Unit 15 Women in society Reading

The struggle for women’s rights began in the 18th century as European political philosophers believed that women should be treated equally.. Women now enjoy important legal rights such a[r]

Trường: THPT Nguyễn Trung Trực Người thực hiện : Trần Thị Ngọc Ngân

I Homework checking

II New lesson

* Warm up.

1 Before you read.

2 While you read.

3 After you read.

III Homework

Exercise : Complete the sentences

below, using the words from the box

1 It’s dark in here Can I the lights?

2 You can the new words in the

dictionary.

3 John got ill and had to smoking

4 the lights when you are not using them

look up

turn off turn on give up

* WARM UP: Match the given words with the right pictures:

1

Wasting the rubbish

Working with computer

I.Before you read : a.Answer the questions:

1.How many roles does this woman have?

2 Is her life typical of a Vietnamese woman s life? ’

Why/Why not?

b.Vocabulary:

-1 Civilization /,sivəlai'zei n/ (n): a state of human society ʃ

is very developed and organized (nền văn minh)

-2 childbearing (n): the process of giving birth to children

(việc sinh con )

(sự tham gia)

đại đại khai sáng

5 homemaking (n): working at home and taking care of the house and family (việc chăm sóc gia đình)

6.- intellectual /,int 'lekt ə ʃu l/ (adj): mind, ə

understanding ( trí tuệ )

Ex: She is very intellectual

-7 Equal /'i:kw l/ (adj): the same ə

-8 Advocate /'„dv keit/ (v): agree, support ( tán thành) ə -9 Discriminate /dis'krimineit/ (v):distinguish to treat (phân biệt đối xử)

Ex: the struggle for independence

II While you read

Listen the tape

Read the text then do the tasks that follow Silent reading: 3’

II While you read:

task 1 : Finding the meaning of words

1 Human civilization: nền văn minh nhân loại

2 Childbearing: sự sinh con

3 Involvement: sự tham gia

4 Age of Enlightenment: thời đại ánh sáng

5 Deep-seated cultural beliefs: niềm tin văn hóa vững chắc

6 Homemaking: làm việc nhà và chăm sóc gia đình

7 Intellectual ability: khả năng trí tuệ

8 Equal work opportunity: cơ hội làm việc bằng nhau

task 1 : Finding the meaning of words

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 factory

2 Before the 18th century, what was the attitude of society towards women s ’ intellectual ability?

A respectful

D disbelieving

C resentful

B supportive

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

answer the following questions:

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 18th century European people

B 18th century European political

philosophers

C 18th century European women

D 18th century European politicians

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 right today?

C equal employment opportunity rights

B equal pay right

Task 2: Choose the best option (A, B, C or D)

to answer the following questions:

D the right to vote

A property right

A Women s Intellectual Ability ’

B The Age of Enlightenment

III./After you read:

• A./Summarise the reading passage by writing ONE sentence for each

paragraph.

III.After you read:

Suggest answer

• 1.In the past , women were retricted to the role of mothers and wives due to widespread doubt about their intellectual ability.

• 2 The struggle for women’s rights began in the

18 th century as European political philosophers

believed that women should be treated equally.

• 3 Women now enjoy important legal rights such

as equal work opportunities and equal pay, the

right to vole and to gain education.

Rule: Read the words listed below Find them in the puzzle and circle them

B.Play game: word search

III After you read:

III After you read:

society homemaking childbearing

Key: Word search

III Homework:

1 Read again the text

2 Learning the new words.

3 Summarize the reading passage by writing one sentence for each paragraph

4 Prepare : Unit 16 - lesson : 1 Reading