1、Active Reading 2,Listen to the passage Diamonds Are a Girls Best Friend.,Warming Up,Task 1: True or False?,Task 2: Answer Questions.,Script,Task 1: Listen to the passage and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). 1._ The speaker finds wearing a diamond necklace a bother,
2、so she doesnt want it for her birthday. 2._ Now jewelers aim at male customers who throw away money to buy diamonds for women. 3._ A diamond is always welcome even for a girl without a natural-born interest in jewellery. 4._ As a liberated and independent woman, nothing is better than buying herself
3、 a diamond.,Warming Up,T,F,F,F,Task 2: Listen again and answer the following questions. 1. What changes are ongoing among modern women compared with women who used to wait for men to buy jewellery to them? 2. Which finger is the “wedding finger”? Why? 3. What do you think diamonds symbolize? 4. What
4、 is the speakers advice for single women? 5. What hind does the speaker want to give to Mr. Rights?,Warming Up,1. What changes are ongoing among modern women compared with women who used to wait for men to buy jewellery to them?Today, women no longer wait for Mr. Right to come along with a little so
5、ft box with a ring in it. Single women are buying their own precious stones. They have the money to do so, and the confidence to wear them. 2. Which finger is the “wedding finger”? Why? The third finger of the right hand is the “wedding finger” because, according to folklore, a vein runs directly fr
6、om that finger to the heart.,Warming Up,3. What do you think a diamond symbolize? A diamond is a symbol of affection and the equation is simple: If a man loves you, hell buy it for you.4. What is the speakers advice for single women? Go buy a piece of jewellery if itll make you happy. You deserve it
7、.5. What hint does the speaker want to give to Mr. Rights?Give that woman a diamond. A diamond is always welcome, even for a girl without a natural-born love of jewellery.,Warming Up,Diamonds Are a Girls Best FriendIf theres one thing Im grateful I was not born with, its an interest in jewellery. Do
8、nt get me wrong. I dont hate jewellery. Not at all. If I were to be given a diamond necklace from Tiffany for my birthday, Id be trilled to bits and Id really show it off. But, chances are, I wouldnt wear it more than a couple of times, after which Id put it in a drawer for safekeeping where it woul
9、d gather dust. Im just generally indifferent to jewellery and I find wearing it a bother.,Warming Up,Diamonds, rubies, sapphires, jade, gold, silver, platinum, these precious stones and metals are pretty to look at and definitely nice to have, but I dont dream of them. I toss jewellery adverts into
10、the bin without even a glance.It used to be that women didnt buy their own diamonds or other fine jewellery. Instead, they waited for the men in their lives to give it to them. Jewellery was a symbol of affection and the equation is simple: If a man loves you, hell buy it for you.Today, women no lon
11、ger wait for Mr. Right to come along with a little soft box with a ring in it. Single women are buying their own precious stones. They have the money to do so, and the confidence to wear them. In fact, jewelers now target female rather than male customers.,Warming Up,Recently, US jewelers started pr
12、omoting the “right-hand ring“, aimed at independent, worldly women. The diamond ring is to be worn on the third finger of the right hand, which, as everyone knows, is the “wedding finger“. It is reserved for those committed to love and marriage because, according to folklore, a vein runs directly fr
13、om that finger to the heart.But what puzzles me is this: If todays women are truly liberated, does it matter which hand or finger carries her ring? Why cant a single woman wear a diamond on the wedding finger, if thats the one the ring looks nicest on?,Warming Up,So what if it causes questions about
14、 your marital status? And so what if people are shocked by your reply: “Im not married. I just like wearing the ring on this finger?” Surely women are confident enough not to be ruled by tradition and beliefs. Still, for all my brave talk about liberated women, nothing beats getting jewellery as a g
15、ift, especially from a man you like. While it does feel good to be able to buy yourself a diamond, it is still nicer when its a present. Independent though women might be, who doesnt want to be loved and admired? And, like it or not, jewellery is the ultimate symbol of this.,Warming Up,No, not just
16、because diamonds are beautiful to look at and something you can wear, but also because they are expensive. If someone is willing to throw away money to buy it for you, surely he must care for you.So, here s my advice: If youre single and female, go buy a piece of jewellery if itll make you happy. Yo
17、u deserve it. And if youre attached, let me give the man in your life a hint: Give that woman a diamond. Even if, like me, she doesnt have a natural-born love of jewellery, a diamond is always welcome.,Warming Up,Text,Go to the text,Background information,Text,Background informationThis is an articl
18、e from Times Online of 27th September, 2008, by Anna Shepard, a journalist who writes a column called “Eco-Worrier”. She speaks on the radio and TV about green issues and has published a book, How Green Are My Wellies: Small Steps and Giant Leaps to Green Living with Style. She likes the idea of rec
19、ycling glass from the sea to make jewellery.,Text,Although sea glass is disappearing, jewellery designer Gina Cowen is still on the hunt for the elusive treasure. 1 When jewellery designer Gina Cowen scours a beach for sea glass, she says she looks like a human crab. Head down, bent over, sidling up
20、 and down in the surf, she loses her sense of time. “Im always hoping Ill find a piece better than the last,“ she tells me, over lunch in her Oxford studio. “Hours later, Ill look up and realize the beach is empty and Ive burnt my shoulders.“,Text,2 Anyone who has stumbled upon a piece of sea-tumble
21、d glass will understand. It has the ability to transform magically from something ordinary to luminous treasure after a stint in the sea. Hold pieces up and each one will reflect the light differently, casting a unique glow.,Text,3 There is no hard and fast rule about how long chunks of glass must s
22、pend in the waves before they can officially be called sea glass, but theres no doubt that the older they are, the smoother and more unusual they become. “Perfect sea glass has no edge; it is worn away over the years, turning it from a large piece to a small, beautiful gem,“ 50-year-old Cowen explai
23、ns. “The colour gives you a hint of age. If you find reds and ambers glass we dont make any more the chances are youve found something that could be centuries old.“,Text,4 To make her jewellery, Cowen polishes the pieces she finds in a rock tumbler, which removes their frosted surfaces. Some she set
24、s in silver; others are suspended from a string of beads, or pierced with a diamond-tipped drill and threaded on to microfilament. 5 Her designs were sold at Liberty, London, in the late 1990s. Today, you may spot them in galleries, but she works mostly to commission, designing everything from ankle
25、ts to engagement rings.,Text,6 Her decision to become a jeweller came after stints in journalism and music management in her 20s and 30s. She was walking on a shingle beach near Cape Town, in her native South Africa, where she chanced upon a handful of sea glass, noticing how each piece had been sha
26、ped differently by the ocean. It was the start of a collection now stored in a huge glass cabinet that presides over her studio. Most stunning is her Victorian sea-glass collection, found on British beaches, although there are also pieces from as far afield as Fiji and Majorca.,Text,7 Her favourite
27、hunting ground and popular among collectors is Seaham Beach in County Durham, the site of a Victorian glass factory that closed in 1921. Thousands of tonnes of glass ended up in the sea where, over the past century, it has been shaped and polished by the waves, providing Cowen with plenty of materia
28、l.,Text,8 The creation of sea glass is a form of recycling, but more than that, it is an example of nature compensating for mans folly. 9 “I like that an act of negligence has been turned into something positive,“ says Cowen.,Text,to be a sound process. Eventually, glass breaks down into sand. Today
29、s responsible attitude to its disposal, revolving around recycling where possible, is vastly superior, but it signals the end of the sea-glass era.,“This is a window of opportunity,“ says Cowen. “Sea glass will eventually run out one day, it will be rarer than diamonds.“,10 Although no one considere
30、d the consequences of hurling glass into the sea in the 19th century, it turned out,Text,11 The decline in supply, combined with an increase in demand, has produced a boom in the market. Where once people offered their collections to jewellers for free, now they are sold on eBay for hundreds of poun
31、ds. Even young collectors are wise to its potential. A 15-year-old girl recently sold her collection to Cowen to fund a school trip. “I ended up paying far too much for it,“ says Cowen. “Shed photographed it very well.“,Text,12 Its eco-credentials lend sea glass further appeal, at a time when people
32、 have started to question jewellerys origins. Golds murky reputation for damaging the environment in the extraction process and the diamond industrys poor human rights record play into the hands of designers who have chosen to work with a material that puts a waste product to use.,Text,13 If the dec
33、line in sea glass seems to suggest we should revive old habits of dumping glass, Cowen refuses to condone it. “People have said to me, Why dont you secure future supplies by chucking glass into the sea, or polish new glass to make it look old? Thats not for me. It would take away the mystery. What I
34、 love is that there is always a story behind sea glass. You can imagine what object it might have been, where it travelled and how old it is. Everyone sees a different story in the same piece.“,Text,14 In 50 years, plastic may be the only thing being washed up, but Cowen is confident artists will fi
35、nd ways to put it to use. “There are already jewellers working with melted plastic,“ she says. “People will find creative ways of working with whatever is available.“,Text,15 Meanwhile, children will continue to pounce upon the spoils of the sea, regardless of its value. Its free treasure, after all
36、, worth hunting even if you leave it behind at the end of the day, to be washed away by the tides. 16 So the next time youre wondering how to make the best of a British beach, follow Cowens example, take up your position as a human crab and search for glowing pebbles before they vanish. ,生态珠宝：海洋玻璃虽然
37、海洋玻璃正在逐渐消失，珠宝设计师吉娜考恩仍在搜寻这种难觅的珍宝。1 珠宝设计师吉娜考恩说，在海滩上搜寻海洋玻璃时，她看起来像人形蟹：她低头弯腰，在起伏的白色浪花中慢慢移动着，完全忘记了时间的流逝。在位于牛津的工作室里，她边吃午饭边告诉我：“我每次都希望能找到比上次更好的海洋玻璃。几小时后，我会抬起头来，却发现偌大的海滩已经空无一人，而我的肩膀也已经被晒伤了。”,Text,2 见过被海水打磨过的玻璃的人都明白，这种玻璃在海里呆上一段时间之后就能奇迹般地由一块普通玻璃变成一颗耀眼的珍宝。把它们拿在手里，你会发现它们每一块都折射出不同的光泽，散发出独特的光彩。,Text,3 没有什么硬性的规定说明玻
38、璃碎块要在海水中沉浸多长时间才能被正式地称为海洋玻璃，但可以肯定的是，年代越久远，玻璃就越光滑、越奇特。50岁的考恩解释说：“完美的海洋玻璃没有棱角。它们的棱角经海水多年的拍打已经磨平了，它们也从大块玻璃变成了小巧精美的宝石。玻璃的颜色也能告诉你它们的年龄，如果你发现红色或琥珀色的海洋玻璃，你找到的可能就是几百年前的玻璃我们已经不再生产这种玻璃了。”,Text,4 要制造玻璃珠宝，考恩得先把她找到的海洋玻璃放在磨石滚筒里抛光，除掉玻璃表面的霜花。她把其中一些抛光的玻璃镶在银器上，其他的当挂件配上一串珠链，或用金刚钻打眼后用细丝串在一起。 5 90年代末，她设计的产品在伦敦的利博提百货店出售。如
39、今，你可能能在美术馆里见到她的作品，但是她主要做订单产品，设计的产品从踝环到订婚戒指无所不有。,Text,6 在立志成为珠宝商之前，考恩二三十岁时一直从事新闻报道及音乐管理工作。在祖国南非开普敦的砂砾海滩散步时，她偶然发现了几颗海洋玻璃，并注意到它们经过海水的塑造呈现出各种不同的形状。她从此开始收集海洋玻璃，把它们存放在一个大玻璃柜里，放在工作室最显眼的位置。尽管她的收藏包括来自遥远的斐济和马略卡岛的珍品，但最令人惊叹的是她在英国沙滩上找到的维多利亚时期的海洋玻璃藏品。,Text,7 她最喜欢的寻宝地也是许多收藏者的寻宝地是英国达勒姆县的锡厄姆海滩。那儿是维多利亚时期一个玻璃厂的所在地，该厂于
40、1921年关闭。有成千上万公吨的玻璃散落到海里，并在过去的一个世纪里被海浪打磨抛光，为考恩提供了大量的原材料。,Text,8 海洋玻璃的产生是废物再生的一种形式，不仅如此，它也是大自然补救人类愚蠢行为的一个范例。 9 考恩说，“人的过失行为被转变成有意义的事情，这真是太好了。”,Text,10 虽然在19世纪没有人考虑过向大海倾倒玻璃的后果，但这件事最后有了一个完美的结局：玻璃最终破碎了，变成了沙子。如今，对玻璃废料的负责任的态度是尽量重新利用废旧玻璃，这确实大有好处，但也宣告了海洋玻璃时代的终结。考恩说，“这是一个机遇：海洋玻璃资源最终会枯竭，将来有一天，它们会比钻石还珍贵。”,Text,1
41、1 供应的减少加上需求的增加使海洋玻璃生意非常兴隆。以前人们曾经免费向珠宝商提供自己收藏的海洋玻璃，而现在这些玻璃在易趣网上能卖到成百上千英镑。就连年轻的收藏者也深知海洋玻璃的潜在价值。最近一位15岁的女孩把她的收藏卖给考恩，想挣点钱参加学校组织的旅游。考恩说：“我付给她的钱比玻璃的实际价值高多了，她把玻璃拍得很漂亮。”,Text,12 当人们开始对珠宝的来源提出质疑时，海洋玻璃的生态优点让它们更具吸引力。黄金的提炼会破坏环境，这样的坏名声以及钻石业糟糕的人权记录给选择变废为宝的珠宝设计者带来了极大的优势。,Text,13 海洋玻璃的减少似乎让人觉得应该恢复（往海里）倾倒玻璃的旧习，但考恩绝不
42、宽恕这样的做法。“有人跟我说为什么不往海里倒玻璃以保证未来原材料的供应？或把新玻璃打磨成像旧玻璃一样？我绝不会这样做。这样做会失去神秘感。我喜欢的是，每块海洋玻璃的背后都有一个故事，你可以想象它曾经的样子，它经过的地方以及它的年龄。不同的人会通过同一块玻璃看到不同的故事。”,Text,14 50年后，塑料可能会是被海浪冲上岸的唯一的东西了，但考恩坚信艺术家会想办法把它们派上用场。她说：“已经有珠宝商开始使用降解塑料了。人们会找到富有创造性的方法来利用一切现有的资源。”,Text,15 同时，孩子们会继续搜寻大海收藏的玻璃珍品，不管它是否有价值。毕竟它是免费的，即使傍晚时分你离开时把它落在了海滩
43、上，被海浪冲走了，你也没有白费心思。 16 所以，下一次如果你想知道如何充分利用英国的沙滩的话，你可以学学考恩：像个人形蟹一样在海滩上搜寻那些闪闪发光的鹅卵石，别让它们从你的眼前溜走。,Text,Words & Phrases,jewellery,elusive,scour,sidle,magically,luminous,stint,anklet,commission,microfilament,drill,bead,suspend,tumbler,folly,county,collector,afield,stunning,preside,cabinet,chunk,gem,amber,s
44、hingle,jeweller,engagement,vastly,disposal,negligence,Words & Phrases,credentials,murky,extraction,revive,condone,chuck,pounce,spoil,tide,pebble,hard and fast,wear away,chance upon,turn out,break down,revolve around,wise to sth.,play into sbs hands,wash up,Words & Phrases,Gina Cowen 吉娜 考恩（人名）,Cape T
45、own 开普敦（南非城市）,Fiji 斐济（西南太平洋岛国）,Majorca 马略卡岛（西班牙岛屿）,Seaham 锡厄姆（英国达勒姆县一城镇）,County Durham 达勒姆县（英国英格兰东北部）,eBay 易趣网（网上商店）,jewellery n. U objects that you wear as decoration. Types of jewellery include rings, which you wear on your finger, bracelets, which you wear on your wrist, and necklaces, which you
46、wear around your neck 珠宝；首饰 e.g. 1. This diamond brooch is my most valuable piece of jewellery. 这个钻石胸针是我最贵重的一件珠宝。 2. I dont think some mug will buy his fake jewellery. 我想没有哪个傻瓜会买他的假珠宝。 See also: jeweller,Words & Phrases,elusive a. an elusive person or animal is difficult or impossible to find or cat
47、ch 难找到的；难抓住的 e.g. 1. Ive been trying all day to reach him on the telephone, but hes very elusive.我整天都在打电话找他，但是找不着。 2. Failure is inevitable. Success is elusive. 失败是无可避免的，成功则是稍纵即逝的。 Word family: elusively ad. elusiveness n. U,Words & Phrases,scour vt. search a place or document thoroughly for sth. 搜索
48、；细查 e.g. 1. The police scoured the area looking for the lost child. 警方搜遍这个地区寻找这个走失的孩子。 2. Flavor company scientists scour the four corners of the earth in search of new scents and then identify their chemical components. 调味公司的科学家们行遍世界各地，搜寻各种新鲜味道，然后确认它们的化学成分。,Words & Phrases,sidle vi. move slowly in
49、a particular direction, usually because you are nervous or do not want to be noticed 慢慢移动；偷偷行走 e.g. 1. A man sidled up to me and asked If I wanted a ticket for the match. 一男子慢慢走到我跟前，问我要不要买比赛的票。 2. If you sit at the back, you can sidle out without anyone seeing you leave. 假如你坐在后面你可以溜出去而没人看见。 3. She sidled out of the crowded room.她悄悄地侧身走出那挤满人的房间。,
