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Unit 1 Face Values
Understanding ideas
Grasp the key words and the phrases and get the genre and structure of the passage.
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Express opinions about external and inner beauty and form a right attitude to beauty.
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Learn different opinions, analyze the structure of the text and acquire different reading skills and methods.
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Learning Objectives
Lead-in
Do you think you are beautiful/handsome?
Are you satisfied with your appearance?
Completely. (100%)
Fairly. (80-90%)
Kind of. (20%-30%)
Not at all.
What do you think the passage
talks about?
What does the title mean?
Why is ME capitalized?
Pre-reading
Read the text and see if your prediction is right.
Jade
Anthony
Emma
Where do you usually read an article like this? What is the genre of it?
Forum
A platform for open discussion
and expression of ideas
Fast-reading
introduction
Dr Hart's comments
3 interviewees' attitudes towards beauty
Read for structure
Read again and choose the best answer.
1. Why does Jade become addicted to the
selfie apps?
2. Why does Jade’s father consider her a
narcissist?
She treats herself as a pretty girl.
She is addicted to editing her selfies.
She likes commenting on online selfies.
She uses selfie apps to look plain.
3. What is Dr Hart’s attitude towards obsessive online photo editing?
Supportive. B. Unclear.
C. Disapproving. D. Unconcerned.
careless
4. How has Anthony’s attitude changed?
bizarre
strange
surprised
I realised that external beauty isn’t totally worthless.
realized
5. What can we learn from the last sentence in
Paragraph 5?
A.Emma has changed her opinion about her figure.
B. Emma is very content with her appearance.
C. Emma feels ashamed of herself and tries to change.
D. Emma is unhappy because of her appearance.
6. What is the most important according to Emma?
A.Success. B.Health. C.Confidence. D.Exercise.
7. Which of the following statements about Tess
Holliday is WRONG?
A. She has confidence in herself though she’s larger.
B. She is in an industry full of beauty stereotypes.
C. She is a success in her career.
D. Her experience aroused Emma’s sympathy.
Choose the purpose of the passage and give your reasons.
1. To persuade people to edit their photos less.
2. To prove that external beauty is not the most important thing.
3. To show the true meaning of beauty.
4. To warn readers about the physical dangers of losing weight.
It’s all about ME!
—Appreciate the beauty in myself.
To be real is beautiful.
Inner and external beauty is important.
Being healthy is beautiful.
Post-reading
Group work
Discuss and share your thoughts on appearance .
According to ____________________, I realised/ understood/ perceived that ____________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
Emma
being healthy is beautiful.
good health not only makes us more beautiful, but happier, too.
What can we do to boost our confidence?
We not only can __________, but also ________________.
Group work
read books to enrich our inner beauty
do exercise to keep fit
grab/catch opportunities to grow and change.
Write down your statement on beauty.
At first, in my opinion, beauty is _________________________.
According to _____________, I realised/ understood/ perceived that
______________________________________________________. If we’re not so confident about ourselves, we not only can ________
_____________________, but also __________________________ to make us better.
Finally, I hope everyone can accept who they are.
Homework
Don’t judge a person just by his or her appearance.
What does the video focus on?
Being ourselves
to face values
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