
良心
Task One: Find words and phrases above which mean
the following.
1. never changing (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)
6. go together with(para.5)
7. a variety of(para.5)
8. a personal view or opinion(para.5)
9. part of a situation(para.6)
consistent
woollen
overweight
commitment
die out
accompany
a wide range of
subjective
dimension
There is no shortcut to success, so
remembering words needs your
consistent effort.
成功没有捷径,
记单词需要你持之以恒的努力。
Step One: Fast Reading
Skim the passage
to get the main ideas(3mins)
Task One: Skim the general idea of each
paragraph
Para1 A.There are no precise criteria for
judging what is beautiful.
Para2 B.Ideas of beauty change with time.
Para3 C.There was no consistent views on
beauty.
Para4 D.Beauty is in the eyes of the
beholder.
Para5 E.Culture remains a major part in
determining ideas of beauty.
Para6 F.Inner beauty is much more
important.
Step Two: Careful Reading
Scan the passage
to get detailed information(5mins)
Task One: Choose the best answer according to the
passage.
1. In the past, some cultures used _______to mark
criminals.
A. corsets
B. wollen shawls
C. jewellery
D. tattoos
2. The followings influence people's ideas of beauty
EXCEPT________.
A. culture
B. law
C. history
D. society
3. Which of the following statements is not true
according to the passage?
A. Margaret Wolfe believed that the standard of
beauty always keeps the same.
B. Looking slim is considered more attractive in
some cultures.
C. Inner beauty takes more than a glance to
appreciate.
D. The human race would die out if we all see
physical beauty in the same way.
4. Which personal quality does not have an effect
on judging a person's inner beauty?
A. appearance
B. kindness
C. warmth
D. a healthy conscience
5. What the author's attitude towards inner beauty?
A. subjective
B. doubtful
C. indifferent
D. supportive
Task Two: Are these sentences true or false?
1. In 19th-century Europe, women would wear
woollen shawls across their shoulders.
2. Inner beauty is less difficult to determine than
physical beauty.
3. The human race will develop rapidly if we all see
physical beauty in the same way.
4. In some countries, young women follow
slimming diets to lose extra kilos to prepare for
their wedding day.
5. In the Eastern world, one in every ten people has
a tattoo or a form of body art.
men
more difficult
die out
Western
Step Three: Post Reading
Be familiar with the
main idea of the text again (3mins).
Task One: Try to retell the whole passage with the
following words in their right forms.
change, fashion, die out, inner
quality, overweight, attractive
culture, thin, beholder
As Margaret once said in the 19th century, beauty is in the eye of
the_________. The standards and views of beauty ________and
adapt with time and cultural groups.
At present, some customs and actions which were once seen as
beauty in 19th-century Europe is not considered healthy or
_________, while something now regarded as _________ had
different functions in the past.
In contemporary society,_________still has an influence on our
ideas of beauty. For instance, in some countries, people prefer to be
_______, while in other countries, people prefer to be a little
_________. There are no precise standard to judge what beauty is. If
beauty were limited by some standards, the human race would soon
_________.
There is physical beauty as well as ______beauty. The latter is
found in a variety of personal _________. It is inner beauty that
requires us to truly see.
beholder change
attractive fashion
culture
thinner
overweight
die out
inner
qualities
Zhang Lili who is called the most beautiful
teacher in China is one of the people who move
China most.
感动中国张丽莉
Although she lost her legs, she gains respect
from all the Chinese people because of her
kindness and selflessness.
Try to find the real beauty in your life, there is
no lack of beauty, but lack of eyes to find the
beauty.
生活中不是缺少美,而是缺少发现美的眼睛。
Required(必做) Selective(选做)
1. Remember the new 3. Write a short
words and phrases passage about
in the text. beauty.
2. Try to retell this
passage.