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Everyone has different views on what
is Beauty.
“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. 物以类聚 , 人以群分 .
C. 情人眼里出西施 .
Fast-reading
1. Why do we say beauty is in the eye
of the beholder?
There was no consistent view on
beauty. Standards of beauty change
across time and cultural groups.
Physical Beauty
How many factors influence people’s
perceptions of beauty? What are
they? three.
time, culture and society
Intensive-reading
Physical Beauty
1. In 19th century Europe, women
would wear woolen shawls across
their shoulders.
2. Nowadays, tattoos are used to mark
criminals.
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3. In some countries, young women
follow slimming diets to lose extra
kilos to prepare for their wedding
day.
4. The human race would die out if
we perceived physical beauty in
the same way.
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Finish Exercise 3
1. Never changing
consistent
2. made of wool
woolen
3. fat
overweight
4. responsibility or
promise
commitment
5. disappear or stop
existing completely
die out
6. go together with
accompany
7. a variety of
a wide range of
8. a personal view or opinion
subjective
9. part of a situation
dimension
1. Describe one way that standards of
beauty have changed with time.
In the 19th century Europe, women
used to wear corsets to achieve a body
shape that is no longer considered
healthy.
Read the text again and answer the
questions.
2. According to the writer, what three
things influence people’s ideas of
beauty?
They are society, time and culture.
3. How are tattoos seen nowadays
compared to the past?
They are seen as a form of body art.
4. Why does the writer think that the
human race would die out if we all
saw physical beauty in the same way?
Because the survival of society itself
rely on people seeing beauty in
difference and depth.
5. Why is inner beauty more difficult to
determine than physical beauty?
Because inner beauty is found in all
sorts of personality character traits.
Discuss in pairs.
What are some of the fashions or
physical appearances that used to be
considered attractive but no longer are?
Example: In China, women used to
wear jewelers on their heads, but the
fashion no longer exists.
Voice your opinion
What do you think of artificial bea
uty ( 人造美女 )? Is it necessary to
become more beautiful by operatio
n? Why?
Introduce the topic------standards of
beauty change across different times
and different cultures.
Traditions and fashions, like society,
change and adapt with time. The
author also lists several examples to
support the idea.
In contemporary society, culture remains
a significant factor in determining our
perception of beauty. Several examples
are given to support the idea.
With the influence of above-mentioned
factors, beauty has no certain criterion
in society. If not so, the society will have
no progress!
on the other hand, physical beauty must
be enhanced by inner thoughts, which is
different from person to person. So
standard of beauty is also arguable.
Summary: beauty, therefore, is much-
dimensional. Beauty is in the eyes of
the beholders.
It is reasonable that …
It is hard to imagine that…
It is estimated that…
The human race would soon die out.
die out.
Some of the biological races have died o
ut because of the nuclear pollution. 由于核污染 , 有些物种已经灭绝了。
Grammar focus
Women used to wear corsets to achieve
a body-shape that is no longer
considered to be desirable.
Men would wear woolen shawls across
their shoulders.
We use used to and would to describe
the things that happened in the past b
ut no longer happen now.
We use used to to talk about activities
and state, and we use would to talk ab
out activities.
她以前的朋友比我认识的任何人都多。 She used to have more friends than anyo
ne else I have known.
小丑们满场溜达 , 一条裤腿比另外一条短。 Clowns would walk with one trouser leg
shorter than the other.