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1、Unit 3 3Beauty and AppearanceBook 4Think and DiscussViewing the WorldExploring the ThemeAnalytical ListeningSharing Your IdeasEngagingFurther ListeningContentThink and DiscussUnit 3 Beauty and AppearanceThink and DiscussQuestionsAn advertisement for a fashion designer hangs on the side of a building

2、 in Milan, Italy.1. Look at the photo and read the caption. Does this advertisement make you want to buy clothing or beauty products? Why or why not?2. How would you describe the items this man is wearing?3. What surprises or interests you about this photo?Think and DiscussExample Answer 1 Yes, it d

3、oes because its an interesting image of an attractive young man.Questions1. Look at the photo and read the caption. Does this advertisement make you want to buy clothing or beauty products? Why or why not?Think and DiscussExample Answer 2 No, it doesnt because the image doesnt match my own style.Que

4、stions1. Look at the photo and read the caption. Does this advertisement make you want to buy clothing or beauty products? Why or why not?Think and DiscussExample Answers The man is wearing sunglasses with blue lenses in an aviator style, a shirt with some sort of design on it, and a necklace with a

5、 stylized eagle, perhaps.Questions2. How would you describe the items this man is wearing?Think and DiscussExample Answers The man appears to be in a tropical place because we can see palm fronds against the blue sky. He has his head tilted back and is not looking at the camera, which is a bit surpr

6、ising.Questions3. What surprises or interests you about this photo?Exploring the ThemeUnit 3 Beauty and AppearanceExploring the ThemeA | Look at the photos and read the captions. Then discuss the questions.Art and Music1. What makes a person beautiful, in your opinion?2. Do different people and cult

7、ures have different ideas about what is beautiful? Give some examples.Exploring the ThemeColorful jewelry and sandals are for sale at an outdoor stand in Colombia.Art and MusicExploring the ThemeHow much of a persons beauty is based on physical appearance? How much depends on what people wear or whe

8、re they live? Some people go to spas to make themselves beautiful while others dress in unusual fashions. People around the world have different ideas about what makes someone beautiful.Art and MusicExploring the ThemeExample Answers In my opinion someone who looks healthy, happy and confident looks

9、 beautiful. Wearing the appropriate clothing for an occasion also helps people look and feel their best. Finally, being well-groomed, with clean hair and nails, and maybe some make-up or hair styling products, enhances peoples appearance.Art and Music1. What makes a person beautiful, in your opinion

10、?Exploring the ThemeExample Answers Yes, people have different ideas about beauty in different cultures. For example, in China and other parts of Asia, light-colored skin is considered beautiful by many people. But in Scandinavian countries, people with brown or black skin are exotic and beautiful.

11、In North America, very thin women are often seen as beautiful, while in Latin America, curvy women are the ideal.Art and Music2. Do different people and cultures have different ideas about what is beautiful? Give some examples.Exploring the ThemeB | Look at the chart. Then discuss the questions.Art

12、and MusicAround the world, people are having cosmetic surgerysurgery that changes their appearance to make them more beautiful or attractive. A recent survey shows the five countries in the world with the most cosmetic surgery procedures.1. Does it surprise you to find these five countries in the ch

13、art? Why or why not?2. What country do you think would be next on the chart?Exploring the ThemeExample Answer 1 Yes. First, I was surprised to find that there are so many cosmetic surgeries in India; Second, I feel a little bit strange that South Korea is not one of the five countries.Art and Music1

14、. Does it surprise you to find these five countries in the chart? Why or why not?Exploring the ThemeExample Answer 2 No, I was not surprised to find these five countries in the chart, because these countries are all relatively big and populous countries.Art and Music1. Does it surprise you to find t

15、hese five countries in the chart? Why or why not?Exploring the ThemeExample Answer 1 The chart contains two countries in Latin America, so a country such as Argentina or Venezuela might be next on the chart. Art and Music2. What country do you think would be next on the chart?Exploring the ThemeExam

16、ple Answer 2 The countries on the chart are all populous countries, so a country such as Russia or Japan might be next on the chart.Art and Music2. What country do you think would be next on the chart?Analytical ListeningUnit 3 Beauty and AppearanceAnalytical ListeningListening 1 beholder n. 观看者；旁观者

17、Gwen Silva 格温席尔瓦（人名）Judith Langlois 朱迪思朗格卢瓦（人名）symmetrical a. 对称的symmetry n. 对称（性）crossed eyes n. 内斜视眼tattoo v. 给文身envision v. 想象；设想Analytical ListeningListening 1 Elizabeth Taylor (19322011): a famous U.S. movie actress. She received many awards for her acting and other work throughout her life. 伊丽

18、莎白泰勒Analytical ListeningListening 1 Audrey Hepburn (19291993): a famous British movie and theater actress. She won many awards and much praise for her acting and also for her work to support needy children around the world. 奥黛丽赫本Analytical ListeningListening 1 Angelina Jolie (1975 ): a popular U.S.

19、movie actress. She is known for her successful movie career and also for her humanitarian work. 安吉丽娜朱莉Analytical ListeningListening 1 Halle Berry (1966 ): a U.S. movie actress and former fashion model. She was the first woman of African-American descent to win an Academy Award for Best Actress. 哈莉贝瑞

20、Analytical ListeningListening 1 Maori women of New Zealand perform a traditional dance.The Maori people believe that blue lips are beautiful.Analytical ListeningA | Discussion. Discuss the questions with a partner.Listening 1 1. Look at the two rows of photos. These photos were shown to people who p

21、articipated in a study on beauty. In each row, select the photo that shows the most beautiful face in your opinion. Do you and your partner agree?Analytical ListeningListening 1 2. Look at the photos again. According to researchers, most people would choose photo 4 and photo 9 as the most beautiful

22、faces. Did you choose these photos? Why or why not?A | Discussion. Discuss the questions with a partner.Analytical ListeningListening 1 Example Answers(Answers may vary.)1. In each row, select the photo that shows the most beautiful face in your opinion. Do you and your partner agree?Analytical List

23、eningListening 1 Example Answer 1Yes, I chose those two photos because they looked the prettiest to me.2. According to researchers, most people would choose photo 4 and photo 9 as the most beautiful faces. Did you choose these photos? Why or why not?Analytical ListeningListening 1 Example Answer 2No

24、, I didnt choose those two photos, but I chose nearby photos: photo 5 and photo 8, because they looked the prettiest to me.2. According to researchers, most people would choose photo 4 and photo 9 as the most beautiful faces. Did you choose these photos? Why or why not?Analytical ListeningListening

25、1 Critical Thinking Focus Understanding QuotationsSpeakers sometimes use quotations when talking with others. A quotation is a sentence or phrase from another speaker that we repeat in our own speech. Quotations are often used to introduce the topic of a lecture, to emphasize an idea, or to end a co

26、nversation in an interesting way.Analytical ListeningA | Listening for Main Ideas. Listen to a news report about beauty. Match each scientist or group of scientists with the correct research results. A News ReportListening 1 Analytical ListeningA | Listening for Main Ideas.Listening 1 ScientistsRese

27、arch Results1. Judith Langlois _a. Mens ideas about beauty and attractiveness evolved over thousands of years.2. Pamela M. Pallett Stephen Link Kang Lee _b. Symmetry is a key part of what makes a face beautiful.3. Victor Johnston David Perrett _c. There is a “golden ratio” for the ideal distance bet

28、ween the eyes, the mouth, and the edge of the face.4. Don Symons _d. Men prefer women with large eyes, full lips, and a small nose and chin.bcdaAnalytical ListeningListening 1 B | Listening for Details. Read the statements and answer choices. Then listen again and choose the correct phrase to comple

29、te each statement. 1. According to the research, most people think that a beautiful face is _. a. a face with small eyes b. average and almost symmetrical c. a face with a big nose2. The “golden ratio” for the length of a face states that the distance between the eyes and the mouth is _ of the lengt

30、h of the whole face. a. 36 percent b. 56 percent c. 66 percentbaAnalytical ListeningListening 1 3. Anthropologist Don Symons believed that men prefer full lips and big eyes because they think these features equal _. a. beauty and attraction b. intelligence and wisdom c. health and ability to have ba

31、bies4. The reporter Gwen Silva would probably agree with the conclusion that _. a. beauty is in the eye of the beholder b. there is no variation in the ideas about beauty among cultures c. people from the same culture mostly agree on what makes someone beautifulccAnalytical ListeningListening 1 Crit

32、ical Thinking. Form a group with another pair of students and discuss the questions.1. Do you agree or disagree with the saying “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”? Explain your opinions.2. Scientists believe that a beautiful face is a symmetrical face. What other features make a face beautiful t

33、o you?3. Do Chinese people have a unique view on beauty? What kinds of faces will most Chinese people find beautiful?Analytical ListeningListening 1 Example Answer 1I agree with the saying because people are attracted to different qualities. For instance, one man might find a woman attractive becaus

34、e she is petite like the women in his family. Another man might find tall women attractive because he is tall himself.1. Do you agree or disagree with the saying “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”? Explain your opinions.Analytical ListeningListening 1 Example Answer 2I disagree with the saying b

35、ecause there are some people that nearly everyone finds attractive, and those people have an easier time in school, getting a job, and in other areas of life.1. Do you agree or disagree with the saying “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”? Explain your opinions.Analytical ListeningListening 1 Exam

36、ple Answers I think very dark-colored eyes are attractive. I prefer a small mouth and nice white teeth.2. Scientists believe that a beautiful face is a symmetrical face. What other features make a face beautiful to you?Analytical ListeningListening 1 Example AnswersGenerally speaking, most Chinese p

37、eople prefer a medium-sized figure, for example, not too thin or too fat, and not too tall or too short. As for faces, Chinese people prefer light-colored skin, big eyes, doublefold eyelids and high-bridged noses.3. Do Chinese people have a unique view on beauty? What kinds of faces will most Chines

38、e people find beautiful?Analytical ListeningA News ReportAnnouncer: What is beauty? An often-quoted expression is “Beauty is only skin deep”. In other words, someone can be beautiful on the outside, but be mean or unpleasant on the inside. Another famous saying is “Beauty is in the eye of the behold

39、er”. That is to say, each persons idea of beauty is different. But is it true that each person perceives beauty differently? Or, does our social and cultural background influence our ideas about beauty? We turn to reporter Gwen Silva for the answer to this question.To be continued Listening 1 Analyt

40、ical ListeningReporter: Its said that beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, yet the opposite seems to be true. People within a culture usually have similar ideas about beauty. Numerous studies on beauty have had surprising results. These studies have shown that most people believe that average fac

41、es are the most beautiful faces.It was Judith Langlois, a professor of psychology at the University of Texas, who showed that most people think average looking faces are beautiful. In addition, the research shows that a beautiful face is a symmetrical face. To put it another way, if both sides of th

42、e face are exactly the same, we consider a person beautiful. Extreme variations in symmetry are usually not considered beautiful, Langlois says, and may even be disturbing to observers.To be continued Listening 1 Analytical ListeningThe latest research on facial beauty was completed by psychologists

43、 Pamela M. Pallett, Stephen Link, and Kang Lee. These researchers were interested in finding out if there was a relationship between the parts of the face that people considered to be most beautiful. So, in four separate experiments the researchers asked university students to compare images of 12 f

44、aces. Each face was actually the same personbut there were different distances between the eyes and the mouth.After the experiments, the researchers discovered a “golden ratio”the ideal distance between the eyes, the mouth, and the edge of the face. Faces were judged most beautiful when the distance

45、 between the eyes and the mouth was 36 percent of the length of the face. Not surprisingly, these measurements are exactly those of an “average” face.To be continued Listening 1 Analytical ListeningScientists have also studied the role of beauty in the attraction between the sexes. In studies by psy

46、chologists Victor Johnston and David Perrett, men consistently preferred women with large eyes, full lips, and a small nose and chin. Think of classic beauties such as Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn or, nowadays, Angelina Jolie or Halle Berry. This preference for big eyes and full lips is not r

47、andom. According to anthropologist Don Symons, the brain tells men that full lips and big eyes equal health and the ability to produce healthy babies. Its an instinct that has evolved over a hundred thousand years, Symons believes.However, not everyone agrees. Anthropologists do not agree that there

48、 is one standard idea of beauty. Around the world, different cultures have different ideas about what constitutes beauty. ForTo be continued Listening 1 Analytical Listeningexample, the Mayan people of Central America considered crossedeyes beautiful. A number of African tribes think scars make both

49、 men and women more beautiful. Among the Maori people of Australia, a woman is considered most beautiful when her lips are tattooed blue.It does appear, therefore, that the old saying is wrong: Beauty does not lie in the eye of the beholder. Well, at least not entirely. People from the same culture

50、usually envision beauty in the same way, but there are many variationsand many different types of beautyaround the world. This has been Gwen Silva, reporting.Listening 1 Analytical ListeningListening 2 antigravity a. 反重力的bullet-proof vest n. 防弹衣neat a. 很好的；美妙的；很有趣的Analytical ListeningListening 2 Bio

51、Steel: the name of a very strong synthetic fiber made by Nexia Biotechnologies, a Canadian biotechnology company. The fibers are made from the milk of genetically-engineered goats using DNA from spiders. They are as thin as nylon, and many times stronger than steel. 生物钢Analytical ListeningListening

52、2 Kevlar: the DuPont Companys brand name for a synthetic material constructed of fibers that the company claims is five times stronger than the same weight of steel, while being lightweight, flexible and comfortable. It was first commercially used in the early 1970s as a replacement for steel in rac

53、ing tires.凯夫拉尔（一种可用于制防弹衣等物的质地极其牢固的材料）Analytical ListeningListening 2 An eco-fashion dress made from recycled light bulbs38 UNIT 3Analytical ListeningPredicting Content. You are going to listen to three people talking about unusual fashions. Look at the photos. What do you think these items are? Disc

54、uss your ideas with a partner.Listening 2 Analytical ListeningAn Informal ConversationA | Listening for Main Ideas. Listen to the conversation. Look back at the photos. Under each photo, write the name or a brief description of the item.Listening 2 1. _2. _3. _antigravity jacketKevlar vestwearable e

55、lectronicsAnalytical ListeningB | Note-Taking. Listen again and complete the notes. Listening 2 Antigravity jacket: part _and part _Kevlar: _ fiber, stronger than _ used in _ and _ developed in _BioSteel made from _ protein produced in _ possible uses: _Wearable electronics integrate _ and _ e.g.: G

56、PS sneakers allow parents to _balloonjacketman-madebullet-proof vestsropes1960sspider-silkgoat milktransport objects into spaceclotheselectronicstrack lost childrensteelAnalytical ListeningListening 2 Student to Student Asking for ClarificationDuring a conversation, discussion, or a lecture, we may

57、need to ask for clarification when we do not understand something. We may also need to ask speakers to define a word for us. Here are some expressions we can use to ask for a definition or for clarification. (Sorry,) What does . mean? What (exactly) is . ? What do you mean by . ? Could you explain .

58、 (for me, please)?Analytical ListeningC | Listening for Specific Information. Read the questions. Then listen again and answer the questions. Listening 2 According to the conversation, where does the designer Alex Soza get his ideas? _2. What is unique about the antigravity jacket? _ _3. Which piece

59、 of clothing was modeled at the fashion show by an animal? _ Alex Soza gets his ideas from daydreams.The antigravity jacket is unique because it floats in mid-air like a balloon.The bullet-proof Kevlar vest was modeled by a dog.Analytical ListeningC | Listening for Specific Information. Listening 2

60、4. What is special about spider silk? 5. Why cant textile manufacturers raise large groups of spiders? 6. What does the man think about the future of wearable electronics? Spider silk is special because its five times as strong as steel.Textile manufacturers cant raise large groups of spiders becaus