Unit 15 Women in society Reading

Unit 15: Women in society
A: Reading

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• She is working on a computer
• Her role is as a social worker

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• She is going shopping
• Her role is as a housewife

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• She is teaching her children
• Her role is as a mother

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• She is having diner with her family
• Her role is as a housewife

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• She is watching TV with her
husband and children
• Her role is as a wife and a
mother

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• She is recycling the bottles
• Her role is as a social worker

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II/ While you read
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ãVai trò chính thống
Main role traditionally
ãBan cho
Accord ['k:d]
ãKhả năng trí tuệ
Intellectual ability
ãNhà t tởng tiên phong
Pioneer thinker
ãTán thành
Advocate ['ổdvkit]
Discriminate [dis'krimineit] ãPhân biệt

ãPhẫn uất
Resentful [ri'zentfl]
ãHoài nghi, nghi ngờ
disbelieving


Task 1: give Vietnamese equivalents to the
following words and phrases

NÒn văn minh nhân loại
1.Human civilization
Sự sinh đẻ
2.Childbearing
Sự tham gia
3.Involvement
Thời đại khai sáng
4.Age of Enlightenment
5.Deep seated cultural beliefs Niền tin ăn sâu
vào tiềm thức
Việc nội trợ
6.Homemaking
Khả năng trí tuệ
7.Intellectual ability
8.Equal work opportunity Cơ hội làm việc bình đẳng
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Task 2: Choose the best opyion 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 factories
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Task 2: Choose the best opyion A, B, C, or
D to answer the following questions.

2. Before the 18th century, what was the attitude
of societies towards women’s intellectual ability?
A.respectful
B.supportive
C.resentful
D.disbelieving

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Task 2: Choose the best opyion 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 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
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Task 2: Choose the best opyion A, B, C, or
D to answer the following questions.

4. What do “these pioneer thinkers” at the
end of paragraph 2 refer to?
A.the 18th century European people
B.the 18th century European political philosophers
C.the 18th century European women
D.the 18th century European politicians

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Task 2: Choose the best opyion 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 rights
today?
A.The right to hold property
B.The right to equal pay
C.Equal employment opportunity rights
D.The right to vote
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Lucky number
Congratulation


Task 3: Choose the best title for the
passage

5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the
last paragraph as one of women’s legal rights
today?
A.women’s intellectual ability
B.The Age of Enlightenment
C.Women’s rights
D.Women’s rule in Education
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After you read: Summarize

the reading passage by choosing
ONE sentence for each
paragraph
1. The struggle for women’s rights began in A. Paragraph 1
the 18th century as European political
philosophers believed that women should
be treated equally
B. Paragraph 2
2. Today women enjoy important legal
rights such as equal work and pay right, the
right to vote and to gain education
3. In the past, women were limited the role C. Paragraph 3
as they were believed to have low
intellectual ability
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