Unit 18 Beauty lesson 1 What is beauty

Unit 18 Beauty lesson 1 What is beauty?

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Margaret Wolfe Hungerford (1855 -1897), an Irish novelist whose light romantic fiction was popular in England America in the late 19 th century.

Warm -up: find words and phrases which means the following • • • 1. never changing consistent woolen 2. made of wool overweight 3. fat commitment 4. responsibility or promise 5. disappear or stop existing completelydie out 6. go together with accompany 7. a variety of a range of 8. a personal view or opinion subjective 9. part of a situation dimension

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Listening&Skimming find out the topic sentence in each paragraph • • • Para 1: the last sentence. Para 2: the first sentence. Para 3: the first sentence. Para 4: the first sentence. Para 5: the first sentence. Para 6: the first sentence. Beauty is certainly in the eye of the beholder.

Careful reading: Pair work • 1. Describe one way that standards of beauty have changed with time. • 2. According to the writer, what three factors influence people’s ideas of beauty? • 3. Why is inner beauty more difficult to determine than physical beauty?

1. Examples of the changes with time: • Women wore corsets to achieve a body-shape.

Men wore woolen shawls in 19 th-century Europe.

2. They are time, society and culture.

Physical Beauty

Inner Beauty

3. Because inner beauty is found in a wide range of personal qualities and depends on the personality and preferences of the person judging it.

Consolidation (newspaper) Beauty Physical beauty 1. Beauty is __ in the ___eye ___of__the ___ beholder _____. 2. _____, _______ are Tradions fashions and society chageable , and our ideas of beauty changes as well. cultures also affect our ideas of 3. Different _____ beauty. _______ Inner beauty is much more important 4. ____ than ____ physical beauty. 5. Inner beauty is found in a wide range of personal qualities, e. g. ____ kindness , ____, warmth a healthy conscience. subjective 6. Inner beauty is much more _____.

Task 1: Discussion ( debate in groups ) Physical beauty or Inner beauty, which is more important in your eyes? And why do you think so?

Inspiration: Beauty is multidimensional and difficult to judge, So never judge a person by his appearance; Inner beauty is more important…

Thinking

Natural beauty

What is beauty?

Homework: 1. Finish reading the other parts of the B 1 section of the 17 th edition newspaper. 2. Debate: Physical beauty or Inner beauty, which is more important in your eyes? 3. Write a composition named “What is beauty In my eyes? ” (over 100 words)

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