高级英语第六版unit-7-beauty.ppt

* Part III Damned if you do, damned if you don’t: Whatever you do or say will be considered to be wrong. Damned if they do – women are. And damned if they don’t. Women are condemned if they try to look beautiful and if they don’t do so, they are also condemned. e.g. Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t. * Part IV IV. (P10) calling on women and society to get out of the trap. One could hardly ask for more important evidence … than that interminable half-comic half-tragic tale, the oppression of women. The oppression of women, like a both ridiculous and sad story, is the most powerful proof to show… * Part IV disparage: undervalue, depreciate, look down upon a trap: a situation without escape get some critical distance from beauty: de-emphasize the notion of beauty in life, disassociate themselves from the idea of beauty abridge: reduce, cut short, (some meaning) been taken away * Part IV save … from …: to preserve/protect sth/sb. from danger / ruin etc. save …for …: to put sth. such as money/supply away until a certain time or for some purpose e.g. How can the city save these fine old buildings from destruction? ???They saved the precious records from fire. ???Let’s save the best wine for the party. ???I’m trying to save as much of my income as I can for my old age. * Part IV save beauty from women: make it unnecessary for women to be beautiful save beauty for women: keep beauty for women’s future, when beauty is in the true sense (both inside and outside), so they won’t be discriminated * Thesis It is dangerous for the society to split beauty into inside and outside. This oppress women and put them into a dilemma. Women should try to get out of it by de-emphasizing the notion of beauty in their life. / * Discussion 1. After studying the text, what do you think women should do to realize their value and potential and to avoid the “crude trap” mentione