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
Trang 2Answer 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 ………….
Trang 3Make 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
Trang 5Hours Housework hours
per week
Look at the chart then do the tasks that follow:
Hours Housework hours per week
Trang 6TASK 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
Trang 7Look at the chart then do the tasks that follow:
Hours Housework hours per week
Trang 8TASK 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.
Trang 9TASK 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.
Trang 10The 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
Trang 11TASK 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.
Trang 12The 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
Trang 13Some kinds of charts.
When children enter the household, the amount of time to do housework
by women is …
increasing more and more.
Trang 14Some kinds of charts
Men are found to work even … hours around the house than before the appearance of children
fewer
Trang 15• Prepare Unit 15 Language Focus