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Text A of Unit 2
课文分析及知识点
The
confusing pursuit of beauty
课文的标题是一个名词短语，话题是
pursuit of b
eauty
，“对美的追
求”，
con
fusing
“令人困惑的”对名词短语起修饰作用，做定语，
表明作者的态度。
本文是一篇对比性的文章，
就男性和女性对美
的追
求，分三个方面进行概述，并举例说明。注意开头和结尾的写法：开
头设置情景，引出话题。结尾呼应。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
给予答复
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待的结果”。
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。<
/p>
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
：
1
The problem is
that men do not think of their looks in the same
way women do.
本句的结构：主从复合句，从句部分为
that
引出的表语从句，和
way
后面的<
/p>
定语从句。“其原因是，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可抗拒的魅力，即使随着年龄的增长，他们头发掉光了，
脸上布满皱纹，他们仍然拒绝改变这种看法。
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
感到傲慢
Average-
looking
样貌平常的，
长相普通的
good-looking
好看的，
美貌的
weird-looking
样貌古怪的
（
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
.
他们的打扮方式主要就是刮刮胡子，
就像打理自家草坪一样。
句子结构：
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:
No
matter how attractive a woman may be,
her perception of herself is
eclipsed
by the beauty industry.
She has trouble
thinking
She magnifies the smallest
imperfections in her body and imagines them as
glaring flaws the whole world will
notice and ridicule.
2
句子学习
4
：
No matter how attractive a woman may
be, her perception of herself is
eclipsed by the beauty
industry.
一位女士，无论她看起来多么吸引人，她
对
自己的看法总是由于受美容业的影响而
蒙着一层阴影
。
句子结构：
No
matter how
引出让步状语从句，无论
?
Eclipse
n.
日蚀
,
月蚀
,
衰落
v.
<
/p>
引起日蚀
,
引起月蚀
,
使
...
黯然失色
E.g.
Twilight
—
eclipse
《暮光之城
—
蚀》
6 Why do women consider
their looks so deficient? This chronic insecurity
isn't
inborn but created through the
interaction of many complex psychological and
societal factors beginning with the
dolls we give them as children. Girls grow
up playing with dolls proportioned so
that if they were human they would be
seven feet tall and weigh 61 pounds
with tiny thighs and a large upper body.
This is an absurd standard to live up
to
especially when
you
consider the size
of the doll's waist a
relative measurement physically impossible for a
living
human to achieve. Contrast this
absurd standard with that presented to little
boys with their
with were
weird-looking
like the one
called Buzz-Off that was part human part
flying insect. This guy was not a
looker but he was still extremely self-confident.
You could not imagine him saying to the
others
shade of violet for this
outfit?
句子学习
5
：
This chronic insecurity isn't inborn
but created
through
the
interaction of many
complex
psychological and societal factors
beginning with
the dolls we
give
them as children.
这种长期的
不安全感并不是与生俱来的，而是由许多复杂的
心理和社会因素的相互作用造成的，
从小时候大人们给她们买洋娃娃时就开始了。
句子结构：通过介词
through
和分词短语
beginning with
使句子得以扩展
句子学习
6
：
Sth. happens especially when
…
.
表达“事物的普遍性或严重性”
This is an absurd standard to live up
to
especially when
you
consider the size
of the doll's waist a
relative measurement physically impossible for a
living
human to achieve.
要达到
这样的标准是很荒唐的，尤其是当我们想想那种洋娃
娃的腰围尺寸，就知道其相对尺寸对
任何一个活人来说都是不可企及的。
Play with
dolls/toys
摆弄的洋娃娃
/
玩具
Hang out with friends
和朋友一起玩
Live up to a standard
达到标准
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