Unit 15. Women in society

Warmly welcome the International Women’s Day
Unit 15: Women in society
A: Reading
1
2
3
4
5
6
Tuesday, March 2nd 2010
She is working on a computer
Her role is as a social worker
1
She is going shopping
Her role is as a housewife
2
6
She is teaching her children
Her role is as a mother
3
She is having diner with her family
Her role is as a housewife
4
She is watching TV with her husband and children
Her role is as a wife and a mother
5
She is recycling the bottles
Her role is as a social worker
6
II/ While you read

Main role traditionally
Accord [ə`kɔ:d]
Intellectual ability
Pioneer thinker
Advocate [`ædvəkit]
Discriminate [dis`krimineit]
Resentful [ri`zentfl]
disbelieving
Vai trò chính thống
Ban cho
Khả năng trí tuệ
Nhà tư tưởng tiên phong
Tán thành
Phân biệt
Phẫn uất
Hoài nghi, nghi ngờ
Task 1: give Vietnamese equivalents to the following words and phrases
Human civilization
Childbearing
Involvement
Age of Enlightenment
Deep seated cultural beliefs

Homemaking
Intellectual ability
Equal work opportunity
Nền văn minh nhân loại
Sự sinh đẻ
Sự tham gia
Thời đại khai sáng
Niền tin ăn sâu vào tiềm thức
Việc nội trợ
Khả năng trí tuệ
Cơ hội làm việc bình đẳng
1
6
2
5
4
Please choose
3
Task 2: Choose the best opyion A, B, C, or D to answer the following questions.
1. According to the text, what was the main role traditionally accorded to women?
Working in education
Building houses
Taking care of the house and family
Working in factories
Task 2: Choose the best opyion 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?
respectful
supportive
resentful
disbelieving
Task 2: Choose the best opyion 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 rights?
To free women from housework
To establish a friendly relationship between men and women
To bring equality between men and women
To argue that women have better intellectual ability
Task 2: Choose the best opyion A, B, C, or D to answer the following questions.
4. What do “these pioneer thinkers” at the end of paragraph 2 refer to?
the 18th century European people
the 18th century European political philosophers
the 18th century European women
the 18th century European politicians
Task 2: Choose the best opyion 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 rights today?
The right to hold property
The right to equal pay
Equal employment opportunity rights
The right to vote
Lucky number
Congratulation
Task 3: Choose the best title for the passage
5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the last paragraph as one of women’s legal rights today?
women’s intellectual ability
The Age of Enlightenment
Women’s rights
Women’s rule in Education
After you read: Summarize the reading passage by choosing ONE sentence for each paragraph