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1.Whatdoyouthinkofthechangesofwomen’srolessince19thcentury?

Canwomennowadaysliveindependentlywithequalrights?

A:

DoyourememberthenovelwehavereadonthetextbookAPairofSilkStockings?

B:

Yes,awonderfulstoryaboutMrs.Sommers.

A:

Sowhat’syourfeelingafterreadingthisstory?

B:

Aftergettingmarried,theroleofMrs.Sommerschanged.Shebecameherhusband’swifeandtheirchildren’mother.Shehadtobearthefamily’sburden;sheneverconsideredherownneeds.

A:

Shelookedsopitiful.Shewasevenafraidofrecallingthepast.Thisreflectedtheimprisonment[ɪm'prɪz（ə）nm（ə）nt]andrepressionagainstwomenoftheAmericansocietyin18thcentury.Thewomenwasconfinedtothesocialroleofwifeandmother;theydidn’tallowanyofthemtohaveself-awarenessandpersonalpursuits.

B:

That’sinconceivable.Ican’timaginethatifIliveatthattime.Sowhatdoyouthinkofthechangesofwomen’srolesince19thcentury?

A:

Since19thcentury,womenhavebeenmoreandmoreindependent.Inmostcountries,theyhavecommonrightsandfemalerights.Ithinkthesocietyshouldgoforwardandwomenshouldbetreatedequally.

B:

Yes,nowadays,youcanseemanywomenworkforthegovernment,someevenservedasthepresidentorotherimportantpositions.Femaleofficialsarerecognizedbymoreandmorepeople.

A:

Andmoreandmorejobsareavailabletowomen.Womencanhavemorechoices.Theycanhavetheircareeranddowhattheylike,anddon’tneedtodependonmentolive.

B:

That'sright.Infamily,women’srolechangedalso.Theycanworktoearnmoneyforthefamilythesameastheman.Husbandandwifeareequalandtheyrespecteachother.

A:

Alotofchangeshavetakenplace.Women’lifewillbecomemorecolorful.

B:

Ofcourse.It’sgettingbetter.Butcanwomennowadaysliveindependentlywithequalrights?

A:

Notexactlyso.Thoughthelawhasbeenestablishedandeveryoneappealtoequality,womencouldnottrulyliveindependentlywithequalright.Forexample,whenyouapplyforajobastheprogrammer,thecompanytendtochoosethemalecandidatesandrefusefemale’sapplication,eventhoughtheyarebetter.

B:

It’sreallyunfair.What’smore,inmanyplacesaroundtheworld,womenarenotequalwithmen.Theydon’thaveright,andtheycan’tprotectthemselvesthroughlegalchannels.InIranandotherMiddleEastareas,womenareforbiddentoexposingtheirfaceunlessintheirownfamily.Andwomencannotparticipateintheelections.

A:

Thereisstillalongwaytogoinprotectingwomen’right.

2.Duringthedevelopmentofalanguage,thereareperiodsofdramaticchangesandminorchanges.Why?

Givesomespecificexamplestoillustrateit.

A:

DoyouknowanythingabouttheEnglishlanguage?

B:

Yes.EnglishistheofficiallanguageusedbymostcountriesandalotofcountriessettheEnglishasthesecondlanguage.

A:

Yeah,andin19th-20thcentury,EnglishbecameaninternationallanguagebecauseoftheleadingpositionsofBritishandAmerican.Theirculture,economy,military,politicsandsciencehaveinfluencedothercountriesintheworld.

B:

That’sright.Englishisimportantnowinourlife.Anditdoeschangealotwiththetime.

A:

Yeah,yeah.Iagreewithyou.Thelanguagehasalwayschanged,buttherateofchangehasbeenuneven;minorchangeshaveslowlyaccumulatedineverygeneration,buttherehavebeenperiodsofdramaticchangeaswell.Youknowsomeofthem?

B:

Ofcourse.ThemostimportantoftheseperiodsoccurredaftertheNormansConqueredEngland.Thisconquestbroughtnewconceptsfromacrossthechannel,liketheFrenchlanguage,theDoomsdayBookandsoon.Allinall,theEnglishabsorbedabouttenthousandnewwordsfromtheNormans.ThisgreatlyenrichedtheEnglishlanguage.

A:

Absolutely,culturalconflictbringnewvitality.Also,somechangeshaven’tcomefromtheborrowing,butfromthenaturalgrowingneed.SuchasShakespeare’spoetry,Bible.TheyalldidagreatcontributioninEnglishchanging.Justasthedictionaryshows,about2000newwordsandphraseswereinventedbyWilliamShakespeare.HispoetryshowedtheworldthatEnglishwasarich,vibrantlanguagewithlimitlessexpressiveandemotionalpower.

B:

Yeah,manynewwordsoccurredwiththedevelopmentoftheworld.Aswell,thescience,theInternet,theirdevelopmentproducedmanywordslikegene,e-mail,download,etc.Whennewthingsappeared,newwordsareinventedtofollowthem.

A:

Besidesthevocabulary,thegrammarisalsodifferentfromthebeginning.Forexample,peoplenowliketosay“Let’shaveadrink”or“Let’stakeaswim”.Wecallthem“empty”verbs.Yearsago,wesay“Let’sdrink”or“Let’sswim”.

B:

Therearevariouskindsofgrammarchanges,wearenotsurehowitbegan,butmoreandmorepeopleexpressedlikethat,thenitbecameastandardgrammar.

A:

Yeah,these