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Paragraph 2: The struggle for women’s rights began in the 18 th century as European political philosophers.. believed that women should be treated equally/should not be discriminated [r]

Warm up:

Look at the pictures and tell the name of each activity.

Work in the office Go shopping Teach children to learn

Take care family Watch TV Classify rubbishes

UNIT 15

Lesson 1: Reading

Before you read

Work in pairs Look at the pictures and answer the questions that follow.

1 How many roles does this woman have?

2 Is her life typical of a Vietnamese

woman’s life? Why/ Why not?

While you read

Read the text then do the task that follow

Vocabulary:

+ Civilization [sivəli'zei∫n](n): Nền văn minh

+ Deep-seated ['di:p'si:tid](adj): Ăn sâu, lâu đời

+ Belief [bi'li:f](n): Sự tin tưởng, tín ngưỡng

+ Childbearing ['t∫aild,beəriη]](n): Sự sinh nở

+ Involvement [in'vɔlvmənt](n): Sự bao gồm, sự tham gia + Widespread ['waidspred](adj): Lan rộng, phổ biến

+ Intellectual [,inti'lektjuəl](adj): Thuộc trí tuệ

+ Enlightenment [in'laitnmənt](n): Sự khai sáng

+ Age of Enlightenment: Thời đại khai sáng

+ Discriminate [dis'krimineit](v): Phân biệt đối sử

While you read

Task 1: Give the Vietnamese equivalents to the following words and phrases

1 Human civilization:

2 Childbearing:

3 Involvement:

4 Age of Enlightenment:

5 Deep-seated cultural beliefs:

6 Homemaking:

7 Intellectual ability:

8 Equal work opportunity:

Nền văn minh nhân loại Việc sinh con

Sự tham gia

Thời đại khai sáng

Những niềm tin ăn sâu vào tiềm thức

Việc chăm sóc gia đình

Năng lực trí tuệ

Cơ hội việc làm bình đẳng

While you read

Task 2: Choose the best option A, B, C, or D to answer the

following questions.

1 According to the text, what was the main role

traditionally accorded to women?

A working in education.

B building houses.

C taking care of the house and family.

D working in factories

2 Before the 18 th century, what was the attitude of societies

towards women’s intellectual ability?

A respectful.

B supportive.

C resentful.

D disbelieving 

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While you read

Task 2: Choose the best option A, B, C, or D to answer the

following questions.

3 According to the text, what is the purpose of the struggle for

women’s right?

A to free women from housework.

B to establish a friendly relationship between men and

women.

C to bring equality between men and women.

D to argue that women have better intellectual ability.

4 What do “these pioneer thinkers” at the end of paragraph 2 refer

to?

A 18 th century European people.

B 18 th century European political philosophers.

C 18 th century European women

D 18 th century European politicians

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While you read

Task 2: Choose the best option A, B, C, or D to answer the following questions.

5 Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the last

paragraph as one of women’s legal rights today?

A the right to hold property.

B the right to equal pay.

C equal employment opportunity rights.

D the right to vote.

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While you read Task 3: Choose the best title for passage

A Women’s intellectual Ability

B The Age of Enlightenment

C Women’s Rights

D Women’s Role in Education

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Guessing who she is.

+ Date of birth: 18/ 08/ 1945

+ Place of birth: Tiền Giang.

+ Participating in the revolution:

1967.

+ Vice-chairman of Vietnam:

From 2002 to 2007

Trương Mỹ Hoa

Guessing who she is.

+ Date of birth: 26/ 05/ 1927

+ Place of birth: Đồng Tháp.

+ Participating in

the revolution:

From 17 years old.

+ Vice-chairman of Vietnam:

From 1992 to 2002

Nguyễn Thị Bình

After you read

Work in pairs Summarise the reading passage by

writing ONE sentence for each paragraph

Paragraph 1: In the past, women were limited/restricted

to the role of mothers and wives because of/due to

widespread doubt about their intellectual ability

Paragraph 2: The struggle for women’s rights began in the 18th century as European political philosophers

believed that women should be treated equally/should not be discriminated against on the basis of their sex Paragraph 3: Women now enjoy important legal rights

such as equal work opportunities and equal pay, the right to vote and to gain/formal education

Consolidation Talk about women’s roles.

Do “Reading” exercise at page 95 on workbook.

GOODBYE