Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 12 - Unit 15: Woman in society (Writing)

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Answer the following questions:

1, How many children does your mother

have?

2, Who does more housework in your

family?

3, How many hours does she spend on her

housework per week?

Two children.

My mother.

It’s about ………….

Make a statistic of these activities and the time that your mother

and your father often do per week.

Activities Your father - Time Your mother -Time Cleaning the floor

Washing clothes

Tidying the kitchen

Ironing clothes

Repairing things

Doing the washing

Taking care of the baby

Cooking meals

Going shopping

Total

Make a statistic of these activities and the time that A’s mother

and A’s father often do per week

Activities A’s father - Time A’s mother -Time

Repairing things × - 5 hours

Taking care of the baby × - 10 hours × - 15 hours

Total 15 hours / a week 50 hours/ a week

Hours Housework hours per week

It’s a chart.

Unit 15 Women in society

Lesson 4 Writing

Look at the chart then do the tasks that

follow:

Hours Housework hours per week

TASK 1: Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences

1 , The column chart … the average hours of housework per week done by

married women in comparison with married man.

A illustrates B shows C describes D All are correct

2 , Women spend …… per week doing housework and this number is only …

for men when they have no children

A 30/20 B 50/15 C 55/10D 50/50

3 , In families of one or two children, the amount of time given to housework by

men is just … , but women’s hours of work at rises to … per week.

A 30/20 B 50/15 C 15/50D 50/55

4 They spend …… a week doing housework while their husbands share with

only ……… When they have 3 or more children.

A 30/20 B 50/15 C 55/10D 50/55

5 The chart suggests that they should first be… from familiar responsibilities

A Liberate B liberated C liberating D liberation

A

C

D

C

B

Look at the chart then do the task that follow:

Hours Housework hours per week

TASK 2: Look at the chart and answer the questions

1.Who, in general, does more housework ?

• In general, married women do more housework than men do

2 Do married women have to do more or less housework when they have more children ?

They have to do more housework when they have more children

3 Do married men have to do more or less housework when they have more children ?

• They have to do less housework when they have more children

4.How many hours do married men and women without children spend on their housework per week ?

• Married men and women without children spend 20 and 30

hours on their housework per week respectively

TASK 2: Look at the chart and answer the questions

5 How much time does it take men and women with one or two children to do their housework every week ?

• It takes 15 and 50 hours to do housework every week

6 what are the numbers of weekly housework hours that men and women with three or more children do respectively ?

• They are 10 and 55

7 what do you think should be done to reduce the unequal

distribution of housework hours per week between married men and women ?

Married men should spend more time sharing the housework with their wives

TASK 3: Write a report describing the information in the column chart

with the given words

• The column chart/ the average hours/ housework

per week done by married women/ comparison with married man

• Women/ spend/30 hours per week /do/ housework/ this number/

be/ 20 hours for men when they have no children

• In families/ one or two children, the amount of time/ give/

housework by men/ be just 15 hours/ women’s hours of work at home rises/ 50 hours per week

• They spend 55 hours a week/ do/ housework/ their husbands

share / with only 10 hours/ they have 3 or more children

• the chart /suggest/ if women are/ gain social equality, they should first/ liberate/ from familiar responsibilities This can only be done

if men lend more helpful hand to women/ do/ domestic chores

* The column chart illustrates/ shows/describes the average hours of 

housework per week done by married women in comparison with married  man

* We can see from the chart, women spend 30 hours per week doing  housework while this number is 20 for men when they have no children. 

* In families of one or two children, the amount of time given to 

housework by men is just 15 hours but women’s hours of work at home  rises to 50 hours per week

* They spend 55 hours a week doing housework. In contrast, their 

husbands share fewer hours with only 10 hours when they have 3 or more  children

* In general, the chart suggests if women are to gain social equality, they  should first be liberated from familiar responsibilities. This can only be  done if men lend more helpful hand to women in doing domestic chores. 

Sample writing

The chart shows / describes /illustrates…

* Body:

As can be seen from the data in the chart ,

We can see from the chart

According to the chart,

From the chart, it can be seen that…

In contrast,

While, but …

Fewer, less… than, more …than

Rise, decrease, fall, drop…

* Conclusion:

In general, / To sum up, ……

*  Some us eful expres s ions  us ed in des cribing a 

chart:

REMEMBER

Some kinds of charts.

0

1 0

2 0

3 0

4 0

5 0

6 0

married women married men

When children enter the household, the amount of time to housework by

women is …

increasing/ more and more.

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

w ithout children w ith 1­2 children children w ith 3 

Married women Married men

hours around the house than before the appearance of children

fewer

• Complete your writing perfectly at home.

• Prepare language focus.

The end