Unit 12-Clothes Make the Man―Uneasy.ppt

CA-Oral activities-discussion-1 Making A Dialogue | Having A Discussion Having a discussion Human beings, though belonging to the category of animals, are different from animals in many ways. Wearing clothes is one. With the lapse of time and advancement of society, clothes serve man in other respects than just providing warmth and protection. Thus there comes fashion, which is a lucrative industry. Nowadays, people, men and women alike, pay much attention to and spend a lot of money on what they wear. Discuss the social role of clothes and the unisexual tendency in clothes for men and women. CA-Oral activities-discussion-2 Making A Dialogue | Having A Discussion (The following serves merely as reference.) We hope the following points would be helpful to you in your discussion. The social role of clothes can be viewed from the following perspectives: 1) People wear certain types of clothes to indicate that they belong to certain social groups, defined by age, sex, occupation, social class, ethnicity, etc. 2) Clothes can also indicate other features of the wearer, such as education, hobbies, personality, temperament, etc. 3) Therefore, we can judge a persons social and personal features by the clothes he or she wears. CA-Oral activities-discussion-3 Making A Dialogue | Having A Discussion And as for the unisexual tendency in clothing, we make the following suggestions, positively and negatively; Positive reasons: With the development of society, men and women, despite their biological differences, are playing more and more similar roles in all walks of life. Since the social demarcation line is being blurred, why is it necessary for men and women to dress in so different ways? Negative reasons: Variety is the spice of life. Life would be colorless and boring if people of different sexes wear similar clothes. Men and women, on the other hand, are still considerably different in many aspects, in spite of the fact that the difference between mens and womens roles see