1、What Is Beauty? What is beauty？I am sure everyone has particular understanding and standard；however，human beings have common value aspect about how to distinguish beautiful things or people somehow. Your beauty is not true beauty until you get to know what real beauty means.Being attractive is like
2、being richit can help you find happiness，but it doesnt always make you happy.Simply try to be an interesting person.For interesting people have interesting faces，and interesting faces are almost always attractive.,话题导入,The physical beauty，for example your skin color，is not stable forever，while the s
3、oul beauty will live forever.No matter how handsome or pretty you are，the ruthless(无情的) time can change and take away everything.Beauty is in good things that you do.Your nice behavior with others，the way you understand a person，the way you trust a person，the way you love a person，the way you care，t
4、he way you share，your honesty and your self-confidence make your personality so beautiful.,One thing to remember：People will forget what you say；people will forget what you do；but they will never forget what you made them feel.You are unique，and your character is unique.Never feel any kind of lack i
5、n you.To live wonderfully，you have to feel wonderful! Somebody said so true that a beautiful woman is a diamond but a truthful，honest and trustworthy woman is a treasure.And finally I would like to say that the beautiful person is that who does beautifully，who says beautifully，who feels beautifully
6、and who helps other people to do the same!,阅读短文，回答问题 1.How can you make your personality so beautiful? _ 2.Fill in each blank with one word according to the text. It is not beauty but beauty that will stay forever.,查看答案,I should have nice behavior with others，be honest and self-confident.,physical,s
7、oul,PART 1,读前清障,PART 2,课文理解,Period One Warm-up & Lesson 1 What Is Beauty？Pre-reading,PART1,读前清障,匹配左边的单词与右边的汉语意思 第一组 1.breathless A.向一边，向一侧 2.superior B.敬爱，非常喜欢 3.sideways C.高级的，上等的 4.vertical D.令人屏息的 5.adore E.垂直的，竖的,查看答案,第二组 6.rainbow A.(通过节食、加强运动等)减肥；苗条的 7.consistent B.羊毛制的 8.woollen C.超重的，过重的 9.s
8、lim D.一致的，始终如一的 10.overweight E.彩虹,查看答案,第三组 mitment A.伴随，陪同 12.accompany B.(数量、年龄等的)变化范围 13.range C.责任，义务；承诺 14.conscience D.主观的 15.subjective E.良心,查看答案,第四组 16.dimension A.命令，指挥 mand B.没有味道的 18.tasteless C.植物学 19.botany D.用滑板滑行 20.skateboard E.方面；度量,查看答案,PART2,课文理解,Step 1 Fast-reading 1.Whats the ma
9、in idea of the passage? A.Peoples views on beauty. B.Physical beauty is important in daily life. C.Inner beauty is important in daily life. D.Inner beauty is more important than physical beauty.,查看答案,2.Read the text and match the main idea of each paragraph. Para.1 A.Ideas of beauty change with time
10、. Para.2 B.Inner beauty is much more important. Para.3 C.There is no consistent view on beauty. Para.4 D.Culture remains a major part in determining ideas of beauty. Para.5 E.Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Para.6 F.There are no precise criteria for judging what is beautiful.,查看答案,Step 2 Caref
11、ul-reading Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer. 1.According to the writer， can influence peoples ideas of beauty. A.time，place and culture B.history，society and culture C.time，people and history D.history，leaders and actors,查看答案,2.Which of the following statements is NOT true accor
12、ding 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.,查看答案,3
13、.What does the writer think about physical beauty and inner beauty? A.Physical beauty is more important than inner beauty. B.Inner beauty is more important than physical beauty. C.Physical beauty is as important as inner beauty. D.Inner beauty is easier to notice.,查看答案,4.Which one of the following i
14、s TRUE? A.In 19th-century Europe，women would wear woollen shawls across their shoulders. B.Nowadays，tattoos are used to mark criminals. C.In some countries，young women follow slimming diets to lose extra kilos to prepare for their wedding day. D.There is a certain criteria which can be used to judge
15、 what is beauty.,查看答案,Step 3 Post-reading After reading the passage，please fill in the following blanks. As Margaret Wolfe once 1. (say) in the 19th century，there was no consistent view on beauty.Standards and ideas of beauty change 2._ time.Nowadays，some costumes and actions once 3. (regard) as bea
16、uty in 19th-century Europe is not considered healthy or attractive, 4. something now regarded as fashion had different functions in the past.5. contemporary society，culture still determines our ideas of beauty. In some countries，people like 6. (be) thinner，while in other cultures，,查看答案,said,across,r
17、egarded,while,In,being,people like being a little overweight.There are no precise criteria 7._(judge) what beauty is.If beauty were limited by some criteria，the human race would soon die out.There is 8. (physics) beauty as well as inner beauty.The latter is found in a wide range of personal qualitie
18、s.It is inner beauty 9. requires us to truly see.Beauty is 10._(certain) in the eye of the beholder.,查看答案,to judge,physical,that,certainly,Step 4 Sentence-learning 1.In 1878，when Margaret Wolfe Hungerford wrote “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”，she was stating that there was no consistent view
19、on beauty. 句式分析 句子主干为：she was stating.；when引导时间状语从句；that引导宾语从句。 自主翻译,查看答案,1878年，当玛格丽特沃尔夫亨格福特写到“情人眼里出西施”时，她要表达的是，人们对美没有一致的观点。,2.Traditions and fashions，like society itself，change and adapt with time，so it is reasonable that our ideas of beauty change as well. 句式分析 本句是一个主从复合句，so引导一个结果状语从句，在这个从句中使用了“It
20、 isadj.that从句”结构，it是形式主语，真正的主语是that从句。 自主翻译,查看答案,正如社会本身，传统和时尚是在变化的，是与时代同步的，因此我们对美的认识会变化也是理所当然的。,3.In other cultures，looking thin for a husband-to-be is not what a woman desires at allrather，looking a little overweight is considered more attractive. 句式分析 本句是复合句。本句的主语是由动名词短语looking thin for a husband-
21、to-be充当的；what引导表语从句；动名词短语looking a little overweight在句中也是作主语。 自主翻译,在其他文化中，女人根本不想在未来的丈夫眼中显得苗条，而身材略微丰满才更加迷人。,查看答案,4.With the influence of history，society and culture，there are no precise criteria which can be used to judge what is beautiful. 句式分析 本句是复合句。主句是there are no precise criteria；which引导定语从句修饰criteria；what引导宾语从句。 自主翻译,查看答案,受历史、社会和文化的影响，没有精确的衡量标准来判断什么,是美。,