《2025年情景导学高中英语选择性必修第三册外研版》

How to appreciate inner beauty
Beauty is an aspect of a person, which can be defined as anything that appeals to other people. Beauty can have various forms. External beauty can be a person's elegance, features (五官), figure, or complexion (气色), and inner beauty can be a person's personality traits, habits or even sense of humour. External beauty is transient (短暂的) while inner beauty is the jewel of a person.
Read on, if you're interested in opening up your conception of "beauty" to something far less transient than external beauty.
Be a positive person!
No one wants to be with someone who is negative all the time and constantly complains about their looks, their jobs and so on. So be a positive person! Positive people can change the way others look at life.
Do things for the community without looking for rewards!
Many of the most internally beautiful people have something in common: they have given back to the community in some way, whether through representing an organisation, leading a book drive, running a marathon for a good cause, or raising money for the disadvantaged. Do whatever you can to give back to the community, even if you won't get anything in return.
Run your own race and stay true to who you are!
It's so easy to get into what other people think is "cool" and compromise your values in the process. Be who you are meant to be. Don't conform to what the crowd is doing — stand out in your own unique way! Let your inner beauty shine through! If you're unable to appreciate your own inner beauty, you'll have a hard time appreciating it in others.
Help others!
It doesn't need to be money or material goods. You can be openly generous with helping out strangers in trouble. Also, you can donate old clothes to those who need them. Generous people who don't always put themselves first and look out for the best interests of others are truly beautiful.
阅读完以上段落,让我们一起来讨论以下问题吧！
1. What do you think is the true meaning of beauty?
2. In addition to those mentioned in the passage, what other ways do you think can make a person become more internally beautiful?

答案： 1. The true meaning of beauty lies in inner beauty, referring to lasting qualities like personality traits, habits and sense of humour, rather than transient external beauty. 2. Other ways include being kind and empathetic, keeping honest and trustworthy, continuously learning to improve oneself, and respecting others.