新编英语第6册Unit_Seven要点.ppt

Unit Seven Beauty I. Library Work II. Organization of the Text 1. Ancient Greek attitude toward beauty: Beauty is a total, integrated concept of excellence (Paragraph 1) 2. Changes in the meaning of beauty --- the conventional attitude toward beauty --- and its negative effect (Paragraphs 2- 9) II. Organization of the Text a. Conventional attitude toward beauty: a concept applied to women and their outward appearance (2 – 3) b. Female beauty and male handsomeness (4 ) c. Women’s character and the essence of men (5) II. Organization of the Text d. Female perfection and male blemish (6 – 7) e. The power to do and the power to attract (8) f. Preening (9) II. Organization of the Text 3. Conclusion: There should be a way of saving beauty from women --- and for them. (Paragraph 10) III. Key Points of the Text Paragraph 1 lame: weak; unsatisfactory 站不住脚的；差劲的，蹩脚的 E.g.: a lame excuse 站不住脚的借口 lame effort 无效的努力 lame counterfeits of the original 原件的拙劣复制品 Paragraph 1 His counter arguments sound lame. 他的反驳听上去软弱无力。 occur to: come into (someone’s mind) paradoxical: seemingly self-contradictory; incongruous; puzzling paradox (n.): a situation which involves two opposite facts Paragraph 1 E.g.: It is a paradox that racial discrimination and protection of human rights should coexist in the same country. seductive: attractive; charming pedagogical: teaching Paragraph 2 wary: heedful; careful; cautious 谨慎的，小心翼翼的；警惕的 E.g.: Having been taken in several times by street pedlars, he is now very wary of them. Paragraph 2 facility: the quality of being able to be done or performed easily; absence of difficulty or effort 熟练，灵巧；技巧，技能；流畅 E.g.: play the piano with facility 技巧娴熟地弹钢琴 Practice gives a wonderful facility. 娴熟的技巧来自实践。 Paragraph 2 facility of style 文体的流畅 Paragraph 3 deprive … of: take … away from E.g.: Women in some places in the world today are still deprived of the right to vote. A serious case of trachoma (沙眼) deprived him of his eyesight. Paragraph 3