Career Woman Unit 6 Guide lines 1. Speaking (lead-in & discussion) 2. Reading A 1).global reading 2). intensive reading 3). grammar 3. Listening 4. Self-reading.

Career Woman

Unit 6

Guide linesGuide lines

1. Speaking (lead-in & discussion) 2. Reading A 1).global reading 2). intensive reading 3). grammar3. Listening 4. Self-reading5. Writing

Lead-inLead-in

♂Group work1. Divide the students into several

groups and discuss the following questions and show their opinions.

A. What attitudes do you have toward career women?

B. How do career women live their life?

C. What are the possible reasons?

Independent, confident, stressed, pressure,lonely,busy

A

They are probably childless, or single.They are busy and don’t spend much time with her family.

B

Many of them don’t have a husband.

Career women are too busy to take care of their family

Career women have to deal with both their work and their children.

C

Discussion Discussion

For boys and girls, which opinion do you agree then tell the reasons.

For girls:Would you like to be a career woman / house wife in the future? And why?

For boys:

Would you rather your future wife were a career woman / house wife? And why?

Suggested answersSuggested answers For girls: I’d like to be a career woman:

* be independent / keep myself busy/have my own room * be free to do whatever I want to instead of baby-sitting and doing housework. * I can deal with the work and family very easily! *I can get the sense of satisfaction from work.

I’d like to be a housewife :

* I don’t care to take care of the children and do all the housework. * Money is not problem for our family. * I just want to do more for my families. * I would not have to deal with great pressure

For boys: I would rather my future wife were a career woman.

* be independent * support the family and share the pressure together * I would also be happy if she can do something she is interested in. * I don’t mind doing all the housework and taking care of the kids when she is at work.

I would rather my future wife were a house wife. * I would earn enough money for family. * A tidy and clear house makes me feel comfortable. * I can concentrated on my career. * It would benefit children’s growing.

Reading A Career WomenReading A Career Women

Global Reading→ Read the passage and answer the

following questions.

1.What findings does Hewlett’s research concentrated in?

2. What comments do the media show to those career women?

3. There is a basic reason revealed by Hewlett to explain many career women without children. What is it?

4. What distinction between high-achieving men and women in a securities company according to a woman’s interview?

5. Are men interested in finding a woman with their professional equals be their spouses according to a woman’s opinion?

6. What suggestions does the writer have?

Structure & Outline

Please find out the relative paragraph and supporting details in text!

1. High-achieving Career Woman over 40 in U.S.A. statistics and facts----Para?

2. Reasons----Para?

3. Suggested solutions—Para?

Para1—4 *49%of them are childless, but only 14% said they had not wanted children.*Only 57% of them are married.*They either marry early or not at all.

Para5—6*A primary reason for so many of them to be childless is that they are unmarried.

Para7 *Men should be encouraged to marry their professional equals.*Employees should be allowed to spend more time with their family.

1. give a picture of (sth.): to describe (sth.) 描写，描述

Language Points & New Words

e.g. My good friend often gives a good picture of her wonderful life as a career women in America.

2. reveal ( v. ): to make known 揭露 , 揭示

e.g. Nowhere you work, you should not reveal any information to others, which is the basic professional ethics. 3. drop out (of) : to stop attending or taking part. 不参加，退出

e.g. It is very pitiful that he dropped out of the present job in foreign company because of his impulsion.

4. pay the price: 付出代价 e.g. He made a wrong decision and paid a heavy price in the

international negotiation. 5. stick to: not to give up 坚持，坚守

e.g.: I’v made my decision to stick to working here.

→ stick with

e.g.: I know you are new in this job, so just stick with me.

stick together

e.g.: Let’s stick together. We’re in the same boat.

• 6. neglect v. to give little attention to 忽略；疏忽 neglect to do sth. / doing sth. 漏掉做某事

e.g. Don’t neglect to lock /locking the door when you leave.

7. acknowledge v. accept the truth of sth. /admit sth. 承认 , 认可

e.g.: Steven acknowledged that the primary cause of his failure was carelessness.

8. reject v. refuse to accept 拒绝接受e.g. 1) She rejected his proposal of marriage. 2) Just learn to how to reject wisely.

• 9. balance v. 使…平衡• e.g. Try to balance your diet by eating more fruit and less

protein.

• How long can you balance on one foot?

• 10. acquire v. 获得，获取• e.g. The newcomer acquired praises from the boss for her

seriousness and sincerity.

11. in contrast (with/to) 对比；对照

e.g. In contrast with/to your belief, I am confident that my belief will achieve a great success.

12. end up 结束；告终

e.g. He ended up (as) the head of the firm.

• 13. survey v./n. • e.g. People in the country were surveyed and 75% of them

approved of the new personal tax system.

• a survey of the subject 对此问题的概括论述• a public opinion survey 民意调查• a comprehensive survey of modern Chinese language• 现代汉语综述

Difficult sentencesDifficult sentences

1. But …reality, one that is neglected by those people who see this as an absolute woman’s problem or fault. P4

但是，休利特揭示了一个令人震惊的事实，一个被那些认为这完全是女性的自身问题或过错的人所忽略的事实。

2. Further up the career ladder the male-female distinction becomes even more marked. P5

职位越高，这种男女的差异就越明显。

Difficult sentencesDifficult sentences

3. Class should be set up to encourage men to marry women who are their professional equals. P7

应当开设一些课程来鼓励男人与同样事业有成的女人结婚。

4. CEOs could start changing a corporate culture that seems to have been designed by and for men not to eager to go back to their families. P7

首席执行官们应着手改变这种似乎由那些不急于回家的男人们所设计 同时也是为他们服务的企业文化。

Intensive reading →Read the passage again and finish

Task 1,2 on page 69. You can discuss with your partner.

---Ask some students to answer each one.

---Comment.

EExercise xercise

→ Task 4First, give Ss some time to read Task 4

and mark the difficult points.Second, analyze the language points

to them and solve their difficulty. Third, ask Ss to finish the rest

sentences and comment.

Grammar

• 1. Infinitives

• 2. The special usages of infinitives

Grammar Infinitives不定式是动词的一种非限定形式，通常前面带有 to, 在句子当中可作主语、宾语、表语、定语或状语。

e.g.: To scold her would not be just. We are planning to build a library here . One of our main tasks now is to learn English. Do you have anything to declare? To do a good job, we must have the right tools.

•1. 不定式作主语的特殊用法

为了平衡句子的结构，避免头重脚轻，我们通常用代词it代替不定式作主语，将不定式移到句子后部。

e.g.: To complete that building in ten months was a great thing. It was a great thing to complete that building in ten months.

有时为了说明不定式所表示的动作是谁做的或是指谁的情况，通常在 to do sth 前加 for 或者 of 引起的短语。

e.g. It was great for architect to complete that building in ten months. It was kind of you to think so much of us.

比较以上两个句型： It is +adj. for someone to do… It is +adj. of someone to do… 当用 for 的时候， adj. 主要说明的是动作的特性，而用 for时， adj. 主要说明的是人的品质和特性。

2. 不定式作状语时的特殊用法 动词不定式做状语时 , 若其逻辑主语与主句中的主语不一致 ,须用 for 将逻辑主语引出 .e.g. For one to borrow books, it is imperative to have a library card.

3. 动词不定式有时态的变化。它的完成式表示不定式的 动作发生在谓语动词之前。 e.g.:I am sorry to have kept you waiting so long.

4. There be 句型的不定式是： there to be… 复合式 为： for there to be e.g.: I don’t want there to be any disagreement between us.

EExercisexercise

→ Talk about the task 2& task 3 on page 71

Listening Listening

Task 1. Listen to the five statements three times and try to write them down. (P72)

Task 2. Listen to the four conversations and, and make best choice. (P72)

Task 3. Listen to a short passage about Career Women and fill in the blanks. (P72)

4. Practice useful expressions on Task 5 with your partner. (P73)

Self-readingSelf-reading

1. Reading B Career or Family →Finish Task on page 74

2. Reading C Job Dream Create a Dilemma

→Fill in the blank on page 75

WritingWriting

1. Writing for General Purpose →Development by cause and effectDevelopment by cause and effect 1) Detailed learning 2) Practice (Task 1& 2)

2. Writing for Specific Purpose →Letter of apologyLetter of apology 1) Sample learning (P77) 2) Write a letter of apology according to the

task.

AssignmentAssignment

Pre-read the next Unit and learn the new words