Unit 8What Is Beauty?

Extension Activities

Beauty and the Beast

What Is Beauty?

What Is Beauty?

The following are some proverbs about beauty.

Please try to find out their meanings by discussing with your classmates.

1. Beauty is but a blossom.

2. Beauty is only skin-deep.

3. Beauty is in the eye of the gazer.

4. Beauty is potent; but money is omnipotent.

5. Beauty is truth, truth beauty.

6. Beauty lies in lover’s eyes.

7. Beauty may have fair leaves,

but bitter fruit.

8. Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower

without perfume.

9. Virtue is fairer far than beauty.

10. Beauty is in the eye of

the beholder.

References: Beauty is but a blossom. 美麗只是盛開的花朵。 Beauty is only skin-deep. 美貌是膚淺的。 Beauty is in the eye of the gazer. 情人眼裡出西施。 Beauty is potent; but money is omnipotent. 美麗是有力量的，但金

錢更有權威。 Beauty is truth, truth beauty. 美就是真，真就是美。 Beauty lies in lover‘s eyes. 情人眼裡出西施。 Beauty may have fair leaves, but bitter fruit. 美麗的花長好葉，結

苦果。 Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume.

美而無德猶如花之無香。 Virtue is fairer far than beauty. 美德遠遠勝過美貌。 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 情人眼裡出西施。

End of Activity One

Beauty and the Beast

For the Koreans, appearance is very

important. They believe that good looking will

assure them of having a wonderful life, including finding a job and having

a bright future.

So, Korean parents will give their child money to have a cosmetic plastic

surgery.

We could say that for Korean people, being

a beauty means having everything, and being a beast

means having nothing.

Do you agree? Share your

thoughts with your classmates.

Now, we will show you some pictures, and these pictures

are all adapted from movies.

Please separate the class into 4 groups,

and each group needs to discuss the following

questions and share their thoughts with

other groups.

During viewing these pictures, think about

the following questions and discuss with your

group members.

•What do these movies have in common?

•What do you think those directors want to tell us?

• If you have no idea about any of these movies, discuss about the sentence: “It’s beauty that killed the beast.”—adapted from King Kong

Beauty and the Beast

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:131222_beauty_l.jpg

Shrek

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Shrek.jpg

The Phantom of the Opera

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Poto2.jpg

King Kong

http://www.kingkongmovie.com/home.html

End of Activity Two