UNIT 15 - READING - LỚP 12

“
“
Women hold up half of the sky”
Women hold up half of the sky”


She is cooking
She is taking care of her child
She’s making a speech
in public
She is teaching
She’s working on
the computer
She is washing
clothes





Human civilization
Civilization /,sivəlai'zei n/ (n): a state of human ʃ
society is very developed and organized


working at home and taking
care of the house and family

homemaking (n):


The age of
enlightenment
/in'laitnmənt/


Women’s liberation


the process of giving birth to childrenchildbearing (n):


Intellectual
ability
intellectual /,intə'lektjuəl/ (adj):
mind, understanding
Ex: She is very intellectual


-
involvement /in'vɔlvmənt/ (n): participation
-
advocate /'ædvəkit/ (v): agree, support
-
discriminate /dis'krimineit/ (v): distinguish to treat
discrimination (n)
- struggle /'strʌgl/ (n): a fight
Ex: the struggle for independence

-
deep-seated (adj): ( of feelings and beliefs ) very
fixed and strong; difficult to change or to destroy

deep-seated cultural beliefs
- pioneer (n), (v): /,paiə'niə(r)/


1.Civilization (n)
2.Childbearing (n)
3.Deep-seated (adj)
4.Involvement (n)
5.Intellectual (adj)
6.Discriminate (v)
7.To advocate (V)
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary:


Match the words and their
Match the words and their
meaning
meaning
a. To support st publicly
b. The act of taking part in st
c. a state of human society is very
developed and organized
d. To treat one person/group
worse than others in an unfair way
e. (of feeling and belief ) very

fixed and strong , difficult to
change or to destroy
f. mental
g. The process of giving birth to
chidren


Task 1: Read through the text and decide which
of the headings below describe the general theme
of each paragraph.
A. The status of women in society today.
B. The struggle for women s rights.’
C. Women in the old societies
Answer: :
Paragraph 1: Women in the old societies
Paragraph 2: The struggle for women s rights.’
Paragraph 3: The status of women in society today.


Task 2: Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to
answer the following questions:
1. According to the text, what was the main
role traditionally accorded to women?
A. working in education
B. building houses
C. taking care of the house and family
D. working in factory


2. Before the 18

th
century, what was the
attitude of society towards women s ’
intellectual ability?
A. respectful
D. disbelieving
C. resentful
B. supportive
Task 2: Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to
answer the following questions:


Task 2: Choose the best option (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 right?’
A. to free women from housework
B. to establish a friendly relationship
between men and women
C. to bring equality between men and
women
D. to argue that women have better
intellectual ability


4. What do these pioneer thinkers at the “ ”
end of paragraph 2 refer to?
A. 18
th
century European people

B. 18
th
century European political philosophers
C. 18
th
century European women
D. 18
th
century European politicians
Task 2: Choose the best option (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 right today?
C. equal employment opportunity rights
B. The right to equal pay
Task 2: Choose the best option (A, B, C or D)
to answer the following questions:
D. the right to vote
A. The right to hold property


Task 3:


: True or False sentences
: True or False sentences
1. In the old days, women couldn’t work in

society because they weren’t intelligent.
2. The struggle for women’s rights started in
the 19
th
century.
3. According to the text, Women should be
treated equally as men.
4. Deep-seated cultural beliefs about women’s
roles changed after the struggle for
women’s rights.


1. In the old days, women couldn’t work in society
because they weren’t intelligent.
False

because of widespread doubt about their
intellectual ability.
2. The struggle for women’s rights started in the 19th century.

18th century
True
3. According to the text, Women should be treated
equally as men.
4. Deep-seated cultural beliefs about women’s roles
changed after the struggle for women’s rights.
False
True
Task 3:

: Discuss in groups and decide if the
: Discuss in groups and decide if the
statement is True or False
statement is True or False


A. Women s Intellectual Ability.’
B. The Age of Enlightenment.
C. Women s Rights. ’
Task 4: Choose the best title (A, B, C or D)
for the passage
D. Women s Role in Education. ’


Task 5:
Work in pairs. Summarize the reading
passage by filling in the gaps with the
given words.


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 18
th
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.
housewives
education politics unequal
power liberation


Consolidation
Consolidation
:
:
Women in the past
roles
Women’s liberation
Women Today
struggle
Significant
legal rights
When?
For
what?
-Equal employment
opportunity rights
-The right to equal pay
-The right to vote
-The right to formal
education
In the 18

century
Women’s
right
wives
mother
s