北师大版选修六unit18 L1 what27s beauty.pptVIP

貂蝉 贵妃 昭君 西施 The four beauties in Chinese ancient time. 楚王好细腰，宫中多饿死。 A beauty should be slim! Tang Dynasty A beauty should be fat! Han Dynasty “环肥燕瘦” 三寸金莲——残忍的美 （南唐至清朝末期） 小脚美人 In the past, a woman had to have a pair of small feet to be called a beauty three inch golden lotus 西方人的轮廓，亚洲人的温婉、含蓄，融贯东西方的女性美，让世人赏心悦目。 ——美丽，源至印度杰萨梅尔 Indian beauty like heavy make up. In the eye of Karen people, beautiful women must have a very long neck. 泰国克伦族长脖子女人的 美与痛 吕燕，初出茅庐时，那让国人鄙夷的小眼睛、塌鼻子、厚唇、雀斑脸却被世界时尚大师称为“具有东方气质的极致之美”。她，一直是个在美与丑之间交替生存的特例！中国人认为她丑得可怕，外国人认为她美得惊人。 国际名模——吕燕 Western people : Lv Yan is beautiful. Chinese people: Lv Yan is ugly. What is beauty to them? Look at more pictures and think: To cows, what is beauty? A place with green grass is a beauty. To ducks, What is beauty? A pool of clean water is a beauty. To a child, what is beauty? A big ice-cream is a beauty. To an old farmer, what is beauty? A golden autumn with a good harvest is a great beauty. So we can conclude from these pictures that beauty is quite different in the eye of different people. Ex.2 Which of the following idiom is closest to its meaning? a) Beauty is only skin-deep. b) Birds of a feather flock together. c) The eyes of love are blind. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 美是肤浅的。 人以群分，物以类聚。 爱情是盲目的。 ○ Match these words with their definition. 1.Consistent 2.Adapt 3.Physical 4.Inner 5.Accompany 6.Subjective 7.Dimension 8.commitment a.go together with b.responsibility or promise c. part of a situation d. a personal view or opinion e. never changing f. involving the body g. a person’s mind or soul h. become accustomed to a new situation True or False? 1. Margaret Wolfe believed that the standard of beauty always keeps the same. 2. Nowadays, if you wear corsets to achieve a body shape, it will be considered unhealthy. 3. In all cultures, a beauty should be always slim. ——————— In 19th-century Europe, women used to we