Unit 2 Relationships Lesson 3 Reading

Minh believes gender discrimination in education starts at home because parents treat boys and girls differently.... Please choose the number..[r]

1 What is happening in the pictures? What

problems do you think these people have?

1 Discuss with a partner.

2 Whenever you have problems with schoolwork

or relationships (at home or at school), who do you talk to?

Pic a: The teacher is returning students’ papers

The boy is depressed because of his poor grades.

Pic b: Their relationship is breaking up.

Pic c: They’re having an argument.

- Schoolwork: I always talk to my parents because

they always care about my study

- Relationships: I always talk to my mother

because she always listens to my problems and gives me valuable pieces of advice.

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LESSON

1 Lan was so poor that she had to quit school.

 Quit school (v)= drop out of school

2 Mai and Tuan have been loving each other for five years, but Tuan has got a date with Ngoc recently Tuan betrays Mai

 Betray (v)= be unfaithful

3 Nam is very friendly and helpful, so he is

always on good terms with his classmates

 be on good terms with S.O = have good relationship with S.O

3 College degree (n)

Activity 1 Listen and read

Activity 2 Read the conversation again

Decide if the statements are true (T), false (F)

or not given (NG) Tick the correct boxes

T F NG

1 Lan, Quang and Minh are working on the

class project ‘ Equal Opportunities in

Employment’.

2 Quang is talking about the enrolment rate in

secondary school in sub-Saharan Africa in 2013.

3 Lan thinks girls may be kept home to do

housework.

4 In general, girls do better than boys at all

levels of education.

5 Minh believes gender discrimination in

education starts at home because parents treat

boys and girls differently.

Question 1

Who earns more college degrees in Viet Nam?

Women (do)

What is the enrolment rate in schools in Viet Nam?

Question 2

There are slightly more boys than girls in both primary and secondary schools.

LUCKY NUMBER

Question 5

Why should gender discrimination be eliminated?

Gender discrimination should be eliminated so that everyone has equal opportunities in

education.

LUCKY NUMBER

Why can’t girls go to school according to Quang?

Question 7

Because they might be forced to work at home and in the fields.

LUCKY NUMBER

• What should and shouldn’t you do to eliminate gender discrimination in

your class or your school?

Activity 4

desks

class