Unit 5 WOMEN College English Listening and Speaking Course Book 4Unit 14 WOMENBy Chen LihongTeaching Objectives-Discussing business women-Improving comprehensive listening skills by analyzing,summarizing and drawing conclusionsQuestions to considerWho are they?Why are they so admired by the world?Do you want become one of them?Florence Nightingale:British.Letting the community know that nursing is a technologyand bring it to career“.May 12-Nursess Day to mark nurses.Margaret Thatcher Marie Curie 1904 and 1911 won Nobel Prize for physics-polonium(钋钋)and radium(镭镭)What was the traditional role of women in society during the 1930s?being a homemaker,a nest builder for her husband and her family.having near-by extended family(helping out in times of need,having fun and family reunions)tough time in that decade(holes in socks,hunging laundry on the outside lines to dry.)enjoying their family,cooking and cleaningFor the unmarried women,teaching in school or nursing;very little possibility to do other careers.working together to get through hard times,making the families very close knit.Survey on Business Women(Office Stress:His Vs Hers(I)American Psychological Association:generally,too much work,too little money and not enough opportunity for growth-women:having higher levels of work stress(underappreciated and underpaid)-32%women:no sufficient opportunities for internal advancement(30%men complain about it)Survey on Business Women(Office Stress:His Vs Hers(II)-For all:the proportion of chronically stressed individuals shrunk to 35%this year,compared with 41%in 2012(improving economy job market)-For all:smaller percentages reported satisfaction with jobs and work-life balance(compared with 2012)What do you think of Women balancing a Career and a family?(How do you make it work?)Its possible.But only when the children are older and can take care of themselves(5th grade,maybe,I dont know.).I dont see how anyone can stay up with a newborn feeding them till 5 am and going to work a hour later just to repeat the next day.Askers Rating:Askers Comment:Everyone here had great points.However,the reality is that women still do the vast majority of the house cleaning and child rearing,which is why I didnt ask if men can balance work and family.It seems that we can have it all,and often have to,but not while the children are very young.Why dont you ask can a man balance a carrer and a family?And if they are together then it should be no problem.They both can work and take care of their kids,women shouldnt be the only taking care of a family.In todays economy you either balance it all or you remain childless.You do what you have to do.Very few women have the luxury to stay home and raise kids.Its true we can have it all-but not at the same time,not successfully at least.Other questionsWhat is the role of a women in todays society?What happened to traditional values of women as homemakers?What happened to traditional values of women as homemakers?Is there anything wrong with the traditional values?Do we still have any traditional values?14In-Class ActivitiesPart I.Lead-inPart II.Listening&Discussing15Lead-in Most suitable jobs for womenSales（untechnical）Sales（technical）Marketing managementEngineeringAdministration StaffEducationDesignMedical personnelBusiness managementAccountantResearcherWriterSecretaryCustomer ServiceFinancial industryPart II Listening&DiscussingPart A:171.Depict“SHE”&“HE”long life intelligent bear children arbitraryreasoning Irrationalirrelevant responsiblebring up children housework weakerprejudice second-rate citizendifficult little confidenceambitious cookelegant long-lunches and late-night meetingmake-up anxiety professionalPart B:Women in Business1.numbers?Part B:Women in BusinessWhat do these numbers tell us?75%382563Good news about business women in France-middle management-top executives-part-time jobs available-maternity benefits are generous-state-funded pension-quality of publicly funded education for children is high-abortion is legal and is paid by the state French Business Women VS American Business WomenFrance:dress elegantly,argue intelligently,play hardball at the negotiating tableShow wit,intellect,ability to make punsUnderstanding politics,history,literatureSoft colors,stylish clothes,silk scarves,manicured nails,light make-up,simple but elegant jewelryAmerica:dress conservatively in a dark,not particularly flattering suit,no jewelry,no little make-up 22Thanks ObjectivesFamiliarize students with the topic INVENTIONSINVENTIONS via a series of theme-related tasks.Master new and important expressions in this unit and then use them in real contexts.Share and exchange ideas freely and fluently with partners and friends.Movie TimeshoelacelacelessvoilniftynerdfreaksardinemetaphorWeirdo n.鞋带 a.没有带子的 int.瞧啊 a.极好的 n.蠢人 n.怪人 n.沙丁鱼 n.比喻 n.古怪的人 Read the following statements and decide whether the statements are true(T)or false(F).1.The boy regarded himself different from others.2.The boy didnt like wea