Unit 15 woman in society reading

Saturday, March 24th,
2012

To class: 12A2
Presented by Pham Thi Thanh
Tam


LEAD-IN
IsWhat
this comments
characterdo
a male
or female?
you
have
from two pictures?
Do you know this woman?
Why does she have to disguise as a male?


Saturday, March 24th 2012

PART A: READING


BEFORE YOU READ


Look at the pictures and answer the questions:
1. What is the woman doing in the picture ? Where is she?

2. How many roles does this woman have?
3. Is her life typical of a Vietnamese woman’s life? Why/Why not?


Vocabulary
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Civilize /'sivəlaiz/ (v) – civilization(n)
Be suited for /'sju:tid/
Doubt /daut/ (n)
Deny /di’nai/ (v)
Status /'steitəs/ (n)
Pioneer /paiə'niə/ (n)
Discriminate /dis'krimineit/ (v)


• Civilize(v):
→ khai hóa, truyền bá văn minh
• Be suited (for):
→ phù hợp, thích hợp
e.g. He said that women were only suited for
doing the housework.

• Doubt(n)~ suspicion(n): a feeling of not
believing in sth
→ sự nghi ngờ


• Deny(v): refuse to admit:
→ phủ nhận
• Status(n): the social or professional position of sb
→ địa vị, vị trí
• Pioneer(n):
→ người tiên phong
• Discriminate(v): treat a person or group
worse/better than others in an unfair way
→ phân biệt đối xử


Vocabulary
• Civilize /'sivəlaiz/(v) – civilization(n): sự khai
hóa văn minh
• Be suited for /'sju:tid/: phù hợp
• Doubt /daut/ (n): sự nghi ngờ
• Deny /di’nai/(v): phủ nhận
• Status /'steitəs/(n): địa vị, vị trí
• Pioneer/ paiə'niə/(n): người tiên phong
• Discriminate/ dis'krimineit/(v): phân biệt đối xử


WHILE YOU READ

Read the text then do the tasks that follow.
Throughout much of the history of human civilization, deep-seated
cultural beliefs allowed women only limited roles in society. Many people
believed that women’s natural roles were as mothers and wives. These
people considered women to be better suited for childbearing and
homemaking rather than for involvement in the public life of business or
politics. Widespread doubt about women’s intellectual ability led most
societies to deny education, employment and many legal and political
rights to women. It was men who controlled most positions of
employment and power in society.
The struggle for women’s rights − the rights that establish the
same social, economic, and political status for women as for men −
began in the 18th century during a period known as the Age of
Enlightenment. During this period, political philosophers in Europe
began to argue that all individuals, male or female, were born with
natural rights that made them free and equal. These pioneer thinkers
advocated that women should not be discriminated against on the basis
of their sex.
Today, although their status varies in different countries, women in
most parts of the world have gained significant legal rights. The most
important of these are: the right to have equal work opportunities and
pay to men, the right to vote, and the right to formal education.


Task 1: Match the words or phrases in column A with the
suitable meanings in column B
Column A
1.
2.
3.

4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

Column B

Human civilization
Childbearing
Involvement
Age of Enlightenment
Deep-seated cultural beliefs
Homemaking
Intellectual ability
Equal work opportunity

1. g

2. d

3. h

4. f

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

f.
g.
h.

Cơ hội làm việc bình đẳng
Việc chăm sóc gia đình
Năng lực trí tuệ
Việc sinh con
Niềm tin văn hóa ăn sâu
vào tiềm thức
Thời đại khai sáng
Nền văn minh nhân loại
Sự tham gia

5. e

6. b

7. c


“Famous Women”
Work in groups. Do the task 2&3 in your book on the
page 164&165 and then choose the pictures


Picture 1

Picture 4

Picture 2

Picture 5

Picture 3

Picture 6


Your present is a hand-clap from
all your classmates


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 factories
[Paragraph 1, line (2-3)]


2. Before the 18th century, what was the
attitude of societies towards women’s
intellectual ability?
A. respectful
B. supportive
C. resentful
D. disbelieving
[Paragraph 1, line (6-7-8)]

3. According to the text, what is the
purpose of the struggle for women’s
rights?
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
[Paragraph 2, line (1-2)]


4. What do “these pioneer thinkers” at the
end of paragraph 2 refer to?
A. 18th century European people
B. 18th century European political philosophers
C. 18th century European women
D. 18th century European politicians
[Paragraph 2, line (4-5-6)]


5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in
the last paragraph as one of women’s legal
rights today?
A. the right to hold property
B. the right to equal pay
C. equal employment opportunity rights
D. the right to vote

[Paragraph 3, line 3- 4]


6. Choose the best title for the passage.
A. Women’s Intellectual Ability
B. The Age of Enlightenment
C. Women’s Rights
D. Women’s Role in Education


Work in groups. Summarise the reading
passage by filling in each blank with ONE word.
deep- seated
In the past, due to the (1)…………………cultural
belief, women
limited
only had (2)………….....
roles in society. People thought that
they were considered to be more (3) …………..
suited for (4)
childbearing (5)………………...People
homemaking
…………………and
disbelieved that
intellectual so they are not
women did not have (6)……………..ability
involve
allowed to (7)………………...in
business or politics. In the 18th
Enlightenment

century which was considered the age of (8)…………………..,
many (9) ………….thinkers
supported for the women rights.
pioneer
Today, the role of women has been highly appreciated
status
and their (10) ……………….
become higher and higher in
society.


* Homework
- Read

the text again and learn new
words by heart
- do the task in stage “after you read”
- Prepare for the next part of the new
lesson