Unit 15. Women in society

Answer the following questions:
1.

How many children do your parents have?

2.

Who does more housework in your family?

3.

How many hours does she spend on her housework per week?

They have two children.

My mother.

It’s about ………….


Make
Make aa statistic
statistic of
of these
these activities
activities and
and the
the time
time
that

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and
and your
A’s father
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doatathome
homeper
perweek.
week.
Activities

A’s father
A’s mother
mother-Time
-Time
Your
father- -Time
Time Your

Cleaning the floor

5 hours

Washing clothes

6 hours

Tidying the kitchen

6 hours

Ironing clothes

2 hours

Repairing things

5 hours

Doing the washing
Taking care of the children

4 hours
10 hours

15 hours

Cooking meals

7 hours

Going shopping

5 hours

Total

15 hours / a week

50 hours / a week



Hours
hours
Look at theHousework
chart then
do
per week
that
follow:

Hours
week

the tasks

Housework hours per


TASK 1: Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences
1, The column chart ……….. the average hours of housework per week done by
married women in comparison with married man.
A. illustrates
B. shows
C. describes
D. All are correct

2, Women spend ……… per week doing housework and this number is only ……... for
men when they have no children.
A. 30/20
B. 50/15
C. 55/10
D. 50/50
3, In families of one or two children, the amount of time given to housework by
men is just ……., but women’s hours of work at rises to ……... per week.
A. 30/20
B. 50/15
C. 15/50
D. 50/55
4. They spend …….…. a week doing housework while their husbands share with
only ……….…. When they have 3 or more children.
A. 30/20
B. 50/15
C. 55/10
D. 50/55
5. The chart suggests that women should first be ……… from familiar
responsibilities.
A. Liberate
B. liberated
C. liberating
D. liberation


Look at the chart then do the tasks
that follow:
Hours
Housework hours per

week


TASK 2: Look at the chart and answer the questions
1.Who, in general, does more housework ?
 In general, married women do more housework than men do.
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.
3. Do married men have to do more or less housework when they have
more children ?
 They have to do less housework when they have more children.
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.


TASK 2: Look at the chart and answer the questions
5. How much time does it take men and women with one or two
children to do their housework every week ?
 It takes 15 and 50 hours to do housework every week .
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.
7. what do you think should be done to reduce the unequal
distribution of housework hours per week between married men
and women ?
 Married men should spend more time sharing the housework
with their wives.

REMEMBER
Some useful
expressions used in
describing a chart:
Introduction:
The chart shows / describes /illustrates…
* Body:
As can be seen from the data in the chart ,...
We can see from the chart...
According to the chart,...
From the chart, it can be seen that…
In contrast, ...
While, but …..
Fewer, less… than, more …than
Rise, decrease, fall, drop…..
* Conclusion:
In general, ... / To sum up, ……

*


TASK 3: Write a report describing the information in
the column chart with the given words
• The column chart/ the average hours/ housework per week done
by married women/ comparison with married man.
• Women/ spend/30 hours per week /do/ housework/ this number/
be/ 20 hours for men when they have no children.
•

In families/ one or two children, the amount of time/ give/
housework by men/ be just 15 hours/ women’s hours of work at
home rises/ 50 hours per week.

• They spend 55 hours a week/ do/ housework/ their husbands
share / with only 10 hours/ they have 3 or more children.
• the chart /suggest/ if women are/ gain social equality, they should
first/ liberate/ from familiar responsibilities. This can only be done
if men give hands with doing domestic chores.


Sample writing
The column chart illustrates the average hours of housework per
week done by married women in comparison with married man.
We can see from the chart, women spend 30 hours per week
doing housework while this number is 20 for men when they have
no children.
In families of one or two children, the amount of time given to
housework by men is just 15 hours but women’s hours of work at
home rises to 50 hours per week.
They spend 55 hours a week doing housework. In contrast, their
husbands share fewer hours with only 10 hours when they have 3
or more children.
In general, the chart suggests if women are to gain social equality,
they should first be liberated from familiar responsibilities. This
can only be done if men give hands with doing domestic chores.


Some kinds of charts.

When children enter the household,
the amount of time to do housework
by women is …
increasing more and more.


Some kinds of charts
fewer
Men are found to work even …..
hours around the house than before
the appearance of children.


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