北师大版高二英语教学（选修6）Unit 18课件-备选课件Lesson 1.pptVIP

 Lesson 1  What Is Beauty? Ex. 1 Look at the pictures. Do you think the people in the photos are beautiful? Everyone has different views on what is Beauty. Ex.2 “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. The Chinese meanings of the three idioms: 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 Ex. 3 Read the text quickly and find words and phrases which mean the following: 1 never changing (para. 1) 2 made of wool (para. 2) 3 fat (para. 3) 4 responsibility or promise (4) 5 disappear or stop existing completely (para. 4) 6 go together with (para. 5) 7 a variety of (para. 5) 8 a personal view or opinion (para. 5) 9 part of a situation (para. 6) Ex. 4 Read the text again and answer the questions. 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 we know consider unhealthy. 2. According to the writer, what three things influence people’s ideas of beauty? According to the writer, time , society, and culture influence people’s ideas of beauty. 3. How are tattoos seen nowadays as compared to the past? Tattoos are now generally accepted as a form of body art but in the past, they used to mark family associations and were even used to mark criminals. 4. Why does the writer think that we 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. / The writer believes that if we all saw beauty in the same way, we wouldn’t be able to find marriage partners since people don’t all look the same. 5. Why is inner beauty more difficult to determine than physical beauty? Because inner beauty is fou