新世纪高等院校 综合教程 第一册 教师用书 笔记 unit 12 Gender Bias in Language.doc

Unit 12 Gender Bias in Language Section One Pre-reading Activities 2 I. Reading aloud 2 II.Cultural information 2 III. Audiovisual supplements 3 Section Two Global Reading 4 I. Text analysis 4 II. Structural analysis 4 Section Three Detailed Reading 5 Text I 5 Section Four Consolidation Activities 16 I. Vocabulary Analysis 16 II. Grammar Exercises 20 III Translation exercises 23 V. Oral activities 25 VI. Writing Practice 26 VII. Listening Exercises 28 Section Five Further Enhancement 31 I. Text II 31 II. Memorable Quotes 34 Section One Pre-reading Activities I. Reading aloud Read the following sentences aloud, paying special attention to incomplete plosives and liaison. A plosive which has no audible release is put in brackets. 1. Yet it is often misunderstood and misinterpreted, for language is a very complicated mechanism with a grea(t) deal of nuance. 2. This is an example of the gender bias that exists in the English language. 3. It is at this point that Nilsen argues tha(t) the gender bias comes into play. 4. It is up to us to decide wha(t) we will allow to be used and ma(d)e proper in the area of language. II.Cultural information 1. Why We Need an Equal Rights Amendment: Why We Need an ERA; The Gender Gap Runs Deep in American Law Martha Burk and Eleanor Smeal Why is the amendment needed? Twenty-three countries —including Sri Lanka and Moldova—have smaller gender gaps in education, politics and health than the United States, according to the World Economic Forum. We are 68th in the world in womens participation in national legislatures. On average, a woman working full time and year-round still makes only 77 cents to a mans dollar. Women hold 98 percent of the low-paying womens jobs and fewer than 15 percent of the board seats at major corporations. Because their private pensions—if they have them at all —are lower and because Social Security puts working women at a disadvantage and grants no credit for years spent at home caring for children or aging paren