Unit 15. Women in society

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Welcome to our English class!
English 12
Designed by Huong Vu
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Unit 15
Part 4: Writing
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The chart below shows the average hours of housework per week by people of different sexes and with different status in Fantasia.
What does the chart describe?
It describes the average hours of housework per week of married men and women.
What does the vertical axis show?
It shows the number of hours per week.
What does the horizontal axis describe?
It describes 3 groups of family.
What do the dark blue columns illustrate?
They illustrate the number of hours of housework of married women
What about the yellow columns?
They describe the number of hours of housework of married men
Who, in general, does more housework?
In, general, married women do more housework than men.
Do married women have to do more or less housework when they have more children?
They have to do more housework when they have more children.
How many hours per week do married men and women without children spend on their housework?
They spend 20 and 30 hours respectively.
How long does it take men and women with 1 or 2 children to do their housework every week?
It takes them 15 and 20 hours respectively.
How much time do men and women with 3 or more children spend on their housework?
They spend 10 and 55 hours on their housework.
What do you think should be done to reduce the unequal distribution of housework hours per week between married men and women?
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The chart illustrates the average hours of housework per week done by married women in comparison with married men in Fantasia.
To family without children, women spend __ (1)__ per week doing housework whereas this number is only __(2)__ for men. However, In families of one or _(3)_ children, women’s hours of work at home rises to _ (4)__ per week because of taking care of their __(5)__.
With families having 3 or more children, _ (6)_ have to work harder. It takes women ___(7)__a week to do housework while their husbands share with only _(8)_.
From the chart, it can be seen that the unequal distribution of housework hours per between the __(9)__sexes. This can be done if men lend a more helpful hand to __(10)__ in doing household chores.
30 hours
20 hours
two
children
women
55 hours
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two
women
50 hours
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