Of the two girls, she is the ______. A: pretty B: more pretty C: prettier D: more prettier
Of the two girls, she is the ______. A: pretty B: more pretty C: prettier D: more prettier
Which dress is the woman wearing A: The prettier one. B: The new one. C: The more comfortable one.
Which dress is the woman wearing A: The prettier one. B: The new one. C: The more comfortable one.
I think Sally is quite _____ her sister, Lily. A: as pretty B: as pretty than C: as pretty as D: prettier
I think Sally is quite _____ her sister, Lily. A: as pretty B: as pretty than C: as pretty as D: prettier
We can prevent domestic violence in () the same way as we do crime. A: much pretty B: more pretty C: pretty much D: much prettier
We can prevent domestic violence in () the same way as we do crime. A: much pretty B: more pretty C: pretty much D: much prettier
A: Isn't the pink shirt pretty B:（）. A: No, the blue one is prettier. B: Yeah... but the blue one would look better on you. C: I think otherwise. D: I don't think I agree with you.
A: Isn't the pink shirt pretty B:（）. A: No, the blue one is prettier. B: Yeah... but the blue one would look better on you. C: I think otherwise. D: I don't think I agree with you.
Book IV Unit 2 pre-reading dictation Listen to a short passage concerning the power of beauty, and fill in the missing information. One of the most successful, influential and beloved women in American history, Eleanor Roosevelt once said that she had one regret: she wished she had been prettier. Who hasn’t felt the same way? We are all too 1)______ of our physical imperfections. To overcome them, we spend billions upon billions of dollars every year on cosmetics, diet products, fashion, and plastic 2)_______. Why do we care so much about how we look? Because it 3)_______. Because beauty is powerful. Because even when we learn to value people mostly for being kind and wise and funny, we are still moved by beauty. No matter how much we 4)_________ it or pretend to be immune, beauty 5)______ its power over us. There is simply no escape. Our 6)_________ to physical beauty is not something we can control 7)_______ . We are born with it. Experiments conducted by psychologist Judith J. Langlois showed that even small infants prefer to look at attractive faces. Before they have met a single supermodel, before they have watched a single TV show, before they have opened up a single fashion magazine, they are drawn to the same faces which adults have 8)______ to be attractive. There are more important things in life than beauty. But as Etcoff says, “We have to understand beauty, or we will always be 9)________ by it.” If you aim to be wise and kind and funny, it doesn’t mean that you can’t also try your best to look beautiful. There’s no reason to 10)_________ being moved by beauty’s power. It moves us all.
Book IV Unit 2 pre-reading dictation Listen to a short passage concerning the power of beauty, and fill in the missing information. One of the most successful, influential and beloved women in American history, Eleanor Roosevelt once said that she had one regret: she wished she had been prettier. Who hasn’t felt the same way? We are all too 1)______ of our physical imperfections. To overcome them, we spend billions upon billions of dollars every year on cosmetics, diet products, fashion, and plastic 2)_______. Why do we care so much about how we look? Because it 3)_______. Because beauty is powerful. Because even when we learn to value people mostly for being kind and wise and funny, we are still moved by beauty. No matter how much we 4)_________ it or pretend to be immune, beauty 5)______ its power over us. There is simply no escape. Our 6)_________ to physical beauty is not something we can control 7)_______ . We are born with it. Experiments conducted by psychologist Judith J. Langlois showed that even small infants prefer to look at attractive faces. Before they have met a single supermodel, before they have watched a single TV show, before they have opened up a single fashion magazine, they are drawn to the same faces which adults have 8)______ to be attractive. There are more important things in life than beauty. But as Etcoff says, “We have to understand beauty, or we will always be 9)________ by it.” If you aim to be wise and kind and funny, it doesn’t mean that you can’t also try your best to look beautiful. There’s no reason to 10)_________ being moved by beauty’s power. It moves us all.