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Text A of Unit 2 课文分析及学问点

The confusing pursuit of beauty

课文的标题是一个名词短语，话题是pursuit of beauty，“对美的追

求”，confusing“令人困惑的”对名词短语起修饰作用，做定语，

说明作者的态度。本文是一篇比照性的文章，就男性和女性对美的追求，

分三个方面进展概述，并举例说明。留意开头和结尾的写法：开头设

置情景，引出话题。结尾照看。思考结论是什么？

1 If you”re a man at some point a woman will ask you how she looks.

at some moment 在某个时候

2 You must be careful how you answer this question. The best technique is to

form an honest yet sensitive response then promptly excuse yourself for some

kind of emergency. Trust me this is the easiest way out. No amount of

rehearsal will help you come up with the right answer.

Form a response 赐予答复

Excuse oneself for some kind of emergency 借口有急事马上脱身

Way out ：exit; a way of escaping from a difficult situation 出路

例如：She was in a mess and could see no way out

句子学习 1：

No amount of sth. will do…用于表达“无论如何都不会发生期盼的结果”。

No amount of rehearsal will help you come up with the right answer.

对于她的这一问题，无论你事先练习多少次，都不会找到正确答案。

come up with 想出〔答案〕

3 The problem is that men do not think of their looks in the same way women

do. Most men form an opinion of themselves in seventh grade and stick to it

for the rest of their lives. Some men think they”re irresistibly desirable and

they refuse to change this opinion even when they grow bald and their faces

visibly wrinkle as they age.

句子学习 2：

The problem is that men do not think of their looks in the same way women do.

本句的构造：主从复合句，从句局部为 that 引出的表语从句，和 way 后面的

定语从句。“其缘由是，男性和女性对外表的看法截然不同。”

Stick to: keep doing what you believe

Some men think they”re irresistibly desirable and they refuse to change this

opinion even when they grow bald and their faces visibly wrinkle as they age.

Irresistibly (adv.) visibly (adv.)

age (v.) to become older

E.g. As he aged, his memory got worse.他随着年事增高，记忆力就变差了。

The population is aging(=more people are living longer).人口正在老龄化。

有些男性认为自己有不行抗拒的魅力，即使随着年龄的增长，他们头发掉光了，

脸上布满皱纹，他们照旧拒绝转变这种看法。

4 Most men I believe are not arrogant about their looks. If the transient thought

passes through their minds at all they like to think of themselves as

average-looking. Being average doesn”t bother them; average is fine. They

don”t affix much value to their looks or think of them in terms of aesthetics.

Their primary form of beauty care is to shave themselves， which is essentially

the same care they give to their lawns. If at the end of his four minute allotment

of time for grooming a man has managed to wipe most of the shaving cream

out of the strands of his hair and isn”t bleeding too badly he feels he”s done all

he can.

Be arrogant about…对 感到骄傲

Average-looking 样貌寻常的，长相一般的 good-looking 好看的，美貌的

weird-looking

样貌奇异的

〔Para 6〕

Affix value to sth. 认为 有价值 consider sth. valuable

in terms of aesthetics 从美学的角度/方面

句子学习 3：

Their primary form of beauty care is to shave themselves， which is essentially

the same care they give to their lawns. 他们的装扮方式主要就是刮刮胡子，

就像打理自家草坪一样。

句子构造：which 引出非限制性定语从句，其中

they give to their lawns 又是

定语从句修饰先行词 care

5 Women do not look at themselves this way. If I had to guess what most

women think about their appearance it would be: “Not good enough.“ No

matter how attractive a woman may be, her perception of herself is

eclipsed by the beauty industry. She has trouble thinking “I”m

beautiful.“ She magnifies the smallest imperfections in her body and

imagines them as glaring flaws the whole world will notice and ridicule.