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大学体验英语视听说教程4unite1文本与答案
Unit1MenandWomen’sPrejudices
FamousQuote
Therecanbenotwoopinionsastowhatahighbrowis.Heisthemanorwomanofthoroughbredintelligencewhorideshismindatagallopacrosscountryinpursuitofanidea.
—VirginiaWoolf
VirginiaWoolf(1882-1941):
ABritishnovelist,essayist,critic,publisherandfeminist.HermostfamousworksincludethenovelsMrsDalloway(1925),TotheLighthouse(1927)andOrlando(1928),andthebook-lengthessayARoomofOne’sOwn(1929),withitsfamousdictum,“Awomanmusthavemoneyandaroomofherownifsheistowritefiction.”
UnitOverview
Domenandwomenreallycomefromthedifferentplanets?
Ifnot,whyhavethey,forcenturies,vilifiedoneanother?
Thismayallresultfromtheprejudicesagainsteachother.Afterthewomen’smovementandmen’smovement,wearenowonthewaytoabetterunderstandingofmenandwomenintermsoftheirdifferencesandequality.Inthisunit,youwillfindoutwomen’ssocialstatus,differencesandsimilaritiesbetweenthetwosexes,andtheirnewsocialroles.Studentswillconsiderthegenderissuethroughlistening,viewingandreading.Avarietyofactivitieswillinspirethemtotalkaboutgenderrolesandgenderequalityusingthewordsandexpressionsinthisunit.Andfinally,theywillconductasurveyon‘GenderConsciousnessinAdvertisements’.
Inthisunit,youwill
∙considerthegenderissuesthroughlistening,viewingandreading
∙discussthegenderrolesandgenderequalitythroughguidedactivities
∙conductasurveyon‘GenderConsciousnessinAdvertisements’
∙pickupusefulwordsandexpressions
∙learntoreflectonyourownlearningandcommentonthatofyourpeers
∙learntothinkindependently,criticallyandcreatively
BackgroundInformation
“Awomanmusthavemoneyandaroomofherownifsheistowritefiction”.EightyyearsagoVirginiaWoolfpublishedthesewordsinanessaythatwastobecomeoneoftheseminalfeministtextsofourage.“ARoomofOne’sOwn”hasshapedthewayinwhichcreativeachievementbymenandwomenisviewed,andprovidedapointofreferenceforgenerationsoffemalewriters.Woolfusesthe‘room’asasymbolforprivacy,leisuretime,andfinancialindependence,allofwhichhavebeenhistoricallylackingforwomen.Womentodayarestillstrugglingtofindthementalandphysicalspacefortheircreativityandadvocatingforequalrightswithmeninsociety.
InresponsetotheWomen’sMovement,therearoseaMen’sMovement.Threebookshavecatalyzedthemythopoeticmen’smovement:
RobertBly’sIronJohn,SamKeen’sFireintheBelly,andRobertMooreandDouglasGillette’sKing,Warrior,Magician,Lover.Allpositastableentitycalled“maleidentity”andseeinitiationasakeytoachievingit.
Whereverthesetwomovementswilllead,itistimewetookanewlookonthegenderrolesandfemale-malerelations.
GlobalGenderGapIndex
Rank2009
Country
Score
Rank2008
1
Iceland
0.828
4
2
Finland
0.825
2
3
Norway
0.823
1
4
Sweden
0.814
3
5
NewZealand
0.788
5
6
SouthAfrica
0.770
22
7
Denmark
0.763
7
8
Ireland
0.760
8
9
Philippines
0.758
6
10
Lesotho
0.750
16
*0-1scale:
0=inequality,1=equality
http:
//www.weforum.org
TopicPreview
1.ReadthepassageonpageXandlearntheusefulexpressionsrelatedtowomen’sstatus.
2.Logonlineandsearchforinformationconcerningthewomen’smovementandthemen’smovement.
LessonOne
Leadin
Task1DescribingthePicture
TeachingTips
1.Thistaskisdesignedtopreparestudentsforthetopic“MenandWomen’sPrejudices”.
2.Askstudentstodescribethepicturewiththeirpeers.
3.Herearesomequestionsforstudentstodiscuss:
WhatarethestereotypesofmenandwomeninChina?
Inwhatwaydothepeopleinthepicturedifferfromthesestereotypes?
Whatgiverisetothechange(s)?
TowhatextentdoyouthinkitisacceptableinChinanowadays?
Describethepicturefirstandthendiscusshowthetraditionalgenderrolesareunderchallenge.
Task2ReflectingontheReading
TeachingTips
1.Thistaskisdesignedtocheckstudents’understandingofthereadingmaterial.
2.Askstudentstoanswerthefollowingquestions.
ReadthroughtheSupplementaryReadingonpageX,andanswerthefollowingquestions.
1.Whydoestheauthorholdthatthestatisticsintheworkforcemisleadustobelievethatwomen’sstatushasimproved?
Answer:
Becausewomendon’tsharetheequalweightinbusinessandsocialdimensions.
2.Howdidwomenwintheirseatsandsaysatworkplacesinthepastdecades,accordingtotheauthor?
Answer:
Theywonbycompetingwithmenfiercelyattheexpenseoftheirowngenderidentity.
3.Whatarethesuggestionstowomenprovidedbytheauthortochangethecurrentsituation?
Answer:
Womenshouldbuildself-confidence;ontheotherhand,theyshouldmaintainthe