1、,Section B,2,7,Women: Making a difference,UNIT,A proud homemaker,Objectives,Warming-up,Reading Skills,Text Study,Comparative Study,Contents,Unit Project,A proud homemaker,B,SECTION,Warming-up,Lead-in,Background Information,A proud homemaker,B,SECTION,According to the video clip, how do you understan
2、d the word “homemaker”?,Watch a video clip and answer the following questions,Video Watching,Tips,Tips,2. Should you be a stay-at-home mom, or a working mom?,Lead-in,Watch a video clip and answer the following questions,Lead-in,Tips,Lead-in,A homemaker is a woman who spends a lot of time looking aft
3、er her home and family. If you describe a woman as a homemaker, you usually mean that she does not have another job.,According to the video clip, how do you understand the word “homemaker”?,Watch a video clip and answer the following questions,Lead-in,2. Should you be a stay-at-home mom, or a workin
4、g mom?,Watch a video clip and answer the following questions,Tips,Giving up a salary is hard to do, especially in a difficult economy. But you might not be giving up as much money as you would think if you take into consideration the costs of daycare， commuting, professional wardrobe, eating out, an
5、d other work related expenses. If you can afford to give up that amount of income, you may decide it is not worth the headache of juggling the stresses of work and raising a family.,What does the word “homemaker ”mean and where does it come from?,Tips,Background Information,Tips,The word “homemaker”
6、 is mainly an American gender-neutral term for a housewife or stay-at-home mom and also a stay-at-home dad. It is a compound word which combines two nouns: home and maker. In the 19th century, more and more women in industrializing countries stopped being homemakers and begin to do jobs that men usu
7、ally did. At this time many big factories were set up. Many thousands of young women went to work in factories.,Background Information,Reading Skills,Presentation of the Skill,Reading Skill Practice,A proud homemaker,B,SECTION,Effective readers use titles, headings, pictures, and texts, as well as p
8、ersonal experiences to make predictions before they begin to read. Predicting involves thinking ahead while reading and anticipating information and events in the text. After making predictions, students can read through the text and refine, revise, and verify their predictions.,Presentation of the
9、Skill,Predicting the Author s Ideas,Predicting the Author s Ideas,Presentation of the Skill,The strategy of making predictions actively engages students and connects them to the text by asking them what they think might occur in the reading.,Predicting the Author s Ideas,Presentation of the Skill,Ta
10、ke a look at the title of Text A: Women in the workplace. From the title you can predict that the reading will probably give the information to the following questions:,Predicting the Author s Ideas,Reading Skill Practice,Who specifically are mentioned in the reading?,What happens to the women in th
11、e workplace?,What does the reading talk about women?,What is the significance of this topic to readers?,Questions,Text Study,Text Comprehension,Language Focus,Critical Thinking,A proud homemaker,B,SECTION,Text Comprehension,After reading the title and the first paragraph, you probably know that the
12、following part of the reading might be about_? (Para. 1) Based on the tone of the text, what does the author probably think about the 1950s housewife? (Para. 1) After reading Paragraph 2, you already know how she used to do her housework while she was working outside and how she experienced the same
13、 situation growing up. What will you predict she may say in the next paragraph? (Para. 2) What is the most proper description of her feeling toward her childhood? (Para. 2),Questions Previewing,Text Comprehension,5. What does the author think of the opinion that a housewifes job is neither challengi
14、ng nor important? (Para. 4) 6. What does the author want to tell people regarding doing house chores? (Para. 4) 7. How does the author manage to cope with her familys financial situation? (Para. 5) 8. Whats the implication from the authors comment on her being a housewife? (Para. 5),Questions Previe
15、wing,1. After reading the title and the first paragraph, you probably know that the following part of the reading might be about_? (Para. 1),Try to predict the general direction of the authors thinking in Text B.,Tips,Text Comprehension,Note,how the author will give the reasons why its good to be a
16、housewife.,2. Based on the tone of the text, what does the author probably think about the 1950s housewife? (Para. 1),Its not necessarily unpleasant to make homemaker their lifes work.,Tips,Text Comprehension,原句： When hearing the word “housewife”, what comes to your mind? For many people, its a pict
17、ure of domestic discontent. (Para. 1, L1),解释: What image will you have in your mind when you hear the word “housewife”? To many people , it is a picture of restlessness and dissatisfaction at home.,译文： 当听到“家庭主妇”这个词时，你想到的是什么？ 对许多人而言，“家庭主妇”的形象就是对家务琐事充满抱怨不满。,Text comprehension,Sentence interpretation,3
18、.After reading Paragraph 2, you already know how she used to do her housework while she was working outside and how she experienced the same situation growing up. What will you predict she may say in the next paragraph? (Para. 3),She enjoys her current lifestyle.,Tips,Text Comprehension,4. What is t
19、he most proper description of her feeling toward her childhood? (Para. 2),Tips,Text comprehension,Stressful and nervous.,5. What does the author think of the opinion that a housewifes job is neither challenging nor important? (Para. 4),She thinks its wrong to think in this way.,Tips,Text comprehensi
20、on,6. What does the author want to tell people regarding doing house chores? (Para.4),she enjoys everything shes doing.,Tips,Text Comprehension,7. How does the author manage to cope with her familys financial situation? (Para. 5),Cut the unnecessary things and live a simple life.,Tips,Text Comprehen
21、sion,8. Whats the implication from the authors comment on her being a housewife? (Para. 5),Tips,Text Comprehension,Happiness is derived from within ones heart.,I remember my own working days before I settled down as a full-time_. For the _of time that I was working full time, I came home late, _a pr
22、epackaged dinner for my family, and busied myself with housework until _ into bed each night, exhausted. I_ my parents had work, but a childhood only last a short while before its gone forever.,Text Comprehension,Text Summary,homemaker,duration,heated up,crawling,appreciate,I cant in good _let my ch
23、ildren look back and wish we had spent less time folding _clothes and more time together as a family. When I first _ to being a a housewife, unemployment was_-. However, now I know its wrong to think of a housewife as anything but _ and important.,Text Comprehension,Text Summary,conscience,wrinkled,
24、converted,embarrassing,challenging,Of course, I dont receive an income for my hours of _work, but my husband and I are a team, and we decided _that we would rather enjoy living a life with more family time and less money. However, I swear that its the best _for me and my family. Everyday, I work har
25、der than I did at my old job and I find that I have more happiness and _than I did before.,Text Comprehension,Text Summary,democratically,lifestyle,dignity,hard,Practical Phrases,Language Focus,全职工作,(English conversation schools / work full time),Most of my foreign friends here work full time for bi
26、gEnglish conversation schools.,work full time,短语逆译,短语应用,我的外国朋友绝大多数都在大的英语口语学校做全职工作.,意群提示,Language Focus,Practical Phrases,爬上床,crawl into bed,短语逆译,(tear ones clothes/ crawl into bed),Totally exhausted, he tore his clothes off and crawled into bed.,短语应用,他疲惫不堪，胡乱扯掉衣服，爬到床上。,意群提示,Language Focus,Practical
27、Phrases,宝贵时间,quality time,短语逆译,短语应用,如果有空，最好和不同年龄的人都好好坐在一起聊聊。,意群提示,Language Focus,Practical Phrases,(spend quality time),If you are free, youd better spend quality time with people of different ages.,消减不必要的开支,(looked at ways / trim the unnecessary things.),American companies looked at ways they could
28、 trim the unnecessary things.,trim the unnecessary things,短语逆译,短语应用,美国公司研究了能够削减不必要开支的方法。,意群提示,Language Focus,Practical Phrases,互相理解和尊重,(interreligious harmony,It means that they recognize that building interreligious harmony takes joint understanding and respect.,joint understanding and respect,短语逆译
29、,短语应用,这表明,他们知道要建立一个宗教和谐的社会, 人们需要互相理解和尊重.,意群提示,Language Focus,Practical Phrases,转换,convert to being,People converted to being a vegetarian due to a lot of other reasons.,convert to,短语逆译,短语应用,还有许多其它的理由使人们变成素食主义者。,意群提示,Language Focus,Practical Phrases,一丝，一点,If only / possess / an ounce of business sens
30、e.,If only my father had possessed an ounce of business sense.,an ounce of,短语逆译,短语应用,要是我父亲有一点点经商的头脑就好了。,意群提示,Language Focus,Practical Phrases,贴补某人的收入,part-time job earnings,More and more students begin to supplement their incomes with part-time job earnings.,supplement ones income,短语逆译,短语应用,越来越多的学生开
31、始通过勤工俭学来贴补收入。,意群提示,Language Focus,Practical Phrases,Language Focus,Functional Patterns,句型提炼,我记得我自己工作的那会儿，那是我安心当全职家庭主妇以前的事。,原句译文,逆译练习,I remember my own working days before I settled down as a full time homeworker.,Language Focus,Functional Patterns,句型应用,1.Sb remembers his own days or time before he d
32、id sth.as,句型提炼,应用提示,用于表达“某人对某事的特别记忆”,Language Focus,Functional Patterns,（the trying but rewarding days / academic work）,All the student still remember the trying but rewarding days of military training before they settled down to start their academic work as college freshmen.,典型例句,所有学生都记得军训那段时间是十分卖力
33、却非常有收获的日子，那是作为大一新生开始专业学习之前的事。,意群提示,Language Focus,Functional Patterns,句型提炼,更重要的是，当我出差离家时，他帮我做了许多零碎的家务：照料房子、照看孩子、关注一切细枝末节。,原句译文,逆译练习,Even more importantly, he did many fragments of my job when I was away on business trips: He took care of the house, the children and every detail.,Language focus,Funct
34、ional patterns,句型应用,Even more importantly, sb does sth when,句型提炼,应用提示,用于突出强调“某人在某时做了某事”,Language focus,Functional patterns,（shoulder all the responsibilities ）,Even more importantly, many housewives have to shoulder all the responsibilities of taking care of the old and the young in the family when
35、their husbands are away.,典型例句,更重要的是，许多家庭主妇在丈夫离家时，她们不得不肩负起照顾全家老少的责任。,意群提示,Language Focus,Functional Patterns,句型提炼,认为我肯定很压抑或不满，因为我丈夫和我选择了一种更过时的生活方式的想法让我感到和很震惊。,原句译文,逆译练习,I am revolted by the notion that I must be depressed or unfulfilled because my husband and I have chosen to live in a more old-fashi
36、oned setting.,Language Focus,Functional Patterns,句型应用,3.Sb is revolted by the notion that ,句型提炼,应用提示,用于表达“某人对某种观念/思想感到震惊”,Language Focus,Functional Patterns,（Sb is revolted by the notion that ）,More and more people are very much revolted by the notion held by some young people that the happiness of
37、life depends on the amount of money and the size of house they have.,典型例句,有些年轻人认为生活的幸福取决于钱的多少和房子的大小，越来越多的人对此观点感到震惊。,意群提示,Language focus,Functional patterns,Language Focus,Genuine Collocations,a proud homemaker,condemn a different lifestyle,heat up a prepackaged dinner,yawning and exhausted,therapy f
38、or ones stress,joint understanding and respect,a good example,unhealthy ingredients,enjoy living a life,be oppressed and discontented,part-time job,a. I appreciate my parents hard work, but a childhood only lasts a short while before its gone forever.,我感谢我父母的辛劳，但童年只是人生一个瞬间，一去不复返。,b. I cant in good c
39、onscience let my children look back and wish we had spent less time folding wrinkled clothes and more time together as a family.,扪心自问我不能让我的孩子们回头看时，想着要是我们少花点时间折叠打皱的衣服，而有更多的时间陪伴他们就好了。,c. Consider this: In the future , when a woman answers that she is a housewife, you should avoid discrimination and gi
40、ve her a high five instead of showing pity or giving her a boring glance.,Further Discussion,1. How would you associate the 1950s housewife in the US with the housewife in China today? Are there any similarities ?,2. Who should be the breadwinner in a family, the husband or the wife? Why?,3. If you
41、have to choose either work outside or stay home to be a housewife / househusband, which one would you choose? Why?,Critical Thinking,Tips,Tips,Tips,Similarities: family-oriented, busy with house chores, take care of children, clean rooms, do laundry.,Further Discussion,Critical Thinking,Tips,1. How
42、would you associate the 1950s housewife in the US with the housewife in China today? Are there any similarities ?,Critical Thinking,Tips,2. Who should be the breadwinner in a family ,the husband or the wife? Why?,Further Discussion,The husband: The man is supposed to have more responsibilities for h
43、is family since he is physically stronger than his wife.The wife: The woman, to some degree, is more persevered in overcoming difficulties and she is always family-oriented.Both: The man and the woman both play important and essential roles in supporting a family-oriented.,Work outside: have many co
44、ntacts, communicate with more people, be informed of the outside world, be more financially independent.Stay home: take better care of family, pay more attention to children, provide healthier food to family, keep the rooms clean, help and support the husband / wife.,Critical thinking,Tips,3. If you
45、 have to choose either work outside or stay home to be a housewife/househusband, which one would you choose? Why?,Further discussion,Women in the Ancient Chinese Culture,Critical thinking,Cultural Exploration,Can you say something about Women in the Ancient Chinese Culture?,Can you list some famous
46、women who lived in ancient China?,Critical thinking,Tips,Tips,Cultural Exploration,Critical thinking,Tips,Can you say something about Women in the Ancient Chinese Culture?,Cultural Exploration,Women in ancient Chinese culture lived by the rules set by Confucius in his analects. According to Confuciu
47、s, women were not equal to men and were not worthy to have literacy and education. For almost two thousand years, the life of Chinese women was unbearable. During the years of growing up, a typical Chinese woman had to listen to her father and other male members in the family. A woman in ancient Chi
48、na was not given a name; instead she was called “daughter no1“, “daughter no2“ and so on.,2. Can you list some famous women who lived in ancient China?,Critical Thinking,Tips,Cultural Exploration,Empress Wu - Remember, the women in ancient Chinese culture had no right to express their thoughts and f
49、eelings. Empress Wu challenged the rules of Confucius when she became the Empress to rule China. During her reign, she elevated the position of women. The court scholars were asked to write biographies of famous women of China and the rest of the world. She established matriarchal rule in ancient China. According to her, an ideal ruler is one who rules his empire like a mother who dotes on her children.,
