1. What is beauty?
Mxzx xzy

2. Which do you think
is the most beautiful?

3. ① ② ④ ③

4. The four beauties in Chinese ancient time .西施 昭君 貂蝉 贵妃
The four beauties in Chinese ancient time .

5. Have you ever heard this Chinese poem?——
“楚王好细腰，宫中多饿死。”
A beauty should be slim!

6. In Tang Dynasty,
a beauty should be fat!
Traditions and fashions
change with time.

7. 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 love are blind.
Can you find out any Chinese equivalents 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. Some new words in the reading

10. corset

11. shawl

12. wool(l)en blanket
wool(l)en glove

13. tattoo

14. tattoos

15. Fast reading: physical beauty clothes kindness inner beauty
woolen shawls
body shape
personal qualities
corsets
Warmth
tattoo/ body art
11 a healthy conscience 1 4 2 7 8 9 5 3 6 11 10

16. Beauty
inner beauty
Physical beauty
clothes
personal qualities
corsets
kindness
woolen shawls
warmth
A healthy
conscience
body shape
tattoo/ body art

17. Careful reading: Read the text carefully and finish the exercise.
(Para1) How does the writer explain Margaret Wolfe’s words “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”?
①____________________________________________________________________________
② ____________________________________________________________________________
There was no consistent view on beauty.
Standards of beauty change across time and cultural groups
Standards of beauty change
across time and cultural groups.
Key sentences

18. (Para2) Our ideas of beauty change with time:
in the past
now
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.

19. (Para3) Culture influences our ideas of beauty: Example :
in some countries:
______________________________________
in other cultures:
Young women follow slimming diets to lose
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. Slim
whitening

21. 云南少数民族：以肥为美，以黑为贵。 In contemporary society, culture influences the
standards of beauty greatly.

22. .(Para4) Why does the writer think that “the human race would die out if we all saw physical beauty in the same way”?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The writer believes that if we all saw beauty in the same way, we wouldn’t be able to find marriage partners since people all look the same.

23. (Para5) Paraphrase the underline words in the following sentences.
①Physical beauty must also be accompanied by an attraction to something deeper within a person .
②Judging the appeal of a person’s inner beauty is much more subjective.
判断一个人的内在美是否有感染力是颇为主观的,
③It takes more than a casual glance to appreciate and it is much more important than physical beauty.
To get together 外在美一定要靠内在魅力来强化
Attraction
A quick look, not seriously不是随意一瞥就能欣赏到那样容易.
The inner beauty is more complicated and
important than physical beauty.

24. Para.6 Please use one sentence to summarize the whole text:
We are influenced by our culture , our
biology and our time in history to notice
physical beauty quickly and easily , but
it is inner beauty that requires us to
truly see .
Para.6

25. Can you work out the main structure of the whole passage?
Introduction
Argumentation
Summary

26. 1. 2. 3. Beauty “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”.
There was no consistent view on beauty. (para1.)
change and adapt with
time (para2.)
Physical beauty 1.
no precise criteria (para4.)
society 2.
be accompanied by
Beauty
culture (para3.) 3.
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.)

27. Discussion:

28. Artificial Beauty

29. Voice your opinion
What do you think of artificial beauty (人造美女)? Is it necessary to become more beautiful by operation? Why?

30. Homework:
Do Exercise 6,7 and 8
In Page 35.