Before Reading_mainBefore ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter Reading1. Story Mothers Love 2. American Women in the Working World 3. The Cost of Attending Colleges in the U.S.4. Poem Appreciation 5. Warm-up QuestionsBefore Reading_2.1Story Mothers Love Directions: Listen to the story and then answer the questions.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingBefore Reading_1.2Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingA little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was fixing supper and handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After his Mom dried her hands on an apron, she read it and this is what it said: For cutting the grass: $5.00 For cleaning up my room this week: $1.00 For going to the store for you: 50 cents Baby-sitting my little brother while you went shopping: 25 cents Taking out the garbage: $1.00 For getting a good report card: $5.00 For cleaning up and raking the yard: $2.00 Total owed: $14.75 Well, his mother looked at him standing there, and the boy could see the memories flashing through her mind. She picked up the pen, turned over the paper hed written on, and this is what she wrote:Before Reading_1.3Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingFor the nine months I carried you while you were growing inside me: No charge For all the nights that Ive sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you: No charge For all the trying times and all the tears that youve caused through the years: No charge For all the nights that were filled with dread, and for the worries I knew were ahead: No charge For the toys, food, clothes and even wiping your nose: No charge. Son, when you add it up, the cost of my love is: No charge When the boy finished reading what his mother had written, there were big tears in his eyes and he looked straight at his mother and said, “Mom, I sure do love you.” And then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote: “PAID IN FULL”. Before Reading_2.21. What did the boy ask for from his mother?2. What did the mother do to answer the boy?3. What did the boy do after reading the answer?4. What did the boy write as the answer?5. What did you get from the story?Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingMoney for what he had done for her.She turned over the paper and wrote her answer on it.He was moved and there were big tears in his eyes.Paid in full.Before Reading_3.1In the United States, more than of the women over 16 years old are now reported to be in the labor force, full or part time. Women hold more than of all the jobs in the nation and their rushing into the job market continues at a rapid pace. Most of them, of course, are still employed in jobs traditionally filled by women: clerical , sales and service. Growing numbers, however, are moving into those higher level , well-paid positions and exclusively for men, such as , law and management.Most women work because their families need the fuel, housing, transportation and education rising steadily, more and more families are depending upon a second Many women work also because they want to have careers of their own and enjoy full with men.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter Reading50%_Directions: Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks. American Women in the Working World 42%_jobs_ professions_ medicine_ money_income_ equality_once reserved almost .jobs_.With the prices of food,Before Reading_3.2With more and more women going out to work, it is now hard to find the once “typical” family of father at work, mother in apron at home, and two children in the nest.Today it is far more for both parents to be working and for husbands to in the household work of taking care of the children, cooking the meals, doing the dishes and washing the clothes.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter Readingcommon_ share_Before Reading_4.Before ReadingGlobal ReadingDetailed ReadingAfter ReadingThe Cost of Attending Colleges in the U.S.Directions: Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks.1. Tuition fees for public elementary and secondary schools: 2. Proportion of students entering college: 3. Two types of colleges: 1) 2) 4. Average tuition fees for college and university a year: 5. Resources for tuition fees: 1) 2) 3) 6. Ways to pay back loans: 1) 2) 3)free_ half of them_ public_ private_ $12, 000 -14, 000 _ work during vacation_ do part-time job during term time_ apply for loan from the government_ Students may take up 11 years to repay._ If the student becomes a teacher in public school, he / she only pays a portio