世纪英语 拓展阅读教程I 第四版 答案 1tuo1_unit9.ppt

UNIT 9 Nice Women Contents Section 1 爱美之心,人皆有之,尤其是女人?但何为美丽的真谛?如 何评判真正的美? The Social Conceptions of Beauty By Tony Bailey I look in the mirror, and I’m not happy with what I see. I don’t have a “perfect” face. I look in the magazines, 主题阅读 and all I see are girls with hair, blue eyes, and of course, a little nose. They’re on the outside of the buses that I take home, the television programs I watch, and the I walk under. Almost every advertisem- ent I see promotes this human physical “perfection”. Our society tends to place more importance on a person’s physical beauty, rather than their ability, 主题阅读 integrity and character. We have influenced women to go through painful surgeries and starve themselves to become this socially constructed physical ideal. To be a beautiful woman in 21st century doesn’t mean that you are a doctor or caring mother. It doesn’t mean that you can play the violin gracefully or run a . It means you have the perfect , eyes and . 主题阅读 It means you can be six feet tall and weigh one hundred and ten pounds. People go through many to reach this ideal weight. But what about the women who are starting to leave their their ? Instead of looking at aging as a sign of wisdom and maturity, we attempt to reverse the aging process. 主题阅读 It’s kind of to want to look eighteen when fifty. Fifty is a relaxed age, when for once you can step back and look at all you’ve . It is when your hard work pays off. Unfortunately, our society just sees you as “old”. To reverse the aging process, women buy wrinkle creams, do eye lifts and face lifts. They spend thousands of dollars to win the against age. 主题阅读 But who actually tells us what beauty is? The ideas that