2. Unit 18 Beauty lesson 1 What is beauty?

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

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

5. corset woolen shawl tattoo

6. Listening&Skimming 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.

7. 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?

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

9. Men wore woolen shawls in 19th-century Europe.

10. 2. They are time,society and culture.

11. Physical Beauty

12. Inner Beauty

13. 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.

14. Beauty 1. Beauty is __ ___ ___ __ ___ _____. Physical beauty 2. __________, fashions and _______ are chageable,and our ideas of beauty changes as well. 3. Different _________ also affect our ideas of beauty. _______ beauty 4. ________ beauty is much more important than ________ beauty. 5. Inner beauty is found in a wide range of personal qualities,e.g. ________,________, a healthy conscience. 6.Inner beauty is much more __________. in the eye of the beholder Tradionssociety cultures Inner physical kindnesswarmth subjective Consolidation ( newspaper)

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

16. Inspiration: Beauty is multi- dimensional and difficult to judge, So never judge a person by his appearance; Inner beauty is more important…

17. Thinking

18. Natural beauty

19. What is beauty?

20. Homework: 1.Finish reading the other parts of the B1 section of the 17th 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)

21. 西施 王昭君 貂禅 杨贵妃

23. Four ancient Chinese beauty