English 10 UNIT 6 GENDER EQUALITY READING

Women are struggling hard for equality at workplace.... UNIT 6: LESSON 6: READING GENDER EQUALITY Gender Equality In Employment... Gender Equality in Employment Task 3.. Task 4: Read the

WELCOME TO OUR CLASS

What do the following pictures tell you about?

Same work but men get higher paid

Men have higher positions than women.

Women are excluded from some jobs.

Women are struggling hard for equality at workplace.

UNIT 6:

LESSON 6: READING

GENDER EQUALITY

Gender Equality In Employment

TASK 1: Look at the symbols What do they stand for?

DICRIMINATON

Sở thích,

sự ưu tiên

Kiện

Theo đuổi

Sự cô đơn

Sự giới hạn

/ˈpref.ər.əns/

/ su /

 / pəˈsjuː /

 / ˈləʊnlinəs /

 /ˌlɪmɪˈteɪʃn/ 

TASK 2: Match each of the words with its meaning Use a dictionary if necessary.

a Brenda Berkman's Childhood

b A Woman Who Did a ‘Man's Job’

c Gender Equality in Employment

Task 3 Quickly read the text and choose the best title for it.

Task 4: Read the statements Decide if they are true (T), false (F) or

not given (NG) Tick the correct boxes.

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

✔

didn’t give up.

worked

Task 5: Read the text again Answer the questions.

1.What job did Brenda Berkman want to do as a young girl?

- She wanted to become a firefighter

2.What did she do after she failed the physical test?

- She sued New York City and the FDNY gender discrimination and won

3 How were she and other female firefighters treated?

- They became the targets of laughter and anger from the co-worker and local people They were unwelcomed at meals, faced loneliness and even violence

4 What jobs did they do at FDNY?

- They had to do exactly the same jobs as all other male firefighters

5 What is Taking the Heat?

other female firefighters were the subjects

6 What does Brenda Berkman's story show?

- It shows that gender differences can not prevent a person from

pursuing a job

Task 6 Discuss the following with a partner

In my opinion,/I think that/ a  woman should not do a man’s  job because she will not have  enough physical health as man 

to do it. If she tries too much,  she may get hurt. 

Should a woman do a man’s job? Why/Why not?

Let’s watch a video about Brenda Berman

- Learn by heart all the vocabulary.

- Prepare the next lesson.