Unit 01 Family Life Lesson 5 Listening

UNIT 1 : FAMILY LIFE


GAME: web completion
List the roles of a wife and a husband in the family
give a birth
Look after the children
Do household chores
care for family
Be a homemaker
Be a breadwinner
Earn money
Protect family

ROLES
OF WIFE

ROLES
OF MAN


I. BEFORE YOU LISTEN
Look at the chart and discuss the changes in weekly hours of basic
housework by married men and married women in the USA
between 1976 and 2012. Guess the reasons for the changes.


VOCABULARY
1. old notions = old thought
2. sole
= only (a)

3. conscious = aware >< unaware
4. purposeful = focused, decisive >< indecisive (a)
5. balance = equality(n)
6. nurture = care for(v)
7. equally shared
8. Parenting(n)= child raising
9. traditional (a)
10. Solution(n) the way to do sth/ answer


III. WHILE YOU LISTEN
ACTIVITY 1.
Listen to a family expert talking about how the
roles of men and women in families have changed
and decide whether the following statements
are true (T) or false (F).


Listen to a family expert talking about how the roles of men and
women in families havechanged and decide whether the following
statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. Men’s and women’s roles in the family have
become similar.

T

2. Both men and women now work to contribute to the
family finances.

T

3. According to 'equally shared parenting', both men
and women have equal chances for recreation.

T

4. According to 'equally shared parenting', the
husband’s career is less important than the wife’s.
5. Families following 'equally shared parenting' are
happier.

F
T


ACTIVITY 2: Work in pairs. Match the
word / phrase with its appropriate
meaning.


Activity 3: Listen again and answer
the questions
1. How has the role of men in the family changed?
2. How have men’s and women’s roles become alike?
3. What is the result of ‘equally shared parenting’?


Game : lucky colors
• Rules of the game

Lucky
colors


1. How has the role of men in
the family changed?
. They are not the only breadwinner in
the family, and they get more involved in
housework and parenting.


2. How have men’s and women’s
roles become alike?
Both are responsible for family
finances, home-making /
housework, and parenting.


3. What is the result of ‘equally
shared parenting’?

The families become happier
and the divorce rate amongst
them is the lowest.


Lucky color

HOMEWORK