Book 4 听力原材料 Unit 1.doc

Book 4 听力材料 Unit 1 Using Language ARE WOMEN GIVEN A FAIR CHANCE? Listen again and fill in the blanks. 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 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. 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 __________. Third, women are more _____ to give up their careers to look after ________ or run 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. Workbook-Listening JOAN OF ARC L = Luc LM = Ming Listen to Part 1. Listen again and fill in the blanks. 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 ______. 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. LM: Were women _______ to be soldiers t