Unit 6 Beauty TreatmentPart I Listening and speaking1. Pre-listeningLearning focus: Useful expressions for beauty treatment:modeling jib / sashaying / beauty contest / low carbon / face-lifts / nose jobs / box to hide wrinkle / plastic surgery / vanity / improve one‟s appearance / sultry look / stylist / disjunction / liberal / helping / gel / tuft, braid / streaks etc.2. While listeningSection A:Directions: Listen to the short dialogues and choose the best answer to each question you hear.1. A) She had modeling experience.B) She had practiced a lot.C) She paid high fees.D) She complained to the right person.2. A) The man speaks favorably of it, and the woman speaks unfavorably.B) The woman speaks favorably of it, and the man speaks unfavorably.C) Both the man and the woman speak favorably of it.D) Neither the man nor the woman speaks favorably of it.3. A) Only vegetables and fruit.B) A lot of fish and meat.C) New diets.D) Traditional diets.4. A) She is a blonde.B) She envies a blonde's white skin.C) She looks dark and unattractive.D) She looks brown and attractive.5. A) Business.B) V anity.C) A stronger body.D) Slimming.Section B:Directions: Listen to the dialog and choose the best answer to each question you hear.6. A) It's quite cheap.B) It's reasonably expensive.C) It's far too expensive.D) He can't afford it unless he robs somebody.7. A) There is an imbalance between him and his hairstyle.B) It is a work of art.C) It is an imaginative style.D) It needs disjunction.8. A) Create peaks.B) Create a pigtail.C) Put in streaks.D) All of the above.9. A) It will make it a disjunction.B) It will make it a work of art.C) It will make it look like a foreigner's hairstyle.D) It will make it look like the skin of a tiger.10. A) How a customer is tricked.B) How a customer gets a good service.C) How to create a work of art.D) How to avoid disjunction.Section CDirections:Listen to the passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, listen for the general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, fill in the blanks numbered from 11 to 17 with the exact words you hear. For blanks numbered from 18 to 20, write down either the exact words you hear or the main points in your own words. When the passage is read for the third time, check what you have written.After the face-lift, the forehead tightener and the 11 job, something still might be revealing your age: your 12 .For patients who think their trembly, hoarse words don't 13 their newly firm face and figure, there's a procedure that claims to make them 14 younger too: the voice lift.There are two general kinds of voice lifts. In some cases, implants 15 through an incision in the 16 bring the vocal cords closer together. Doctors also use injections of _____17____ or other substances to plump up the cords, so that the voice sounds younger.18 ."If I spoke a great deal, or I was shouting, on a particular day, at the end of the day, I would feel exhausted," said Robert Brown, 75, 19 . "I don't know if I sound younger, but the hoarseness is gone, which is such a great improvement."20 and hope to shave years off the sound of their voice.3. Post-listeningTask 1Create a dialog with your partner according to the given situation, using where appropriate the expressions you have learned.John and Sally meet on the street. Owing to a series of plastic surgery operations Sally has had, John fails to recognize her at first sight. Sally explains that she had the bridge of her nose raised, her single-folded eyelids made double-folded, and her teeth straightened in order to find a good job. John objects, saying that practical abilities count more than good looks.Task 2Work in groups of four and debate on the topic: Should people improve their appearance through plastic surgery?Roles: 1. actor (affirmative) 2. anchorperson (affirmative)3. teacher (negative)4. student (negative)Procedure:a. Within each group the students select their roles to form an affirmative and a negative team.b. The two speakers of each team brainstorm to formulate their points of view.c. The two teams have a debate.d. One group is invited to debate in front of the class.e. Other students can ask questions to challenge their points of view, arguments or evidence,and the debaters answer the questions.f. The whole class vote to decide on the winning team.g. One of the audience is invited to justify the voting result by commenting on the debaters'ideas and language.Task 3Work in pairs and debate on the topic: Should men try to improve their appearance by cosmetic means? You may follow the procedure of Task 2.Questions for Discussion1. Do you think beauty affects self-esteem or vice versa? Explain.2. Do you agree that beauty is in the eye of the beholder?3. What are some of the negative aspects of being beautiful?4. What personality trait is the most important for one's inner beauty?Part II ReadingText AHow to Be a Traveling Beauty This May HolidayPara 1May Day holiday is a time for traveling. Go to the seaside, enjoy beautiful sunshine and soft breezes and let your mind and body both relax; hide away in a small town, amble on winding pebble tracks and melt into the romantic ambiance; or take up your backpack, go mountaineering, stretch your body and smell the fresh air…They all sound wonderful, but changing environments can pose threats to delicate skin. How can you protect yourself and stay beautiful through seven days of traveling? Here are some helpful suggestions.Para 2If you‟re going to the seaside:Para 3Typical resort: SanyaPara 4Typical weather: 24-31℃ with strong ultraviolet sunrays and fresh air.Para 5Warm sunshine, fresh sea breezes, and moist air make the seaside an agreeable haven from Beijing‟s dust. But excessive sun exposure can easily darken your skin, and of course most Chinese girls prefer fair skin. To prepare for a pleasing and beautiful sojourn at the seaside take note of following:Para 6 1. Night time skin carePara 7Even if you‟ve managed to block the sun in the daytime, give your skin a soothing rehabilitative treatment in the evening. Cool your glowing skin with a product like La Mer‟s newly released The Concentrate (50ml/RMB 3,700).Para 8 2. Shine in your bikini.Para 9At the seashore, your body is more in the spotlight than your face. To become a bikini beauty, you need to take care of every inch of your skin. Exfoliate with a fine-grained scrub, which will not only let your exposed skin shine, but also acts as a deep cleanser to help prevent skin from darkening and roughening after too much sun and salt water. Para 10 3. Control excess oil.Para 11Never try to control oil with foundation that will clog pores when combined with sun block cream. Gentle oil-control products do a better job.Para 12 4. Hair care.Para 13Beautiful girls never use free hotel shampoos, they carry their own moisturizing restoring hair care products. Wash your face and hair with fresh water after swimming toget rid of salty residue, and remember to protect your hair from too much sun exposure. Para 14Recommended skin care productsPara 15 1. SPF30/PA++sunscreen products. HR Premium SPF40/PA++ (RMB 620) protects your skin from ultraviolet rays.Para 16 2. Soothing, moisturizing, and after-sun rehabilitating products. Olay Intensive Nourishing Emulsion (RMB 120) has natural hot spring microelements to give rapidrelief to burned skin.Para 17 3. Gentle exfoliating scrubs.Para 18 4. Easy to carry oil-control products.Para 19 5. Moisturizing shampoo and hair protection products.Para 20 Tips:Para 21 1.Whitening is as important as wearing sunscreen. For dry skins, moisturizing products are a must. Laneige Water Sleeping Pack (RMB 150) is a good choice.Para 22 2. For sensitive skins, Nuskin Aloe Vera Gel complements sun block creams.Washing your face with lemonade stops skin from darkening and is refreshing.Para 23 3. Never use body sun block creams on your face. Use special facial sun block creams. For drier skins, Chanel UV Essential SPF45 (RMB 450) is nice, but ShuUemura UV under Base DF (RMB 350) is much fresher.Para 24If you‟re going to a small town:Para 25Typical resorts: Lijiang, Yunnan; Zhouzhuang, Jiangsu; Phoenix, ZhejiangPara 26Typical weather: 11-25℃ with a lot of ultraviolet radiationPara 27As depicted in Teresa Teng‟s popular song Xiaocheng Gushi (Small Town Romances), small-secluded charming Chinese towns are the scene of many romances.Pebble tracks, winding lanes and ancient low villas make romantic backdrop for loverswandering hand-in-hand. To prepare for a romantic and sweet stay in a small town,take note of the following:Para 28 1. Go easy on the make-up! To match your light-hearted mood we recommend the minimum of make-up. Basic skin care to keep your face healthy and glowing isenough.Para 29 2. Wear flirtatious colors for special nights.Para 30Liquid foundation in heavy glass bottles and powdered blush or eye shadow is not easy to carry. So we recommend sun-blocking pressed powder, two-in-one brow penciland eye liners, and products that can be used on both lips and cheeks.Para 31 3. Make-up removal.Para 32Remember to remove sun block creams at night. Try a moisturizing and relaxing mask, and we promise you a renewed glowing complexion the next day.Para 33 Recommended skin care productsPara 34 1. SPF15/PA+sun block face cream. Its small size makes Freeplus UV Day Protector (RMB 190, sun block and moisturizer) a good choice.Para 35 2. A multi-functional cosmetic case. Bobbi Brown‟s hand-sized palettes (RMB 380), including a foundation stick, creamy concealer, corrector, and sheer finishpressed powder are convenient.Para 36 3. Clear foundation. Maybelline Mousse White Stay (RMB 89) the mousse-like texture makes this foundation light, breathable, and easy to carry.Para 37 4. Make up remover. Lancome‟s mild Gentle Clarifying and Cleaning Fluid (small set) is perfect for traveling and it does a good job of removing all make-upthoroughly.Para 38 Tips:Para 39 1. Apart from your daily skin care routine, traveling girls may also need protective lip cream, mascara (Maybelline is a good cheap choice), and fragrance (Try Anna Sui‟sfresh Secret Wish Eau de Toilette).Para 40 2. For lazy girls, base creams are especially useful. Wearing just a base foundation cream is enough and saves the trouble of constantly reapplying foundation at romanticmoments. Others may try creamy concealers and pressed powers. Adding blush(Watsons small tubes of blush are cheap/RMB20-30 and works well) will give ahealthy glow.Para 41If you‟re going mountaineering:Para 42 Typical resorts: Huashan, Shanxi; Huangshan, Anhui; Shennongjia, SichuanPara 43Typical weather: 10-20℃, a high level of ultraviolet radiation and dry air.Para 44 Boys often complain that mountaineering girls with their disheveled hair and no make up don‟t look attractive. In respons e to this, we recommend you use absolutelyno make up except for basic skin care. But looking beautiful without the aid of makeup isn‟t easy! With all your mountaineering equipment in your backpack, there isn‟tmuch room for skin care products. The key is to choose the most important ones only,such as the following:Para 45 1. Moisturizing products. Moisturizing and hydrating creams and masks help you become both sporty and ladylike.Para 46 2. Sun block products. Even though the sunshine is usually not too strong in the mountains, you should take care not to be burned by ultraviolet radiation. Freshbreathable SPF20-30 sun block products are recommended.Para 47 3. Facial cleaning pads. Easy to carry cleaning pads help you stay fresh and clean at all times.Para 48 4. Soothing creams. Compound soothing creams can be applied onto the skin directly to reduce inflammation and help you relax.Para 49 5. Lip conditioner and hand cream to prevent dryness caused by wind.(words: 836)New Wordsambiance ['æmbiəns] n. the qualities and character of a particular place and the waythese make you feel [= atmosphere] 气氛；周围环境mountaineer [maunti'niə] v. climb mountains for pleasure as a sport爬山；登山mountaineering [maunti'niəriŋ]n. [U] the sport of climbing mountains登山；登山运动；delicate ['delikət] adj. needing to be dealt with carefully or sensitively in order toavoid problems or failure: easily damaged or broken [=fragile]: a part of the body that is delicate is attractive andgraceful:微妙的；精美的，雅致的；柔和的；易碎的；纤弱的；清淡可口的ultraviolet [ʌltrə'vaɪələt] n. ultraviolet light cannot be seen by people, but is responsiblefor making your skin darker when you are in the sun紫外线辐射，紫外光sojourn ['sɔdʒə:n] n. formal. a short period of time that you stay in a place that isnot your home: 逗留；旅居sooth ['su:ð] v. to make a pain become less severe, or slowly disappear安慰；减轻痛苦soothing ['su:ðiŋ] adj. to make someone feel calmer and less anxious, upset, orangry: 抚慰的；使人宽心的rehabilitative [ri:hə'bilitətiv] adj. to help someone to live a healthy, useful, or active life againafter they have been seriously ill or in prison: 复原的exfoliate [eks'fəulieit] v. to remove dead cells from your skin in order to make it smoother使片状脱落；使呈鳞片状脱落scrub [skrʌb] n. the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soapand water洗擦；v. to rub something hard, especially with a stiff brush, in order toclean it: 用力擦洗；wash thoroughly 使净化clog [klɔɡ] v. become or cause to become obstructed 阻塞；障碍n. any object that acts as a hindrance or obstruction障碍；pore [pɔ:] n. [C] one of the small holes in your skin that liquid, especially sweat,can pass through, or a similar hole in the surface of a plant气孔；小孔vt. Think carefully; watch, 细想；凝视moisturize ['mɔistʃəraiz] v. make (more) humid 使湿润；变潮湿：residue ['rezidju:] n. 1. matter that remains after something has been removed残渣；滤渣2. something left after other parts have been taken away剩余；seclude [si'klu:d] v. to remove from contact with others 隔离secluded [si'klu:did] adj. hidden from general view or use隐退的，隐蔽的；flirtatious [flə:'teiʃəs] adj. like a coquette 轻浮的；调情的；爱调戏的disheveled [di'ʃevəld] adj. in disarray; extremely disorderly 不整洁的；凌乱的Phrases and Expressionspose threats to to exist in a way that may cause a problem, danger, difficulty对……构成威胁fine-grained adj. the state of something that was made into a very smallamount 细粒的；有细密纹理的oil-control n. make limit of the oil to a certain degree 控油；抑制油脂make-up n. cosmetics applied to the face to improve or change yourappearance 化妆品；light-hearted adj carefree and happy and lighthearted 轻松的；无忧无虑的two-in-one n. the state of joining two parts as another part 二合一be applied onto put on a surface of; put into service; 被敷上；被应用到Proper NamesLa Mer [la:'mεə] 海蓝之谜（化妆品品牌）Olay [əu 'lei] 玉兰油（中国区最大护肤品牌）Laneige ['la:nidʒ] 兰芝（韩国化妆品品牌）Nuskin ['nʌskin] 专柜正品Shu Uemura [sju: 'jemjurə] 植村秀（化妆品品牌）；植村秀（日本化妆艺术大师）Teresa Teng [ 'terisə'teŋ] 邓丽君（著名女歌手）Freeplus [ 'fri: plʌs] 芙丽芳丝(日本Kanebo化妆品旗下的护肤品牌) Maybelline [ 'meibəliŋ] 美宝莲(美国化妆品品牌)Anna Sui ['æ:nə 'su:] 安娜苏(世界著名的时装品牌，创始人是美籍华人萧志美)ExercisesDirections: Read the text again and answer the following questions.For questions 1~7, markY (for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.For questions 8~10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.1. Tips of how to stay beautiful through traveling are provided in the passage. ______2. Exfoliate with a fine-grained scrub can help prevent skin from darkening.. ______3. Beautiful girls never use free hotel toothbrush. _______4. Travelers had better not use special facial sun block creams on body. _______5. Typical resorts to a small town are Lijiang, Yunnan; Zhouzhuang and Sichuan. _______6. If you‟re going to Shanxi, you are recommended to use basic skin care. ________7. Five tips are offered before you‟re going mountaineering. _________8. Typical temperature for going mountaineering is___________________________________.9. The name of the popular song mentioned in the passage is____________________________.10.To prevent dryness caused by wind in mountains, you should take_____________________. Text BWhy Are Women Afraid of WrinklesPara 1When I casually mentioned to a colleague that I was looking into skin cream that claimed to beat back the destruction that comes with age, her worries poured out. Amonth ago, she told me, she had suddenly noticed wrinkles all over her face. Fingeringher beautiful but finely lined features, she explained that although she knew that herdiscovery had more to do with the shock resulting from the sudden end of a six-yearrelationship than early aging, she just had to do something about it.Para 2Giving her the painful facts concerning her chance to renew herself, I told her I thought the claims of such miracle cures were ridiculous. Despite my remarks, however,she begged to know where she could get the treatments I had mentioned. When it comesto beauty, who wants to know the truth?Para 3Our ability to believe what we want to has, in the past, made life easy for the beauty industry. Fueled by the immense value attached to youth, it has made millions out ofvacant promises of renewing faces and bodies. To give skincare scientific authority,beauty counters have now stolen a thin covering of respectability from the hospital clinic.Sales staff in white coats "diagnose" skin types on "computers" and blind customers withthe science of damaged molecules and DNA repair. Providing the "drugs" for this game,the industry has created new skin therapies, which, they say, don't just sit on the surfacebut actually interact with the cells.Para 4Is this really just a harmless game, though? The increasingly exaggerated claims madeby manufacturers about their products' ability to get rid of wrinkles have worried doctors.The advertisements declare that active ingredients stimulate cells deep in the skin's layers to divide, so replacing old cells and effectively renewing the skin.Para 5If these claims are true, could the effects be harmful? If normal cells can be stimulated to divide, then abnormal ones could also be prompted to multiply, so causing or accelerating skin cancer. A new arrival on the anti-wrinkle front claims to be a more natural way to avoid those terrible lines. As a pill rather than a cream, Imedeen works from the inside out, providing the skin with nutritional and chemical support to encourage the body's own self-repairing process.ImedeenPara 6First developed in Scandinavia, it contains extracts of fish, marine plants, and shrimp shells, which provide a formula including proteins, minerals, and vitamins. According to a published study, visible improvements appear in the skin texture after two or three months of treatment. The skin is softer, smoother, wrinkles decrease but are not eliminated, and marks and fine brow lines disappear.Para 7One woman admits she was doubtful until she tried Imedeen herself. Women, she believes, should take responsibility for the natural balance of their body chemistry.Careful care of the body chemistry, she says, not only improves looks but also enhances energy processes and even expands awareness and mental function. Imedeen fits this concept by providing for the skin's needs. But can shrimp shells really do the trick with wrinkles?Para 8Offering a more scientific interpretation, Brian Newman, a British surgeon who has studied Imedeen, explains that the compound has a specific action as food is digested, preventing the destruction of essential proteins in the diet and allowing them to be absorbed in a state more easily utilized by the skin.Para 9On the other hand, a different doctor who specializes in the study of the skin is unimpressed by the data and questions the methods used in the study. In addition, the medical journal in which the study of Imedeen is published is a "pay" journal—one in which any studies can be published for a fee. According to the doctor, any attempt to play by the medical world's rules of research has been a failure.Para 10Such controversy is familiar ground to Brian Newman, who used a type of oil from flowers for years before it was generally accepted. In no way discouraged, he insists themost important point to establish is that Imedeen actually works.Para 11Ultimately, however, the real issue is why we are so afraid of wrinkles in the first place. Sadly, youth and beauty have become the currency of our society, buyingpopularity and opportunity. The value of age and experience is denied, and women inparticular feel the threat that the visible changes of ageing bring. According to onepsychological expert, when men gain a little gray hair, their appeal often increasesbecause, for them, age implies power, success, wealth, and position. But as a woman'spower is still strongly perceived to be tied up to her ability to bear children, ageingdemonstrates to the world her decline, her uselessness for her primary function.Wrinkles are symbolic of the decline of her ability to reproduce.Para 12Until we appreciate the true value of age, it is difficult to do anything but panic when the signs of it emerge. While the media continues to show men of all agesalongside young, smooth-skinned women as a vision of success, women will go oninvesting in pots of worthless rubbish. Let's see more mature, wrinkled women inattractive, successful, happy roles and let's see men fighting to be with them.( words: 839)New Wordswrinkle ['wrinkl ] n. (usu. pl.) a small fold or line in the skin, esp. of those on the facethat are caused by age 皱，皱纹renew [ri'nju:]v. begin sth. again after a pause or an interruption; cause to appearin a new for更新；重新开始fuel ['fjuəl]v. supply sth. with material that can be burnt to produce heator power; make sth. stronger 供以燃料，加燃料n. a substance that can be consumed to produce energy 燃料diagnose ['daiəɡnəuz] v. say exactly what an illness or the cause of a problem is诊断；断定vacant ['veikənt] a. having no real value or meaning; empty, not being used 空虚的；空的；空缺的；therapy ['θerəpi]n. the treatment of a physical problem or an illness 治疗，疗法exaggerated [iɡ'zædʒəreitid] a. made to seem larger, better, worse or more important thanit really is or needs to be; done in a way that makes peoplenotice it 夸张的，言过其实的ingredient [in'ɡri:diənt] n. (usu. pl.) things used to make sth. 原料；要素；组成部分stimulate ['stimjuleit]v. make sth. develop or become more active; encourage sth.刺激；鼓舞，激励abnormal [æb' nɔ:məl] a. different, esp. in a way that is not desirable, from what isnormal, ordinary or expected 反常的，变态的，畸形的prompt [prɔmpt]v. make sb. decide to do sth.; cause sth. to happen提示；促进；激起multiply ['mʌltiplai]v. increase or make sth. increase very much in number or amount;reproduce in large numbers 增加；使相乘；繁殖；accelerate [ək'seləreit] v. happen or make sth. happen faster or earlier than expected加速；促进；增加deny [di'nai] v. refuse to admit or accept sth.; refuse to allow sb. to have sth.that they want or ask for 否认；拒绝eliminate [i'limineit] v.terminate or take out; do away with消除；排除extract [iks' trækt] n. [C,U]a product obtained by extracting 提炼物shrimp [ʃrimp] n. any of various edible decapod crustaceans（小）虾digest [di'dʒest] v. convert food into absorbable substances消化n. something that is compiled (as into a single book or file)文摘；摘要protein ['prəʊtiːn] n. a substance found in food and drink such as meat, eggs, andmilk. you need protein in order to grow and be healthy. 蛋白质；朊texture ['tekstʃə] n. [C,U]the degree of roughness or smoothness, coarseness orfineness of a surface, substance , or material as felt by touch质地, 质感perceive [pə'si:v]v. come to an opinion about (sth.), or have a belief about (sth.)察觉，感觉；理解；认知demonstrate ['demənstreit] v. show sth. clearly by giving proof or evidence 证明；展示；Phrases and Expressionsbeat back force sb. or sth. to go back 击退，逐回pour out tell; express (feelings or sb.'s words) quickly or eagerly倾吐，诉说have /be to do with have a connection with; concern (sth. or sb.) 和……有关系when it comes to sth. as far as sth. is concerned 当涉及到，当谈到attach to 1. believe that sth. is important or worth thinking about认为有（重要性等）2. fasten or join one thing to another 把……附加于on the surface on the outer or top part or layer of sth. 面上，表面上interact with have an effect on 与……互相作用，与……互相影响if… then…used to say when the first of the two statements is accepted as true,the second statement must also be accepted as true如果……，那么就……do the trick succeed in solving a problem or achieving a particular result有效，达到目的in no way by no means 决不，无论如何不in particular especially or particularly 尤其，特别be tied up with be connected or linked to sth. Else 与……有密切关系，与……有联系invest in spend money on sth. in order to make it better or more successful 投资于Proper NamesImedeen [′imdi:n ] 伊美婷（一种美容药丸）Scandinavia [,skændi'neivi ə] 斯堪的纳维亚（北欧一地区）Brian Newman ['brai ən ′nju:m ən] 布赖恩•纽曼（人名）ExercisesI. Vocabulary and structure1．Directions: Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary.1. My friend __________________ her fears out to me over the long-distance call.2. Some bacteria ‟s genes _________________ those of many plants.3. The discovery of the bomb ________________ an increase in security.4. It is possible to __________________ these bacteria in the laboratory.5. I don ‟t know what it was that _______________ but I am definitely feeling much better.6. They have tried their best; they are _____________to blame.7. I _________________ him to be a rather shy sort of man.8. Her behavior _______________her feelings of guilt.9. The government __________________ heavily in public transport.10. The article can be used to _____________________ discussion among students.2. Directions: Choose the best ONE answer to complete the following sentences.1. There is now a trend away from an ______________ academic curriculum towards teachingmore practical subjects in schools.A) excessively B) exclusively C) extensively D) exceedingly2. Allen and Marian passed the beast ___________, keeping as far as possible, with their swordsready in hand.A) casually B) creatively C) crucially D) cautiously3. He ________ his holiday to attend a business meeting.A) broke up B) broke off C) broke down D) broke through4. We are very grateful to all people who ____________ their money.A) have given away B) have given up C) have given of D) have given back5. The surprise and shock ___________ on Owen‟s fac e were so real that even I would havethought them genuine.A) registered B) recorded C) registeringD) recording。
