北师大版高中英语模块6--Uint 18 Beauty Lesson1-1

[00:00.00]Uint 18 Beauty
[00:04.43]Lesson 1 What Is Beauty?
[00:09.07]Beauty is in the eye of the beholder¹
[00:12.60]In 1878,when Margaret Wolfe Hungerford wrote,
[00:16.77]"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder",
[00:19.70]she argued that individual opinions varied²
[00:22.30]about what accounted for beauty.
[00:25.11]Standards of beauty change across
[00:26.91]different times and differernt cultures.
[00:30.41]Traditions and fashions.like society itself,
[00:34.13]change and adapt with time.
[00:36.26]so it is reasonable that
[00:37.41]our perceptions of beauty change as well.
[00:41.13]In 19th century Europe,
[00:42.78]women used to wear corsets
[00:44.12]to achieve a body-shape,
[00:46.00]that is no longer considered to be desirable.
[00:50.06]Men would wear woollen shawls
[00:51.62]across their shoulders.
[00:53.52]It is hard to imagine
[00:54.62]that they would be seen as attractive
[00:56.13]in the 21st century.
[00:58.63]Nowadays,it is estimated that
[01:00.37]in the Western world,
[01:02.10]one in every ten people have tattoos³
[01:04.93]or a form of body art.
[01:07.50]In the past,some cultures use to
[01:09.35]mark criminals with tattoos,
[01:11.43]so that they could be easily
[01:12.90]identified and avoided,
[01:15.26]certainly not so that they would be admired!
[01:15.26]

1 beholder   

n.观看者，旁观者

参考例句：

• Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. 看起来觉得美就是美。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It has been said that art is a tryst, for in the joy of it maker and beholder meet. 有人说艺术是一种幽会，因为艺术家和欣赏者可在幽会的乐趣中相遇在一起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 varied   

adj.多样的，多变化的

参考例句：

• The forms of art are many and varied.艺术的形式是多种多样的。
• The hotel has a varied programme of nightly entertainment.宾馆有各种晚间娱乐活动。

3 tattoos   

n.文身( tattoo的名词复数 )；归营鼓；军队夜间表演操；连续有节奏的敲击声v.刺青，文身( tattoo的第三人称单数 )；连续有节奏地敲击；作连续有节奏的敲击

参考例句：

• His arms were covered in tattoos. 他的胳膊上刺满了花纹。
• His arms were covered in tattoos. 他的双臂刺满了纹身。 来自《简明英汉词典》