Unit 6 Suffering to Be Beautiful

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Unit 6 Suffering to Be Beautiful

• Part I Listening and Speaking Activities
• Part II Reading Comprehension and Language
  Activities
• Part III Extended Activities

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Part I Listening and Speaking Activities

• Introduction of functions
• Listen and speak
• Try to speak more
• Make your own dialogue
• What are they for?

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Introduction of functions

• Express satisfactory
• be pleased /satisfied /happy/ content with
• It is very satisfactory.
• feel completely thrilled.
• to ones own satisfaction,
• Ive never been happier.
• Its just what I had in mind/ need/
  wanted/meant/was looking for.
• Everything is to my satisfactory.

• Express dissatisfactory
• I dont see why
• be angry/mad at
• Well, to tell the truth, I was a little
  disappointed.
• Honestly, I wasnt very pleased with it.
• To be honest (with you), it was (a little)
  disappointing.
• Why dont you ?
• This is not what I wanted/ need/ had in mind, Im
  afraid.

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Listen and speak

• Listen to the conversation and tick the correct
  answer to each question.

• Why is Kathy unhappy?
• Key b
• What is Daisys attitude towards womens putting
  on weight?
• Key c
• In Daisys opinion, .
• Key c
• Daisy holds the view that to be healthy and
  beautiful on should first of all
  .
• Key a

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Try to speak more

• Note
• be a slave to/of something to be so strongly
  influenced by something that you cannot make your
  own decisions - used to show disapproval
• fashion something that is popular or thought to
  be good at a particular time
• e.g. go out of fashion stop being
  fashionable
• be out of fashion now it is no longer
  fashionable
• all the fashion they are very fashionable
• the latest fashions the most recent
  fashions
• be in fashion they are fashionable

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Make your own dialogue

• Jack and Mary are friends. They are eating out in
  a Chinese restaurant. Use the following cues to
  make a dialogue (Turn to page 77)
• Study the following cartoons to find what is
  funny about them. Make a story on the basis of
  the pictures and then tell your classmates. (Turn
  to page 77)

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Part II Reading Comprehension and Language
Activities

• Pre-reading Tasks
• Background information
• Language points

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Part II Reading Comprehension and Language
Activities

• Pre-reading Tasks
• What is your definition of beauty and beautiful?
• What are the underlying reasons why a woman/girl
  goes to great lengths to make herself beautiful?
• How would you interpret the following two
  sayings?
• A. Beauty is only skin deep
• B. Dont judge a book by its cover.

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Background information

• Head to head a talk show program on the TV. A
  talk show (or chat show) is a program on the
  radio or television in which well-known people
  are invited to talk or asked questions on a
  particular, popular topic.

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Suffering to Be Beautiful

• Turn to p.79, and listen to the text

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Language points

• 1. current adj. only before noun happening or
  existing now
• e.g. -- the current President
• -- In its current state, the car is worth 1,000.
• n. countable
• 1). a continuous movement of water in a river,
  lake, or sea tide
• e.g. -- ocean/sea/tidal etc current
• -- Strong currents can be very dangerous for
  swimmers.
• 2). a continuous movement of air
• e.g. -- Some birds use warm air currents to help
  them fly.
• --- current of
• e.g. -- currents of warm air rising from the
  plain
• 3). a flow of electricity through a wire
• e.g. -- an electrical current
• -- alternating current, direct current
• 4). an idea, feeling, or opinion that a
  particular group of people has
• e.g. -- The committee reflects the different
  political currents within the organization.
• --- current of
• e.g. -- There was an underlying current of
  discontent among teachers.
• -- Do not confuse with currant (small
  dried fruit).

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2. ensure especially British English also insure
American English transitiveto make certain
that something will happen properly make
sure

• e.g. -- facilities to ensure the safety of
  cyclists
• --- ensure (that)
• e.g. -- The hospital tries to ensure that people
  are seen quickly.

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3. considerable fairly large, especially large
enough to have an effect or be important
inconsiderable

• e.g. -- considerable amount/number etc of
  something
• -- We've saved a considerable amount of money.
• -- Michael has already spent considerable time in
  Barcelona.
• -- issues of considerable importance
• -- The series has aroused considerable interest.

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4. go to great length to do be willing to use
any methods to achieve sth you are very
determined to achieve.

• e.g. -- Susan is prepared to go to any lengths to
  get her daughter back.
• -- He went to great lengths to keep their name
  out of the papers.
• -- Bella would go to any lengths to fulfill her
  ambition.

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5. the way I see it also to my way of thinking,
used before telling someone your opinion

• e.g. -- The way I see it, it was a fair trade.

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• 6. its up to sb to do sth
• a) used to say that someone can decide about
  something
• e.g. -- You can pay weekly or monthly - it's up
  to you.
• b) used to say that someone is responsible for a
  particular duty
• e.g. -- It's up to the travel companies to warn
  customers of any possible dangers.

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• 7. perspective
• 1). countable a way of thinking about
  something, especially one which is influenced by
  the type of person you are or by your experiences
  viewpoint
• perspective on
• e.g. -- His father's death gave him a whole new
  perspective on life.
• from somebody's perspective
• e.g. -- The novel is written from a child's
  perspective.
• from a feminist/Christian/global etc perspective
• e.g. -- We have to look at everything from an
  international perspective.
• a much-needed historical perspective
• wider / broader perspective
• e.g. -- Our work in Uganda and Romania adds a
  wider perspective.
• 2). uncountable a sensible way of judging and
  comparing situations so that you do not imagine
  that something is more serious than it really is
• e.g. -- I think Viv's lost all sense of
  perspective.
• -- The figures have to be put into perspective.
• get / keep something in perspective (judge the
  importance of something correctly)
• 3). uncountable a method of drawing a picture
  that makes objects look solid and shows distance
  and depth, or the effect this method produces in
  a picture
• e.g. -- the artist's use of perspective

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• 8. horrendous
• 1). frightening and terrible horrific
• e.g. -- a horrendous experience
• -- She suffered horrendous injuries.
• 2). Informal, extremely unreasonable or
  unpleasant
• e.g. -- horrendous debts
• -- The traffic was horrendous.

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• 9. go in for
• 1). to do an examination or take part in a
  competition
• e.g. -- I go in for all the competitions.
• 2). to do or use something often because you
  enjoy it or like it
• e.g. -- I never really went in for sports.
• 3). to choose something as your job
• e.g. -- I suppose I could go in for advertising.

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• 10. ridiculous
• very silly or unreasonable
• e.g. -- That's a ridiculous idea!
• -- Don't be ridiculous!
• -- I'd look ridiculous in a dress like that.
• --- absolutely / totally / utterly ridiculous
• e.g. -- It's an absolutely ridiculous decision.
• --- it is ridiculous that
• e.g. -- It's ridiculous that we have to wait six
  weeks.

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11.there is no point in doing sth its
meaningless to do sth

• e.g.
• There's no point in worrying.
• ?????????
• There is no point in waiting for her. She is
  probably not coming.
• ????????,???????

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Comprehension work (Questions for discussion )

• What does Mary do? What business does Sue own?
  And what is Elizabeths profession?
• What is the topic of the show?
• What is Sues opinion about the question Do you
  think people should try to be beautiful?
• How does Elizabeth see the issue?

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Comprehension work (Questions for discussion )

• Why does Elizabeth cite examples from history?
  And what are the examples?
• Why does Elizabeth want to use the word
  beautiful in quotation marks? And what comments
  does she make on these extreme cases?
• How does Sues view differ form Elizabeths on
  these historical cases?
• How does Elizabeth relate the historical examples
  to the present situation? And what conclusion
  does Elizabeth draw?
• Did Mary give her view in the programme? And what
  is your point of view?

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Part III Extended Activities

• Translation

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Translation

• I find it difficult to keep up with the changes
  in fashion.
• He doesn't go in for outdoor sports much.
• My English is poor so I'm not up to translating
  the poem.
• People usually judge a person by his/her
  appearance.
• She looked as if she hadn't slept all night.
• He was determined to go to great lengths to
  fulfill his ambition
• He sat in the front so as to hear clearly.