Unit 03 Music Lesson 3 Reading

UNIT 6:
GENDER EQUALITY
READING


Gender equality in employment
1. Look at the symbols. What do they stand for?

They are the symbols of genders, gender equality and 
gender discrimination.


I. Vocabulary
-pursue

: v) mưu cầu, theo đuổi

-sue

: v) kiện ai ra tòa

-limitation : n) sự hạn chế, sự giới hạn
-loneliness : n) sự cô đơn
-preference

:n) sự ưu tiên

-employment : n) việc làm
-firefighter :n) lính cứu hỏa
-co – worker : n) đồng nghiệp
-courage

: n) lòng dũng cảm

-be in favour of: thiên vị, thiên về, ủng hộ



II. READING
ACT 1: Quickly read the text. Choose the best title for it.
a. Brenda Berkman's Childhood
b. A Woman Who Did a ‘Man's Job’
c. Gender Equality in Employment


Act 2: Read the statements. Decide if they are true (T), false 
(F) or not given (NG). Tick the correct boxes.

X
X

X

X

X
X


Act 3: Read the text again. 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 gender discrimination and won.
3. How were she and other female firefighters treated?
- They became the targets of laughter and anger from the coworker and local people They were unwelcomed at meals, faced 
loneliness and even violence.
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 can not prevent a person from
pursuing a job.


THANK YOU

GOOD BYE