UNIT 5: CLOSURE

“Beauty and
health”

WARM-UP: Answer these questions.

Have you ever been on the receiving end of a cruel comment about your physical appearance?

Have others let you know, in some way, that you’re not good looking enough?

Do you find clothes shopping unpleasant because of fears about how others will judge you?

Have you ever skipped an activity to avoid comments about your appearance?

Do you think often about dieting because of comments about your weight?

Have you considered changing your hair or other aspects of your appearance to look better to others?

Have you ever made cruel comments to others about their appearance?

Unfortunately, most of us would answer yes to at least one of the questions above. How can we solve this problem?

LISTENING ACTIVITY: Listen and fill in the blanks with the correct word or phrases.

People say that beauty ______________________ of the beholder. That means if someone thinks someone else is beautiful,
______________________ beautiful. I think the idea of beauty is interesting. Why ______________________ some things or some
people are beautiful and others aren’t? Some people think a building is beautiful, ______________________ think the
opposite. People nowadays spend ______________________ time and money on beauty. I agree with the expression, “beauty
is only skin deep”. This means ______________________ really important is someone’s heart and character, not what they
look like on the outside. It’s a little strange, ______________________, that you have to be beautiful to be a top actress
______________________ news reader on TV. I think there should be ______________________ for ______________________ “non-
beautiful” people.
AFTER LISTENING: Unjumble the words.

People say that is beauty beholder the of eye the in.

is think idea beauty I the of interesting.

Why things do or we some think people some are beautiful and others aren’t?

Some people think a building is beautiful, opposite think while the others.

much too spend nowadays People time and money on beauty.

I agree with the expression, “beauty is only skin deep”. that means This important really what’s is someone’s heart
and character, not what they look like on the outside.

It’s a little strange, and unfair, that you have be to a be top beautiful actress to or even a news reader on TV. there
think I for rights equal be should most of us “non-beautiful” people.

ORAL ACTIVITY

Write three questions about beauty to ask your classmates. Then, record their and your answers in a chart like this:

STUDENT 1 STUDENT 2 MY ANSWERS

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Make conclusions based on the results and share them with the class.

READING ACTIVITY: Read the following article and decide if the statements are true or false.

Chantelle Brown-Young was not born with vitiligo, but it has made her famous. She is
the first supermodel with the skin condition, which causes areas of skin to lose their
colour.

Chantelle was born in Toronto, Canada. At the age of four she started to develop
patches of white skin and was diagnosed with vitiligo. No one really knows why one
per cent of people have this skin condition, and there is no real cure.

At school, Chantelle was bullied for being different. The other kids often called her a
‘cow’, because of the way her skin looked. She moved school several times and finally
left school at 16.

From now on, she decided, she would be proud of her skin. She posted photos of
herself on Facebook and was ‘spotted’ by a Canadian YouTube star, Shannon Boodram, who asked her to be in a
music video. It was while she was doing that that her really ‘big break’ happened. Tyra Banks asked her to be on
America’s Next Top Model. She didn’t win, but she had become famous.

Her professional name now is Winnie Harlow, and she has nearly three million followers on Instagram. Little by little,
she is changing people’s ideas about what beauty is.

a) Chantelle has always had vitiligo. ………

b) People who have vitiligo usually get better. ………..

c) Chantelle tried to escape the bullies at school. ………..

d) Chantelle became America’s Next Top Model. ……….

e) She uses a different name for her work ………..

FOCUS ON TENSES:
A) Find and underline an example of each of the following tenses in the article.

1. present simple 3. present perfect 5. past continuous

2. present continuous 4. past simple 6. past perfect

B) Match the examples (1–6) above with the meanings below.

A. Something which happened C. Something that happened E. Something which is generally or

before now, which has an impact before another action in the past always true
on the present
D. Something in progress at the F. Something which happened at a
B. Something that was in progress moment specific point in the past
in the past when something else
happened

C) Complete the chart with the pattern needed for each tense:
rd
PRESENT S+ (adverb) + Verb (+S for 3 person PAST
SIMPLE singular)… SIMPLE
Do/does + S + V (without S)…?
S+ don’t/does’nt + V…
PRESENT PAST
CONTINUOUS CONTINUOUS

PRESENT PAST
PERFECT PERFECT
DISCUSSION: CONNECTION WITH TOK

 How does the perception of beauty differ in different languages? 

 What is the relationship between language and thought? 
 If we change our way of referring to beauty, will the concept of beauty change? 
 When does a beauty practice become a danger for our health? 
 Why would someone prioritize their body image?  
 What happens in the mind of someone who has an eating disorder? 
 Who is responsible? 
 What can be done to prevent it? 
 What can be done to stop it?

WRITING: Write a speech about the concept of beauty to read aloud in class.