TA 10 Unit 6 Gender Equality reading

UNIT 06: GENDER EQUALITY
Period 58: Reading

Gender equality in employment


1. Task 1: Symbols

Genders
Gender equality
Gender discrimination


2. Task 2:
Match each word with its definition.
1. preference (n)
a. the act of controlling sth; a
c restriction sự thích hơn
2. (to) sue
3. (to) pursue

e

4. loneliness (n)

d

5. limitation (n)

b. the state of feeling sad and alone
ai ra

tòa
c. a greaterkiện
interest
in sb
/ sth than
sb / sth else

theo or
đuổi
d. follow a course
activity in an
effort to gain sth

b

e. bring sb tosự
court
cô because
đơn they have
done sth harmful to you

a

sự giới hạn


Vocabulary
- firefighter (n)
- in favor of
- (to) apply for

- fair (a)

lính cứu hỏa
ủng hộ
xin (việc), ứng tuyển
cơng bằng

- target (n)

mục tiêu, đích

- (to) face

đối mặt, đương đầu

- violence (n)

bạo lực

- documentary (n)
- courage (n)
- will (n)

phim tài liệu
lòng dũng cảm
ý chí


3. Task 3: The best title
a. Brenda Berkman’s childhood

b. A woman who did a “Man’s job”
c. Gender Equality in Employment


4. Task 4: T / F / NG?
T F NG
aware
1 Brenda Berkman was never
aware of gender
preference in favor of boys.
2 Brenda Berkman passed the written test.
3 After failing the physical test, Brenda
Berkman keptsued
silent
and
went
away.
NY
City
and
the FDNY
4 She and other female firefighters became the
targets of laughter and anger from the coworkers and local people.
5 They paid a heavy price to win equality.
6 Brenda Berkman taught
worked at the FDNY.


5. Task 5: Answer the questions
1. What job did Brenda Berkman want to do as a

young girl?
2. What did she do after she failed the physical test?
3. How were she and other female firefighters
treated?
4. What jobs did they do at FDNY?
5. What is Taking the Heat?
6. What does Brenda Berkman’s story show?


5. Task 5: Answer the questions
1. What job did Brenda Berkman want to do as a young girl?
She wanted to become a firefighter.
2. What did she do after she failed the physical test?
She sued New York City and the FDNY for gender
discrimination and won.
3. How were she and other female firefighters treated?
They became the targets of laughter and anger from the
co-workers and local people. They were unwelcomed at
meals, faced loneliness and even violence.


5. Task 5: Answer the questions
4. What jobs did they do at FDNY?
They had to do exactly the same jobs as all other male
firefighters.
5. What is Taking the Heat?
It is a documentary made in 2006 in which Brenda
Berkman and other female firefighters were the subjects.
6. What does Brenda Berkman’s story show?
It shows that gender differences cannot prevent a person

from pursuing a job.


6. Task 6: Discussion
Should a woman do a “man’s job”?
Why / Why not?


- Learn by heart the words / phrases
- Prepare for the next lesson