Unit 15 Women in society

* Women are better at running a home than men * Men lose their temper more easily than women * Women waste more time than men * Women work harder than men... I think men are usually stro[r]

LOOK AT THESE PICTURES AND

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

4 A scientist 5 An astronaut

6 The Queen 2.Heroes

Truong My Hoa Trung sisters Margaret Thatcher

Who are they? and what are their jobs?

“Women hold up half the sky”

I Pre- speaking:

* Vocabulary: matching

1 rubbish a organize or be charged of sth

2 sympathetic b the way you are feeling at a particular time

3 run c to give too little or no attention or care to sb /

sth

4 temper d to look after and educate children

5 neglect e anything that is throw away as worthness

6 rear f showing that you understand other people’s

feeling, especially their problem

1- e 2 f 3 a 4 b 5 c 6 d

+ neglect (v): xao nh·ng, bá bª

(n):sù xao nh·ng

+ rear (v): nu«i d¹y

+ slave (n) : n« lÖ

+ slavery: ChÕ độ n« lÖ

+nonsense(n) : ®iÒu v« lÝ, sù v« lÝ

+ rubbish (n): ®iÒu v« lÝ, chuyÖn r¸c r ëi + sympathetic (a):Th«ng c¶m

+ sympathize (v)

+ lose ones temper :Næi giËn , c¸u

TASK1: STUDY THE EXPRESSIONS

TO GIVE YOUR OPINION

Give your opinion I think…/ I believe…/In my opinion,…/

From my point of view,…/As I see it,…

Strongly agreeing I quite agree…/I agree with you

completely…/Absolutely!/ That’s right!

Partly agreeing Well, I see your point but…/I don’t quite

agree/To a certain extent, yes, but…

Disagreeing I don’t agree/ I’m afraid/ I disagree/That’s

wrong/ That’s not true

Strongly

agreeing

What nonsense!/ What rubbish!/ I completely disagree

II While- speaking:

*Task 2: Read and respond to these statements Begin your responses with one of the expressions in Task 1 (p 164)

Give your opinions about women

* Men are usually stronger than women

* Women are usually more sympathetic than men

* Women are usually better with children than men

* Women are usually more careful than men

*Men are better at making decisions than women.

* Women are better at running a home than men

* Men lose their temper more easily than women

* Women waste more time than men

* Women work harder than men

I think men are

usually stronger

than women How

about you?

I agree with you In addition I think that

men are usually stronger than women and lose their temper more easily than women

I think married

women should

stay at home

I quite agree I think

if they stay at home, they have time to look after their children, husbands and do housework

I don’t agree It’s boring to

be housewives all their life

III Post- speaking:

Task 3: Discussing

FOR(AGREEMENT) AGAINST(DISAGREEMENT)

-Stay at home, looking after their

children and husbands.

-Better at looking after children,

doing housework.

-Traditional family responsibilities if

spending too much time at work.

-Cannot do two jobs well at the same

time: rearing children and working at

offices.

-Prevent husbands from developing

their full potential at work.

-Too boring to be housewives all their lives -Financially dependent and have no

decisions or power.

-Be slaves at home -Lose touch with social activities.

-Housework can be tiring, stressfull and

boring.

-Be looked down upon by men.

-Waste education and knowledge gained

before marriage.

- Talk about women’s roles today

- Prepare the next lesson.