Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 10 - Unit 6 Gender Equality - Speaking

Unit 6: SPEAKINGEqual job opportunities1. Read the following phrases and sentences. Write A if it expresses an agreement and write D if it expresses a disagreement. Add two more expressions/ sentences1. D I don’t think that 2. A I agree (that) 3. D Yes, but .4. A That’s true.5. A I guess so.6. D Actually, I think 7. D very true, but ; Sure, but 8. A That’s for sure./ Exactly./ I couldn’t agree more.2. Work in pairs. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Tell your partner, using the phrases and sentences in 1. Example: I don’t think that men are better leaders than women.1. A: I think men are better leaders than women. B: Yes, but many women are excellent leaders now, too.2. A: In my opinion, women’s natural roles are care-givers and housewives. B: That’s true. They are better with children than men.3. A: I believe that men are traditional decision-makers and bread-winners. B: I don’t agree. Both men and women should share the household finances.4. A: From my point of view, women are more hard-working than men although they are physically weaker. B: I couldn’t agree more.2. Work in pairs. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements? Tell your partner, using the phrases and sentences in 1. Example: I don’t think that men are better leaders than women.5. A: I feel that women may become trouble-makers because they are too talkative. B: I don’t think so. Educated women know what to say and when to say it.6. A: I believe that men are not as good with children as women. B: I agree with you completely.3. a. Work in groups. Discuss if you agree or disagree with the statement ‘ Married women should not pursue a career’, using sentences 1-6 as reasons for your agreement or disagreement. Example:Student A: I think married women should not pursue a career.Student B: I agree. I believe they should stay at home, doing housework and looking after their husbands and children.Student C: Actually, I think they should continue pursuing a career. It is boring and tiring doing housework.1. Women should stay at home, doing housework and looking after their husbands and children.2. It is boring and tiring to do housework.3. Women often become passive and dependent on their husbands.4. Women will be exhausted if they have to do two jobs : at work and at home.5. Women usually get less pay than men for doing the same job.6. Men should share household tasks with their wives.3. a. TALKING ‘ Married women should not pursue a career’Example:I think married women should not pursue a career for some reasons. First, because they are born to take care of the family and they should stay at home, doing housework and looking after their husbands and children. Second, women will be exhausted if they have to do two jobs : at work and at home. Third, women usually get less pay than men for doing the same job.3. b. TALKING ‘ Married women should pursue a career’Example:I think married women should pursue a career because of the following reasons. First, it is boring and tiring to do housework.Second, women often become passive and dependent on their husbands if they don’t have a job to do. Third, men should share household tasks with their wives.b. Note down your group’s discussion. Report the result to the class. Example:In our group, two people agree with the statement. They think women will be exhausted if they have to do two jobs. One person doesn’t agree. He thinks housework should be shared by men , and women should go to work and develop their careers.