Presented by: TRAN THI THUY NGA

List some jobs that women often do nowadays

Did women do this job in the old days? Why?

 Date: 12/3/2013
Period: 90

Lesson 1: Reading
 What is the woman doing?

She is teaching her son

 What is the woman doing?

She is cooking
 What is the woman doing?

She is making a speech in public

 What is the woman doing?

She is typing / working on the computer

1. How many roles does the woman have in the family?

 There are two roles: mothers and wives

2. How many roles does the woman have in society?

 They are businesswoman or politics

 New words: (task 1 – p163)
1. human civilization Nền văn minh nhân loại
2. Childbearing Việc sinh con
3. Involvement Sự tham gia
4. age of Enlightenment Thời đại khai sáng
5. deep-seated cultural beliefs Quan niệm lâu đời
6. Homemaking Việc chăm sóc gia đình
7. intellectual ability Năng lực trí tuệ
8. equal work opportunity Cơ hội làm việc bình đẳng
9. rights (n) / rait / Quyền của con người
10. struggle (n); (v) / 'strʌgl / (sự) đấu tranh
11. advocate (v) / 'ædvəkeit / Chủ trương, tán thành
12. discriminate (v) / dis'krimineit / Phân biệt đối xử
discrimination (n) / dis,krimi'nei∫n / Sự phân biệt đối xử
13. vary (v) / 'veəri / Khác nhau
14. vote (v); (n) / vout / Bầu cử, bỏ phiếu;
lá phiếu, sự bầu cử
 Activity 1: (Task 2 - p.164): Choose the best option 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

2. Before the 18th century, what was the attitude of societies

towards women’s intellectual ability?
A. respectful B. supportive
C. resentful D. disbelieving
3. According to the text, what is the purpose of the struggle for women’s
intellectual ability?
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

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

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
 Activity 1 (Task 2-p.164): Choose the best option 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

2. Before the 18th century, what was the attitude of societies

towards women’s intellectual ability?
A. respectful B. supportive
C. resentful D. disbelieving
3. According to the text, what is the purpose of the struggle for women’s
intellectual ability?
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

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

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
Activity 2: Go through the text and decide if the statements
are true (T), false (F) or no information (NI)

1. People in the old time believed that women were better suited
for childbearing and homemaking than for working in politics.

2. Women couldn’t work in the society because they had no

intellectual ability.

3. The struggle for women’s rights started in the 19th century.

4. Thanks to women’s liberation, nowadays women are equal to

men.
Task 3: Go through the text and decide if the statements are true (T), false (F) or
no information (NI)

1. People in the old time believed that women were better suited
for childbearing and homemaking than for working in politics. T

2. Women couldn’t work in the society because they had no

intellectual ability. F

3. The struggle for women’s rights started in the 19th century. F

4. Thanks to women’s liberation, nowadays women are equal to

men. NI
Activity 3: Work in groups to summarize the text by filling in the missing words

housewives education politics

unequal power liberation

unequal
Women in old society were considered to be …………………(1) to
housewives
men. They played the roles of mothers and ………………….….(2)
politics
only. They weren’t allowed to work in business and ………...….(3).
Therefore it was men who controlled most positions of
power
employment and …………………………………(4) in society.
liberation
Thanks to women’s ……………………..…(5) since the 18th
century, women nowadays have gained many legal rights equal to
men. Among them, the most important are the right to vote, the
education
right to gain ……………………….…..(6) and the right to get equal
payment in work.
Activity 4: Ask and answer questions
1. According to the text, what were women’s natural roles?
 Mothers and wives
2. Before the 18th century, what was the attitude of societies
towards women’s intellectual ability?
 Disbelieving
3. According to the text, what is the purpose of the struggle for
women’s intellectual ability?
 To bring equality between men and women
4. Who were “the pioneer thinkers”
 18th century European political philosophers
5. According to the text, how many rights do women have?

 3 rights: the right to have equal work opportunities and pay to

men, the right to vote, and the right to formal education
- Read the passage again and do task 3 (p. 165)
- Learn new words by heart
- Prepare unit 15: Speaking