Unit 15. Women in society

Game: Quiz
1. What is the country that used to have the famous Berlin Wall?
 Germany
2. Who is the first and only woman who won two Nobel prizes?
 Marie Curie
3. What is the island country whose capital city is Manila?
 The Philippines
4. Who was the Vietnamese women who rode an elephant and led the people to fight against Ngo invaders?
 The Trung sisters
5. What do Germany and the Philippines have in common?
 Both have women leaders.
Unit 15: Women in Society
Lesson: Reading
Activity 1: Give the name of the people in pictures
Who is he?
 Uncle Ho

Who is she?

 Trieu vy. She is an actress

Who is she?

F. Sally Ride.
She was born in 1951. she is an American female.

Who is she?

 Helen Keller. She was born in 1880 and died in 1968. She is an US lecturer and author; blind and deaf from infancy.
Who are they?

 The Trung sisters. They are Vietnamese heroines who defeated the Chinese invaders, and Trung Nu Vuong reigned the country from 40 to 43.
Who is she?

 Margaret Thatcher. She was born in 1925. She is British Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990.
Who is she?

 Marie Curie. She was born in 1867 and died in 1934. She is a Polish physicists and chemist in France; codiscoverer of radium (1898). Her husband, Pierre Curie (1859-1906). He is a French physicist and chemist; codiscoverer of radium.
Who is she?

 Mary Kingsley (1862 – 1900). She is a an explorer and anthropologist.
New words:
Confine / kən`fain / ( (v): giam caàm, haïn cheá
Reserve / ri`zə:v /(v): ñeå daønh
Access / `ækses /(n): loái vaøo, cô hoäi tieáp caän
Burden / `bə:dn / (n): gaùnh naëng
 Burden sb with sth (v)
Overlook /,ouvə`luk / (v): boû qua, lôø ñi
Vast / vɑ:st / (a): meânh moâng, bao la
Activity 2: Guessing the meaning of words from the context
Being force to do something
Becoming popular
Using your power or influence
Saying “no”
Prevented from doing something
Being compelled
Catching on
Exercising
Denying
Barred

Compel / kəm`pel / (v): baét buoäc
Catch on / kæt∫ /(v): trôû neân phoå bieán
Exercise / `eksəsaiz /(v): vaän duïng, duøng tôùi
Deny / di`nai /(v): phuû nhaän
Bar / bɑ: /(v): ngaên caám
Activity 3: True – False statements
In medieval Europe, women were allowed to participate in public life.
In Germany, a husband could sell his wife.
At the end of the 19th century, women in the US didn’t have the right to own property.
The “Women’s Liberation Movement” brought freedom to women.
Women have been a great comfort to men.
Activity 3: True – False statements
In medieval Europe, women were allowed to participate in public life.

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Activity 3: True – False statements
2. In Germany, a husband could sell his wife.

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Activity 3: True – False statements
3. At the end of the 19th century, women in the US didn’t have the right to own property.

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Activity 3: True – False statements
4. The “Women’s Liberation Movement” brought freedom to women.
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Activity 3: True – False statements
5. Women have been a great comfort to men.

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