Unit 15. Women in society

Welcome to our lesson!
Good morning!
Warm-up:
Put (√ ) in the right column of the table below to say who does these
activities everyday, your mother or your father.
Activities
mother
father
1. Doing housework.
2. Looking after the children & the family.
3. Teaching the children at home.
4. Working at offices or in the fields.
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Unit 15: WOMEN IN SOCIETY
(Listening)
Thursday March 31st, 2011
I.PRE-Listening: VOCABULARY
“Có công mài sắt , có ngày lên kim” is a Vietnamese saying.
1. Saying (n) [`seiiη]
Tục ngữ,châm ngôn
2. Firewood (n) [`faiəwud]
Củi đun
3. Africa (n) [`æfrikə]
Châu Phi
4. Domestic (a) [də`mestik]
Trong nhà, trong gia đình
5. Typical (a) [`tipikl]
Tiêu biểu, điển hình
6. Agricultural (a) [,ægri`kʌlt∫ərəl]
Thuộc nhà nông
7. To hold up (r) [`hould ʌp]
Chiếm
8. Two-thirds
9. Three-fourths
= 2/3
= 3/4
10. Percent (n) [pə`sent]
Phần trăm
CHECKING VOCABULARY:
Three-fourths
Saying
hold up
Firewood
Agricultural
domestic
Typical
Two-thirds
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Listen to the these words and then put them into the correct order you hear.
II. WHILE-LISTENING:
Task1: Listen to the passage and choose the best answer
1, …………. of all working hours, the work is done by women.
A. Nearly 50 percent
B. Nearly two-thirds
C. Nearly three- fourths
2. The average woman earns………… the average man.
A. more than B. the same as C. less than
3. In Africa, ………. of the farm work is done by men.
A. 80 percent B. 50 percent C. 20 percent
4. A typical woman in a developing country spends
…….…… collecting firewood daily.
A. 1 hour B. 2 hours C. 3 hours
5. ……… is the amount of time a typical African woman
spends on cooking everyday.
A. 1 hour B. 2 hours C. 3 hours
Listen again then answer the following questions.

According to the passage, what percentage of all
the world’s jobs do women hold?
2. What do they earn for doing their domestic work?
3. How much food do women in developing countries
produce?
4. How much farm work do African women do?
5. What time does a typical day for an African village woman begin?
6. What time does it finish?
Task2 :

Now let’s play our game!
“HELP YOUR PARENTS WITH SOME WORK”
Rules: There are 6 activities containing 6 questions. If you choose an
activity in red and give the correct answer, you will get mark 10.
Choose one of the activities below to help your parents.
Emptying garbage
Cooking
Washing clothes
Teaching the sister
Working in the field
Cleaning the floor
QUESTION 1

QUESTION 3
QUESTION 2
QUESTION 6
QUESTION 5
QUESTION 4
Task 3: Listen to the passage again, then fill in each
blank with the missing word(s).

In parts of Africa, this is a typical day for a
village woman. At 4.45 am, she gets up, washes,
and eats. It takes her half an hour to walk to the fields, and she works there until 3.00 pm. She spends the next hour and a half preparing food to cook. Then she collects water for another hour. From 6.30 to 8.30 she cooks. After dinner, she spends an hour washing the dishes. She then goes to bed at 9.30 pm.
(1)…
(2)…
(3)…
(4)…
(5) …
(6)…
III. POST-LISTENING:
Does your mother do more or less work every day
in comparison with that of an African woman in the
listening passage? Talk about her typical day.
Suggestions:
- What time/get up?
- What time/go to work and finish work?
- Whether she does housework? If yes, what?
- Whether she has time for entertainment?
- What time/ go to bed?
HOMEWORK:
- Learn by heart all the new words.
In not more than 100 words write
a passage about a working day
of your mother.
- Prepare the “writing” lesson.
Thanks for your attention!
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1. According to the passage, what percentage of all the world’s jobs do women hold?

- 40 %.
2. What do they earn for doing their domestic work?
They earn nothing for doing their domestic work.
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3. How much food do women in
developing countries produce?
They produce more than half of the food.
4. How much farm work do African women do?
- 80 %.
5. What time does a typical day
for an African village woman begin?

- At 4.45 am.
6. What time does it finish?
- At 9.30 pm.
Firewood
Where can children like these be seen ?
In some parts of Africa.