新编英语教程第六册第七单元.pptVIP

Unit Seven TEXT I Beauty Susan Sontag Warm-up questions Do you think “being beautiful” is the most desirable quality in women? Are women concerned about their outward appearance only? What social discrimination is implied in the old Chinese saying 男才女貌？ List as many words as you can to describe what you think an ideal female /male should be like. Have you heard of or read about any observations on the topic of “beauty”? Share them with your classmates. If you were to write an essay on “beauty”, how would you approach this subject? Main Idea purpose of writing: Through the discussion on the lexical narrowing of “beauty”, the author aims actually to exploring a feminist issue that demands public attention and discrediting modern society’s biased attitude to women as shown in the changed meaning of the word “beauty”.. Analysis of the organization of the text Section 1 (Para 1-2): Contrast the ancient notion of “beauty” with the modern concept to introduce the topic Section II (Para 3-7) Illustrating how women and men are viewed/treated differently to support the argument: the oppression of women – Section III (Para 8-9 ) Pointing out how society’s gender stereotypes have affected adversely the development of women (e.g. encouraging narcissism, dependence, immaturity, passive acceptance …etc) Section IV (Para. 10) Calling on women and the whole society to get out of the trap created by the “myth of beauty” and the resulting oppression of women Difficult Sentences for Translation (E-C): 1. One of Socrates’ main pedagogical acts was to be ugly—and teach those innocent, no doubt splendid-looking disciples of his how full of paradoxes life really was. 2 Associating beauty with women has put beauty even further on the defensive, morally. 3. It does not take someone in the throes of advanced feminist awareness to perceive that the way women are taught to be involved with beauty encourages narcissism, reinforces dependence and immaturity. 4. If a woman do