Lecture Ten

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Lecture Ten

• BFT Speaking Task II Presentation 2

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Practice Speaking

• Brainstorm
• Speak out anything you can think of in
  association with womens role in society.
• What can you tell from the given pictures?
• Structuring
• Organize what you can see from the pictures into
  a whole.
• The more directly, the better. However, Dont
  make an empty talk.

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Brainstorm Good characters of career women

• Read often to fulfill yourself , but not imbued
  in book knowledge and no practice
• Confident but not pride
• Virtuous but not coward, humble and virtuous
  women are charming
• Persistent challenge with good attitudes
• Deal with sth soberly and gravely you will win
  more chances
• Determinable but not hesitant
• Improve your taste, not sentimental
• Clothes make the men, wear properly
• Pay attention to career etiquette and cultivate
  graceful taste
• Show yourself gently in front of your husband

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Brainstorm womens role in China

• Obviously, in recent 20 years, especially the
  later 5 years, Chinese women play a more
  important role in economy, politics, culture,
  education, society and so on.
• In the past, women are not even seen as a part of
  country life. Old people may think women as a
  part of men. They don't have the right to have
  meals as men on the big table. They can't talk
  aloud. They can't talk to other men except their
  husband.
• Now, women can take important part in country's
  politic life and economy. They now have equal
  rights as men. They also make much improvement of
  quality themselves.

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An interview Career woman or housewife ?

1. Are you a career woman or a full-time
   housewife?At present I am teaching English here
   in Xiamen. But before coming here I was a
   full-time housewife. Actually, working here in
   Xiamen is the first time I have worked since
   bringing up my family of six children. At present
   I have two grown-up daughters with me here in
   Xiamen.
2. How do you enjoy your current situation and
   why?I find it a change from what I am used to,
   that is, bringing up my family who have now all
   grown up and left home.

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An interview Career woman or housewife ?

• 3. How do you find enjoyment from your work?I
  enjoy reading. But this can be a bit of a problem
  in Xiamen as I don't have access to many English
  books. Whenever I see a shop selling English
  books I always check them out.
• 4. Have you ever encountered any difficulties or
  been at a loss in your current state? How do you
  overcome them?My biggest problem is not being
  able to do many simple things for myself like,
  asking for simple directions, reading the menu in
  a restaurant and even knowing the contents of
  some packets of food in the supermarket.

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An interview Career woman or housewife ?

• 5. If you are given another chance to make a
  choice again, what will it be and why?I would
  have got a better education so that I could have
  gotten better jobs and more money before starting
  a family. A better career path would have been
  best for me. But when you are young you often
  make choices which don't serve you best. 

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Brainstorm Good characters of career women

• Obviously, in recent 20 years, especially the
  later 5 years, Chinese women play a more
  important role in economy, politics, culture,
  education, society and so on.
• In the past, women are not even seen as a part of
  country life. Old people may think women as a
  part of men. They don't have the right to have
  meals as men on the big table. They can't talk
  aloud. They can't talk to other men except their
  husband.
• Now, women can take important part in country's
  politic life and economy. They now have equal
  rights as men. They also make much improvement of
  quality themselves.

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Practice Speaking Womens Role in China

• Referring to womens role in society of China,
  the first word coming to my mind is change.
  Especially in the 20th century, women's role has
  changed dramatically in terms of both status and
  variety.
• In the old society of China, women, in general,
  were inferior to men. Women were to remain
  ignored and to obeyfirst their fathers after
  marriage, their husbands during widowhood, their
  sons. The major role of women was to please their
  husbands and bear children. Symbolic of womens
  subservience was the practice of binding womens
  feet which lasted nearly 1,000 years.

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• As times go on, the society is developing
  constantly in all fields. Womens role in society
  of China has been undergoing great changes. To
  sum up the situation, women become more
  independent. The have the right to receive
  education, and go to the job markets to find
  jobs. From working as nurses and teachers to
  working as doctors, engineers and managers, women
  are no longer confined to work in certain fields.
  They even surpass men in some jobs which used to
  be occupied by men. With womens abilities being
  recognized, they are receiving more and more
  respect from the society.

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• Still, there exist some problems. In the rural
  areas, women are still in a lower position. They
  have to obey their husbands and almost
  illiterate. Therefore, women have a long way to
  go towards a completely equal society.
• All in all, womens role in society of China is
  being made various and significant, which is
  certainly the trend of the whole world's
  development.

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Career Women Need Equality

• It cannot be denied that China has made great
  strides towards gender equality in recent years.
  Women in modern society have much more access to
  education, training and employment opportunities.
  But regrettably, extensive discrimination against
  career women continues to exist.
• First, women are sometimes not entitled to
  freedom of choice when it comes to their
  profession. Every year many women college
  graduates are turned down when seeking jobs. Some
  employers even put male only in their adverts,
  which leads to women being unable to choose their
  jobs and pursue their dreams according to their
  own talent and interest.

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Career Women Need Equality

• As they are not seen to be on an equal footing
  with men, it is even more difficult for women to
  compete with men. The full and complete
  development of a society requires the full
  participation of women on equal terms with men in
  all fields.
• Second, although there is no basic difference
  between the competence and work performance of
  women in top jobs and those of men in similar
  positions, it is difficult for women to get
  promotion or to rise to executive positions.
  Opportunities to participate in vocational
  training and retraining are very often handed out
  to male employees.

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Career Women Need Equality

• Third, women are, no doubt, always the last to
  get hired and the first to be laid off.
  Furthermore, women who are pregnant are more
  likely to get fired. It may sound reasonable when
  some employers complain that women have the
  primary responsibility of child rearing and if
  they get promoted their new job with more
  responsibility would conflict with their family
  role. But should this be the basis for the unfair
  treatment of women because of the roles that they
  play of wife and mother?

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Career Women Need Equality

• The great contribution from women to the welfare
  of the family and society, as well as the social
  significance of maternity, cannot be overlooked.
  Bringing up children requires a level of
  responsibility from both men and women and
  society as a whole.
• As we know, discrimination against women can be
  traced back to ancient times. Though there are no
  easy methods to eliminate discrimination against
  career women, it is high time that we focused on
  the shift of the traditional role of men as well
  as the role of women in society and in the
  family.

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Career Women Need Equality

• Social services should be established to enable
  parents to combine family obligations with work
  responsibilities through the development of more
  facilities and services such as child-care. More
  measures should be taken to protect women's job
  security and health care during pregnancy.
• The status of women in society is a pretty
  reliable indication of the degree of civilization
  of that society.

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Reading for fun

• Life of a Good housewife
• A man was sick and tired of going to work
  every day while his wife stayed home. He wanted
  her to see what he went through so he
  prayedDear Lord I go to work every day and
  put in 8 hours while my wife merely stays at
  home. I want her to know what I go through, so
  please allow her body to switch with mine for a
  day. Amen.

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• God, in his infinite wisdom, granted
  the man's wish. The next morning, sure enough,
  the man awoke as a woman. He arose, cooked
  breakfast for his mate, awakened the kids, set
  out their school clothes, fed them breakfast,
  packed their lunches, drove them to school, came
  home and picked up the dry cleaning, took it to
  the cleaners and stopped at the bank to make a
  deposit, went grocery shopping, then drove home
  to put away the groceries, paid the bills and
  balanced the check book. He cleaned the cat's
  litter box and bathed the dog.

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• Then it was already 1 P.M. and he
  hurried to make the beds, do the laundry, vacuum,
  dust, and sweep and mop the kitchen floor. Ran to
  the school to pick up the kids and got into an
  argument with them on the way home. Set out milk
  and cookies and got the kids organized to do
  their homework, then set up the ironing board and
  watched TV while he did the ironing. At 430
  he began peeling potatoes and washing vegetables
  for salad, breaded the pork chops and snapped
  fresh beans for supper.

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• After supper, he cleaned the kitchen,
  ran the dishwasher, folded laundry, bathed the
  kids, and put them to bed. At 9 P.M . he was
  exhausted and, though his daily chores weren't
  finished, he went to bed where he was expected to
  make love, which he managed to get through
  without complaint. The next morning, he
  awoke and immediately knelt by the bed and said
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• "Lord, I don't know what I was thinking. I was
  so wrong to envy my wife's being able to stay
  home all day. Please, oh! oh! please, let us
  trade back."

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• The Lord, in his infinite wisdom, replied
• My son, I feel You have learned your lesson
  and I will be happy to change things back to the
  way they were. You'll just have to wait nine
  months, though. You got pregnant last night.

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The Role Of Husband And Wife

• Does a wife have to submit to her husband?
• What should be the order of priorities in our
  family?

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Speaking for fun Why does a man want to have a
WIFE?

• Because
• WWashing
• IIroning
• F Food
• EEntertainment

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Speaking for fun Why does a woman want to have a
HUSBAND ?

• Because
• H Housing
• U Understanding
• S Sharing
• B Buying
• A and
• N Never
• D Demanding

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The end

• Thank you!