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Lesson 14

Preparation

Beauty

Beauty is skin deep.
What makes a person beautiful? For most

people, especially among women, you can
only be pretty if you’re slim, tall, have smooth

skin, eyes shaped like that of a doe’s, a point-
ed nose like Barbie’s, and great shapely legs.

But still, there are some people who have dif-
ferent standards. What about you? What is a

beautiful person for you?

Grammar

*The second person perspective is used to direct attention to the person

that the speaker is talking to.
► I saw you at the movies last night.
► Did you remember to do your homework?
► Your votes outnumbered your opponent’s by a landslide.

Questions

1. What is skin deep? Keywords

2. Do you agree with the description of a
beautiful woman in the article? Why or why not? skin / shapely / different
3. How would you describe yourself?
4. Do you like the appearance of a Barbie doll?
5. What do you think is the effect of one’s appearance on his or her self?

Sample Answers Vocabulary &
Expressions

1. Skin deep refers to outward appearances. Shapely: having a pleasing
2. Yes, because first impressions are very shape, esp. with reference to
important for most people. a woman’s figure
Skin: the external covering or
3. I am just an average person. integument of an animal body,
4. Only a little because it’s too perfect. esp. when soft and flexible
5. I think that if a person thinks that she is pretty,
she will be more confident.

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