高中课本听力北师大版模块6:Unit 18 Beauty Lesson 1(中)
日期:2011-09-01 14:54

(单词翻译:单击)

In contemporary society, culture remains a significant factor in determining our perception of beauty. In some countries, young women follow slimming diets to lose extra kilos in preparation for their wedding day. In other cultures, looking thin for their husband-to-be is not what they desire at all, rather, looking a little plump and fleshy is considered more attractive. With the influence of society, time and culture, there are no certain criteria which can be used to judge what is beautiful. Lifelong commitment and indeed, the survival of society itself rely on individuals seeing beauty in difference and depth. The human race would soon die out, if we were restricted to perceiving beauty within a set of limited criteria. On the other hand, physical beauty must also be enhanced, by an attraction to something deeper within a person. That particular kind of attraction is found in all sorts of personality character traits, e.g. kindness, generosity.
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重点单词
  • contemporaryn. 同时代的人 adj. 同时代的,同时的,现代的
  • limitedadj. 有限的,被限制的 动词limit的过去式和过去
  • certainadj. 确定的,必然的,特定的 pron. 某几个,某
  • particularadj. 特殊的,特别的,特定的,挑剔的 n. 个别项目
  • factorn. 因素,因子 vt. 把 ... 因素包括进去 vi
  • kindnessn. 仁慈,好意
  • generosityn. 慷慨,大方
  • perceptionn. 感知,认识,观念
  • survivaln. 生存,幸存者
  • commitmentn. 承诺,保证; 确定,实行