Unit 1 Women of achievement. Listen to the text. ARE WOMEN GIVEN A FAIR CHANCE?

Unit 1 Women of achievement

Listen to the text.

ARE WOMEN GIVEN

A FAIR CHANCE?

I don’t think women are given a ____ chance to have as good a ______ as men for ______ reasons. First, girls have more ________ getting an _________ than boys. If there is little money in the ______, boys will get the ____ chance to go to school. Even if girls do ______ school, they often leave earlier

Listen again and fill in the blanks.

faircareer

three difficulty

education

first family

begin

to help the family or to go to _____. It is

often felt that girls will ______ and look

after another family ____ that boys must

____ money for the family. This way of

thinking ________ some girls from

_______ for a career.

_______, women have more difficulty

getting to the ___ of their chosen career.

work

marry

but

earn

prevents

training

Second

top

Most people who ____ companies are

men. So they ______ other men to

_______ them. This means that women

get _____ chances to show how good

they are at running businesses. ______

they are given the __________, they will

never be able to _____ that they can run

companies __________.

run

succeed

choose

fewer

Unless

opportunity

show

successfully

Third, women are more _____ to give up their careers to look after ________ orrun the _____. This is because these kinds of responsibilities are _________ women’s work. However, men do not have this _______. They can work long hours and go on business ____. They can improve their career chances _____ the family is _____ for at home.

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children

house

considered

problem

trips

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JOAN OF ARC

L = Luc LM = Ming

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LM: Who is Joan of Arc?

L: She was a very brave _______ lady

who fought for her _______ about

____ hundred yeas ago.

LM: Why did she do that? L: Well, at that time the _______ were ruling _______. They treated the French ______.

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French

country

six

English

France

badly

LM: Oh, dear! Why didn’t the French _______ drive the English out of

France? L: They _____, but they didn’t have good _______. So they lost every ______.LM: How did Joan help? L: She ______ the French army. She was a very _____ soldier and she won battles _______ the English army.

soldiers

triedleaders

battle

joinedgoodagainst

LM: Were women _______ to be soldiers

then?

L: No, they weren’t. The Church

didn’t allow it.

LM: So how did she _______ a soldier?

L: Well, she dressed up and ________

like a man, and some people say she

went to see the _____ of France and

got his __________.

allowed

become

behaved

king

permission

Listen to Part 2.

LM: How could she be ___ brave? L: That’s because she ________ God had sent her. She had many good _____ for attacking the English army. The French soldiers ________ her. LM: I see, but what did the English do? L: They were very ______. They caught her and the Church _______ she had not behaved as a woman should. So they _____ her.

Listen again and fill in the blanks.sobelieved

ideas

followed

angrydecided

killed

LM: How _______! What happened to

the French after her ______?

L: The French soldiers were

________ by her spirit and won

more battles. Finally they ______

the English _____ in France.

terrible

death

inspired

ended

rule

LM: So she ____ in the end. Did the

English feel _____ about what they

did to her?

L: Yes, they did. Much later they

___________ that she was fighting

for her country. The Church made

her a ______!

won

sorry

understood

saint

Listen to Part 1.

ENDING LANDMINES

DL = Ding Lingyu JW = Jody Williams

DL: Now Ms Williams, why did you _____ this work?JW: I found that people were _____ killed by landmines ____ by the armies long after a war was _____. I was really _________ about it.DL: So what does your campaign ____ to do?

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start

beingleft

concerned try

over

JW: We try to _______ landmines as quickly as possible, and stop countries making or ______ them.DL: How do you ________ your

campaign?JW: Small groups of ICBL members from different ________ talk to each other. Then they can _____ each other.DL: Can you give me an ________?JW: In West Africa, for example, there have been many _____.

remove

usingorganize

countrieshelp

example

wars

Each country tries to remove the landmines left ______ after a war ends. Some countries are working _____ than others.DL: So you __________ them to tell the others ____ to remove landmines more _______, is that right?JW: Yes, in that way good ideas move _______ the world.

behind

fasterencourage

howquickly

around

Listen to Part 2.

Listen again and fill in the blanks.

DL: I suppose all the __________ has come to you, right?JW: Yes, our organization ______ to governments around the world. We provide them _____ information and advice. DL: I see. Does that work very _____?JW: Yes, it led to our greatest success – the Oslo Agreement of _____.

information

speaks

with

well

1997

DL: What did that _______?JW: It helped stop the making and use of landmines. ____ countries signed it and ___ countries agreed to make it part of their laws. We felt so happy and _____.DL: Well, you and ICBL have ________ an even greater _______ since then. It was the Nobel Peace Price that _____ year, wasn’t it?

achieve

181

81proud

received

honour

same

JW: Yes, it meant so _____ to me, but

above all I hope we can remove

landmines ________ and save

people’s _____.

much

forever

lives