Freshmen English Listening & Speaking

Unit 4 Beauty Contest

Kuei-Min Huang, PhD

What’s the word for…?

Look at the picture in your hand What do you do when you don’t know

how to say that word? Walk around the classroom and talk to

6 different people. Make them guess what you are trying to say.

After you finish with each person, exchange your pictures.

Work with a partner

Do you watch talent shows on TV? Which one is your favorite?

What do you think about the winners? Why do women enter beauty contests? What kind of contests have you

entered? Why?

Listen to Ivy Chang

Ivy is a pretty lady She read about a blog by J. R. Wright

on beauty contests for women. She isn’t very happy about what she

read from it. Listen to what she has to say.

Complete the sentences

1. Ms. Chang says that to win a beauty contest, a woman has to be more than ______.

2. Ms. Chang believes that winners of beauty contests are intelligent and ______.

3. After winning the Miss Asia-Pacific Beauty Contest, Ms. Chang ________________.

4. Ms. Chang feels that entering a beauty contest ________________.

Listen again

And try to find the answers for each statement by underlining them.

Vocabulary Talent: a special skill someone knows how to do very well talented (adj.): a person who is skilled in doing something Foolish: silly, not very smart, a bit stupid Sexist: looking down on the other gender (male or female). People

who think one gender is better than the other. Strangers: people you don’t know Homeless: people who live on streets Prize: gifts win from contests Scholarship: prize money win from contests. Money can only be

used for going to school. Open a lot of doors: give/create a lot chances (opportunities)

What do you think?

Do you agree with everything Ivy said? Mark: Beauty contests are sexist. Iris: It takes more than beauty to win

a contest. Shingo: Beauty contests are helpful for

young women and their careers.

Is it important? Why/why not?

Quality Very Important

Important Not very important

Not important

Beauty

Intelligence

Talent

Smile

Height

Weight

Personality/Characters

friendly Kind / nice humble

Out going Easy going Good manners

Sense of humor / humorous

Good temper Short temper

Good EQ polite attitude

Culture: Top Ten Contests

BeautyPhotography Writing SpeechEatingSports

Skills (puzzles)Sing and dancingChance (Lotteries)Speed

Your speech: A big accomplishment

Step 1: think about something you did that you worked hard for.

Ideas:

1. Speech Contest

2. Game (sports)

3. Exam

4. Project

Step 2: Prepare

Make a outline:

1. What was the event?

2. When did it happened?

3. What happened?

4. How did you feel? This is about…I worked hard on/for….

It happened when ….At last,….