信息技术与工程学校 周群

Pre-reading

Think about the following two questions

1 、 Do you like fashion ? How do you understand fashion ?

2 、 In the cities , why do many people wear modern fashions ?

Reading

1 、 Look through the text as quickly as possible to get the main idea . While reading , underline the new words and expression.

fashion （时尚） traditional （传统的）

magazine （杂志）

slim （苗条的）

height （高度）

desire （欲望）

attractive （有吸引力的）

appearance （外表）

ideal （理想的，完美的）

2 、 Listen and read

Listen to the tape of the text carefully and pay attention to The pronunciation of the new words . Then do some exercise to check

your understanding

Judge the following sentences true (T) or false (F)

1) Fashion is unchanging and always stays the same .

2) In many modern cities today , people wear modern fashions all the time .

3) Those models show that good looking is an important

part of fashion .

( F )

( F )

( T )

4) There will always be people who follow the latest styles because they want more attention .

5) If people think their appearance is very important , they will spend a lot of money and time putting on makeup .

Judge the following sentences true (T) or false (F)

( T )

( T )

3 、 Read the text more carefully and find out

the topic sentence of each paragraph .

Para1: Fashion is always changing in the cities .

Para2: In modern cities . People wear modern fashions most of the time .

Useful expressions

Stay unchanged : keep the same 保持不变

Out of style : 过时 As long as : 只要 (conj )

Eg: As long as you study hard , you will be sure to succeed .

Eg : She always spends one hour reading English every morning

Spend time / money (in) doing sth.

Post-reading

Discuss the following questions (group work )

1) Besides clothing and makeup , what other fashions do you know about ?

2) People in the cities pay more attention to their clothing . Do you think this is an advance or not and why ?

3) As a student , should we follow fashions ? What attitude should we take towards fashion ?

Homework

1) To read the text until you can retell .

2) To look for more useful information about fashion in the library or on the internet .

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