unit 15 writing.ppt

Unit 15
Women in society
Lesson 4
Writing

Warm up
Make a statistic of these activities and the time that your mother and your father often
do every day
Activities Your father Your mother Time
Cleaning the floor
Washing clothes
Tidying the kitchen
Ironing clothes
Repairing things
Doing the washing
Taking care of the
baby
Cooking meal
Going shopping
Total

Suggested answers
Activities Your father Your
mother
Time
Cleaning the floor
v
1 hour
Washing clothes
v

1 hour
Tidying the kitchen
v
30minut
es
Ironing clothes
v
30minut
es
Repairing things
v
1 hour
Doing the washing
v
1 hour
Taking care of the
baby
v
4 hours
Cooking meal
v
1.5
hours
Going shopping
v
1 hour
Total
1.5 hours 11.5 hours 13 hours

Look at the chart and answer the questions

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.
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1.Who, in general does more home work ?
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In general married women do more than men.
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2. Do married women have to do more or less housework
when they have more children ?

They have to do more housework .
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3. Do men have to do more or less housework when they
have more children ?

They have to do less housework.
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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.


Look at the chart and answer the questions
Look at the chart and answer the questions
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5. How much time does it take men and women with
5. How much time does it take men and women with
one or two children to do their housework every week ?

one or two children to do their housework every week ?
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It takes 15 and 50 hours to do housework every week .
It takes 15 and 50 hours to do housework every week .
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6. what are the number of weekly housework hours that
6. what are the number of weekly housework hours that
men and women with three or children do respectively ?
men and women with three or children do respectively ?
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They are 10 and 55.
They are 10 and 55.
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7. what do you think should be done to reduce the
7. what do you think should be done to reduce the
unequal distribution of the housework hours per week
unequal distribution of the housework hours per week
between married men and women ?
between married men and women ?

Women should ask men to help sharing housework every
Women should ask men to help sharing housework every
day./ Married men should spend more time sharing the
day./ Married men should spend more time sharing the
housework every day.
housework every day.