Unit 15. wrting

Warm up
Playing game: Crossword




Pre - writing
* Who does more housework in your family? Your mother or your father?
* How many hours per day/week does your mother/father spend on doing housework?
* Do you think the number of children will affect to the time doing housework ? Why?
10
20
30
40
50
60
Housework hours per week
Married women
Married men
30
20
50
15
55
10
hours
Without children
With 1-2 children
With 3+ children
Task 1:
Work in groups. The chart below shows the average hours of
housework per week by people of different sexes and with different marital status in Fantasia. Look at the chart then answer the questions by playing the game “ Lucky number”
Lucky number
6
1
2
5
3
7
8
4
Question 1:
Who, in general, does more housework?
In general, married women do more housework than men do.
Choose question
Question 4:
How many hours do married men and women without children spend on their housework per week?
Married men and women without children spend 20 and 30 hours on their housework per week respectively.
Choose question
Question 5:
How much time does it take men and women with one or two children to do their housework every week?
It takes men and women with one or two children 15 and 50 hours respectively to do their housework every week.
Choose question
Question 2:
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.
Choose question
Question 3:
Do married men have to do more or less housework when they have more children?
Married men have to do less housework when they have more children.
Choose question
Lucky number
Congratulation!!!
Choose question
Question 7:
What do you think should be done to reduce the unequal distribution of housework hours per week between married men and women?
(Suggested) Married men should spend more time sharing the housework with their wives.
Choose question
Question 6:
What are the numbers of weekly housework hours that men and women with three or more children do respectively?
They are 10 and 55.
Choose question
The answers

In general, married women do more housework than men do.
They have to do more housework when they have more children.
Married men have to do less housework when they have more children.
Married men and women without children spend 20 and 30 hours on their housework per week respectively.
It take men and women with one or two children 15 and 50 hours respectively to do their housework every week.
They are 10 to 50.
Married men should spend more time sharing the housework with their wives.
Task 2
Work in pairs
Task 3: Write a report describing the information shown in the column chart in Task 1. begin your report with
The column chart illustrates the average hours of housework per week done by married women in comparison with married men.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..The chart suggests that if women are to gain social equality, they should first be liberated from familiar responsibilities. This can only be done if men lend a more helpful hand to women in doing domestic chores.
Homework
Write a short passage talking about the reason why men do less housework than women when having more children.