E12 - UNIT 15 - WOMEN IN SOCIETY - READING - PPS - HAY

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Women in Society
ENGLISH 12 - UNIT 15
What is the woman doing?
A mother
A wife
A cook
A housekeeper
A nurse
A gardener
A babysitter
A teacher
A cleaner
1. How many roles does the woman have in the family?
There are two natural roles: mothers and wives
2. How many roles does the woman have in society?
Businesswoman
politicians
human civilization
Childbearing
Involvement
age of Enlightenment
deep-seated cultural beliefs
Homemaking
intellectual ability
equal work opportunity
Nền văn minh nhân loại
Việc sinh con
Sự tham gia
Thời đại Ánh sáng
Quan niệm lâu đời
Việc chăm sóc gia đình
Năng lực trí tuệ
Cơ hội làm việc bình đẳng
Task 1 – page 163
9. rights (n) / rait /
10. struggle (n); (v) / `strʌgl /
11. advocate (v) / `ædvəkeit /
12. discriminate (v) / dis`krimineit /
discrimination (n) / dis,krimi`nei∫n /
13. vary (v) / `veəri /
14. vote (v); (n) / vout /

- Quyền của con người
- Phân biệt đối xử
- Thay đổi
- Bầu cử, bỏ phiếu;
lá phiếu, sự bầu cử
- Sự phân biệt đối xử
- đấu tranh
- Chủ trương, tán thành
Task 2 – page 164
Choose the best option 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 18th century, what was the attitude of societies towards women’s intellectual ability?
A. respectful B. supportive
C. resentful D. disbelieving
3. According to the text, what is the purpose of the struggle for women’s intellectual ability?
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?
18th century European people
B. 18th century European political philosophers
C. 18th century European women
D. 18th century European politicians
5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the last paragraph as one of women’s legal rights today?
the right to hold property
B. the right to equal pay
C. equal employment opportunity rights
D. the right to vote
Choose the best title for the passage.
Women’s Intellectual Ability
B. The Age of Enlightenment
C. Women’s Rights
D. Women’s Roles in Education
TASK 3 – page 165
TASK 4
Complete the passage with the words in the box:
Women in old society were considered to be …………………(1) to men. They played the roles of mothers and ………………….….(2) only. They weren’t allowed to work in business and ………...….(3). Therefore it was men who controlled most positions of employment and …………………………………(4) in society.
Thanks to women’s ……………………..…(5) since the 18th century, women nowadays have gained many legal rights equal to men. Among them, the most important are the right to vote, the right to gain ……………………….…..(6) and the right to get equal payment in work.
unequal
housewives
politics
power
liberation
education
TASK 5: ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
1. According to the text, what were women’s natural roles?
 Mothers and wives
2. Before the 18th century, what was the attitude of societies towards women’s intellectual ability?
 Disbelieving
3. According to the text, what is the purpose of the struggle for women’s intellectual ability?
 To bring equality between men and women
4. Who were “the pioneer thinkers”
 18th century European political philosophers
5. What rights have women gained?
the right to have equal work opportunities and pay to men, the right to vote, and the right to formal education
Prepare the next part of the lesson: Speaking
Learn the vocabulary by heart.
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
Activity 1: (Task 2 - p.164): Choose the best option A, B, C or D to answer the following questions
2. Before the 18th century, what was the attitude of societies towards women’s intellectual ability?
A. respectful B. supportive
C. resentful D. disbelieving
3. According to the text, what is the purpose of the struggle for women’s intellectual ability?
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?
18th century European people
B. 18th century European political philosophers
C. 18th century European women
D. 18th century European politicians
5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the last paragraph as one of women’s legal rights today?
the right to hold property
B. the right to equal pay
C. equal employment opportunity rights
D. the right to vote
Activity 2: Go through the text and decide if the statements are true (T), false (F) or no information (NI)
People in the old time believed that women were better suited for childbearing and homemaking than for working in politics.

2. Women couldn’t work in the society because they had no intellectual ability.

3. The struggle for women’s rights started in the 19th century.

4. Thanks to women’s liberation, nowadays women are equal to men.