Unit 15 Women in society Lesson Writing Warm up Make a statistic of these activities and the time that your mother and your father ften every day Activities Cleaning the floor Washing clothes Tidying the kitchen Ironing clothes Repairing things Doing the washing Taking care of the baby Cooking meal Going shopping Your father Your mother Time Suggested answers Activities Your father Your mother Time Cleaning the floor v hour Washing clothes v hour Tidying the kitchen v 30minut es Ironing clothes v 30minut es Repairing things v v Doing the washing Taking care of the baby Cooking meal hour v hour hours v 1.5 Look at the chart and answer the questions   1.Who, in general does more home work ? In general married women more than men Do married women have to more or less housework when they have more children ? They have to more housework Do men have to more or less housework when they have more children ? They have to less housework 4.How many hours married men and women without children spend on their housework per week ? Married men and women without children spend 20 and 30 hours on their housework per week respectively        Look at the chart and answer the questions       How much time does it take men and women with one or two children to their housework every week ? It takes 15 and 50 hours to housework every week what are the number of weekly housework hours that men and women with three or children respectively ? They are 10 and 55 what you think should be done to reduce the unequal distribution of the housework hours per week between married men and women ? Women should ask men to help sharing housework every day./ Married men should spend more time sharing the housework every day *Look at the following table, work in groups to discuss the ways to describe the information in this table 1998 2001 2004 2007 Lowlands 52% 58% 65% 76% Midlands 58% 54% 47% 43% Highlands 40% 49% 69% 77% A Some kinds of charts + You can describe it by a column chart: Hours Housework hours per week * Some useful expressions used in describing a chart:          The chart shows / describes /illustrates… As can be seen from the data in the chart , We can see from the chart According to the chart, It is clear from the chart that From the chart, it can be seen that… In contrast, While In general, / To sum up, Generally speaking     Sample answer The column chart illustrates / shows the average hours of housework per week done by married women in comparison with married man As can be seen from the chart in families without children, women tend to spend 30 hours per week doing housework whereas this number is only 20 hours for men However, things are quite different when children enter the house In families of one or two children, men maintain approximately the same number of time doing housework as in childless households, but women’s hours of work at home rises to 50 per week because it takes them more time to take care of their children According to the chart with families have or more children, women have to work harder They may spend 55 hours a week doing housework while their husbands share with only 10 In general the chart suggests that if women are to gain social equality, they should first be librated from familial responsibilities This can only be done if men lend more helpful hand to women in doing domestic chores 3 Homework:  Complete your writing perfectly at home The end [...]...3 Homework:  Complete your writing perfectly at home The end ... done if men lend more helpful hand to women in doing domestic chores 3 Homework:  Complete your writing perfectly at home The end