Unit 15. Women in society

Activities Cleaning the floor Washing clothes Tidying the kitchen Ironing clothes Repairing things Doing the washing Taking care of the children Cooking meals Going shopping Total 5 hou

Answer the following questions:

1 How many children do your parents have?

2 Who does more housework in your family?

3 How many hours does she spend on her housework per week?

They have two children.

My mother.

It’s about ………….

Make a statistic of these activities and the time

that your mother and your father often do at home per week.

Activities

Cleaning the floor

Washing clothes

Tidying the kitchen

Ironing clothes

Repairing things

Doing the washing

Taking care of the children

Cooking meals

Going shopping

Total

5 hours

10 hours

15 hours / a week

50 hours / a week

Your father - Time A’s mother -Time

Make a statistic of these activities and the time

that A’s mother and A’s father often do at home per week.

A’s father - Time Your mother -Time

Hours Housework hours

per week

Look at the chart then do the tasks that follow:

Hours Housework hours per week

TASK 1: Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences

1 , The column chart ……… the average hours of housework per week done by

married women in comparison with married man.

A illustrates B shows C describes D All are correct

2 , Women spend ……… per week doing housework and this number is only …… for

men when they have no children

A 30/20 B 50/15 C 55/10 D 50/50

3 , In families of one or two children, the amount of time given to housework by

men is just ……., but women’s hours of work at rises to …… per week.

A 30/20 B 50/15 C 15/50 D 50/55

4 They spend …….… a week doing housework while their husbands share with

only ……….… When they have 3 or more children.

A 30/20 B 50/15 C 55/10 D 50/55

5 The chart suggests that women should first be ……… from familiar

responsibilities

A Liberate B liberated C liberating D liberation

Look at the chart then do the tasks that follow:

Hours Housework hours per week

TASK 2: Look at the chart and answer the questions

1.Who, in general, does more housework ?

 In general, married women do more housework than men do.

2 Do married women have to do more or less housework when they

have more children ?

 They have to do more housework when they have more children.

3 Do married men have to do more or less housework when they have more children ?

 They have to do less housework when they have more children.

4.How many hours do married men and women without children spend

on their housework per week ?

 Married men and women without children spend 20 and 30 hours on their housework per week respectively.

TASK 2: Look at the chart and answer the questions

5 How much time does it take men and women with one or two children to do their housework every week ?

 It takes 15 and 50 hours to do housework every week

6 what are the numbers of weekly housework hours that men and women with three or more children do respectively ?

 They are 10 and 55.

7 what do you think should be done to reduce the unequal

distribution of housework hours per week between married men and women ?

 Married men should spend more time sharing the housework with their wives.

The chart shows / describes /illustrates…

* Body:

As can be seen from the data in the chart ,

We can see from the chart

According to the chart,

From the chart, it can be seen that…

In contrast,

While, but …

Fewer, less… than, more …than

Rise, decrease, fall, drop…

* Conclusion:

In general, / To sum up, ……

* Some useful expressions used in

describing a chart:

REMEMBER

TASK 3: Write a report describing the information in

the column chart with the given words

• The column chart / the average hours / housework per week done

by married women / comparison with married man.

• Women / spend / 30 hours per week / do / housework / this number /

be / 20 hours for men when they have no children

• In families / one or two children, the amount of time / give /

housework by men / be just 15 hours / women’s hours of work at home rises / 50 hours per week

• They spend 55 hours a week / do / housework / their husbands

share / with only 10 hours / they have 3 or more children.

• the chart / suggest / if women are / gain social equality, they should first / liberate / from familiar responsibilities This can only be done

if men give hands with doing domestic chores.

The column chart illustrates the average hours of housework per week done by married women in comparison with married man.

We can see from the chart , women spend 30 hours per week doing housework while this number is 20 for men when they have

no children

In families of one or two children, the amount of time given to housework by men is just 15 hours but women’s hours of work at home rises to 50 hours per week.

They spend 55 hours a week doing housework In contrast , their husbands share fewer hours with only 10 hours when they have 3

or more children.

In general , the chart suggests if women are to gain social equality, they should first be liberated from familiar responsibilities This can only be done if men give hands with doing domestic chores

Sample writing

Some kinds of charts.

When children enter the household, the amount of time to do housework

by women is …

increasing more and more.

Some kinds of charts

Men are found to work even … hours around the house than before the appearance of children

fewer

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