The Perfect Woman And How To Make Her
THE PERFECT WOMAN AND HOW TO MAKE HER
Practice English with your teacher
Warm-up
Talk about these questions with your teacher.
선생님과 이야기해 보세요.
- What aspect of today's topic challenges your existing assumptions the most?
- If you could change one thing about how society approaches this issue, what would it be?
Vocabulary
Listen and repeat after your teacher.
선생님을 따라 읽어보세요.
Reading
Read the passage with your teacher.
선생님과 함께 지문을 읽어보세요.
I wonder if people fully realize how women are being sabotaged by the advertising establishment, which tells us we are nothing unless our bodies are perfect.We live in a society in which women are brainwashed to feel imperfect, because it's good business to keep selling products that (by definition, since no one is perfect) can never achieve their goal. Women have chosen to place so much importance on their weight and looks because they have been taught that if they look better, they will be better loved and have more fun.I used to be bulimic. But after seeing a very good counselor, I realized that I'd chosen to give an insane amount of power to those extra 10 pounds on my body. I know now that my life and my problems are the same whether I'm 10 pounds overweight or 10 pounds underweight. When will the media and other powerful elements in our society stop insisting that thinness is ideal? Why are women judged by what they weigh, but men are judged by what they do and the way they do it?
Dialogue Practice
Practice the dialogue with your teacher.
선생님과 대화를 연습해 보세요.
What Does It Mean?1. Women are being sabotaged by the advertising establishment.
2. Women have chosen to place so much importance on their weight and looks.
Korean Trap! / 한국인 실수 교정
Common mistakes Korean speakers make.
한국인이 자주 하는 실수를 알아봅시다.
추상적인 개념(politics, music, love 등)에는 the를 쓰지 않습니다. 또한 'interest'는 셀 수 있는 명사로 'an'이 필요합니다.
Discussion
Share your thoughts with your teacher.
선생님과 의견을 나눠보세요.
- Why does making women feel sensitive to their imperfections make good business sense?
- What did the writer realize after seeing a counselor?
- How are men and women judged differently? What should the common standard be?
Extra Practice
- Are you worried about your weight? How about your height? If so, what can you do?
- Do you think slim people are more accepted in our society than fat ones? Why?
- How much responsibility do the mass media have for causing dieting problems?
- How can we win the diet war? Can it be won?
- On what basis should the "proper" weight be determined? Who do you think should decide this?
- What kinds of weight-control methods are available without side effects
Lesson Summary / 수업 요약
Today's Topic: THE PERFECT WOMAN AND HOW TO MAKE HER
Level: Middle Advanced (M.A)
Review this lesson before your next class! / 다음 수업 전에 복습하세요!