Unit 15. Women in society

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Unit 15: women in society
Lesson 1: Reading
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Before you read
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Human civilization
Childbearing
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Homemaking
The age of enlightenment
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Equal work opportunity
Intellectual ability
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Checking vocabulary.
1. Human civilization
2. Childbearing
3. Involvement
4. Age of Enlightenment
5. Deep-seated cultural belief
6. Homemaking
7. Intellectual ability
8. Equal work opportunity

A. Việc nhà
B. Khả năng tri thức
C. Tham gia
D. Làm cho văn minh
E. Niềm tin văn hoá lâu đời
G. Cơ hội làm việc bình đẳng
H. Việc sinh con
I. Thời đại ánh sáng
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While you read
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Task 1: Scan the passage and decide whether statements are true (T), false (F).
1. People in the old time believed that women better suited for childbearing and homemaking than for working in politics.
2. Most societies education, employment and many legal and political rights to women.
3. The struggle for women’s rights started in the
century
4. Nowadays women have gained significant legal rights.
T
F
F
T
19th
18th
accepted
denied
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Task 2. Read through the text and decide which of the headings below describe the general theme of each paragraph
Paragraph 3.


Paragraph 1


Paragraph 2

A. Women in the old societies
B. The struggle for
women’s rights
C. The status of women in
society today
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A GAME: LUCKY NUMBER
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Lucky number
C
1. According to the text , what was the main role traditionally accorded to women?
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Lucky number
2/. CONGRATULATION !
You have chosen a LUCKY NUMBER
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Lucky number
3. Before the 18th century, what was the attitude of societies
towards women’s intellectual ability?
D
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Lucky number
4. According to the text, what is the purpose of the struggle for women’s rights?
B
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Lucky number
5. CONGRATULATION !
You have chosen a LUCKY NUMBER
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Lucky numer
6. What do “these pioneer thinkers” at the end of
paragraph 2 refer to?
B
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Lucky number
A
7. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the last paragraph as one of women’s legal rights today?
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Lucky number
8. CONGRATULATION !
You have chosen a LUCKY NUMBER
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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.
After you read
housewives
education
politics
unequal
power
liberation
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HOMEWORK
Learn by heart new words and prepare speaking
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