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Ⅰ. Pair wor k
1. Have you ever used cosmetics or see others use them？ What kind of product do you buy in particular？ Do you care about its brand if you want to buy one as a gift for your mother？ Why or why not？
2. Do you have any idea about the price and profit of cosmetics？ What percentage of your salary do you want to spend on them？
3. If a mother -to-be still uses cosmetics when she is pregnant，do you think it is good or not？
Some useful expr essions for your refer ence：
洗面奶： facial cleanser /face wash( foaming，milky，cream，gel)
爽肤水： toner / astringent
紧肤水： firming lotion
柔肤水： toner / smoothing toner ( facial mist /facial spray / complexion mist)
护肤霜： moisturizers and creams
隔离霜，防晒： sun screen / sun block
日霜： day cream
晚霜： night cream
眼部GEL： eye gel
面膜： facial mask /masque
眼膜： eye mask
磨砂膏： facial scrub
去黑头： ( deep) pore cleanser / striper pore refining
去死皮： exfoliating scrub
润肤露( 身体) ： body lotion /moisturizer
护手霜： hand lotion /moisturizer
沐浴露： body wash
Ⅱ. Grou p d iscu ssion
1. What expenses do you think a nuclear family have to spend in a modern city？ You may divide them into five categories and fill in the blanks：
2. Now what can we take away from the above lists to simplify our life. You may discuss it with the group members in the following pattern and finally check your group answer with other groups：
In my opinion，maybe we can cancel car and the numerous fees spent on it Because . . .
Besides，it is possible to take away the fees for the husband？？s cigarettes and wine from the list . . . . . .
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Ⅰ. Grou p d iscu ssion
1. What is your understanding about the title of Text B now？ What does the author mean by“stripping down to bare happiness？”What does“bare happiness”refer to in your opinion？
2. Why do Sara and Michael want to simplify their lives？
3. What kind of life-style do you want to adopt in the future？ Do you want to follow Sara and Michael？？s example？ Why or why not？
Ⅱ. Oral p resentat ion
Give an oral presentation before the class about what you have just discussed according to one of the above topics. You may develop your oral presentation like this：
1. It seems that nowadays simplification of life has become a new tendency.
2. As far as I am concerned，I would also like to adopt a ****** way of life but not to the extreme degree of Sara and Michael？？s.
First，I want . . .
Next，. . .
Then，. . .
As . . .
At last，. . .
3. . . .
Ⅲ. Assignmen t
Have you ever calculated your monthly expense as a college student？ Besides the high
tuition of higher education，the daily cost of college students is a large sum of
spending.
( 1 ) First of all，look at the following list，pick out those you have owned or want to own. After that，you may have a second thought on these luxuries. How did you pay for it，with your own part-time job earnings or with your parents？？earnings？
IBM portable computer about 9 ，800
SamSung mobile phone 3 ，500
Sony digital camera 4 ，000
BENQ MP3 1 ，500
( 2 ) Fill in the form based on how you usually spend your money each month. Can you find any ways to simplify your life at university？
( 3 ) As we all know，scholarships give a great impetus to students？？studies. If you won a scholarship，how would you use it？
( A) Buying reference books，dictionaries or any kind of books you like.
( B) Buying cell phones，digital camera or any fancy things you have longed for.
( C) Being forced to invite your classmates，good friends to feast.
( D) Traveling.
