牛津上海英语高三第一学期Unit2

Text:Awoman`splaceisinthehome?Subject:WomeninModernSocietyAlittleboyaskedhismother,“Whyareyoucrying?”“BecauseI’mawoman,”shetoldhim.“Idon’tunderstand.”hesaid.Laterthelittleboyaskedhisfather,“Whydoesmotherseemtocryfornoreason?”“Allwomencryfornoreason,”wasallhisdadcouldsay.EveryWomanisBeautifulEveryWomanisBeautifulThelittleboygrewup,stillwonderingwhywomencry.FinallyheputinacalltoGod,andasked,“God,whydowomencrysoeasily?”Godsaid:“WhenImadethefirstwoman,Imadeherspecial.Imadehershouldersstrongenoughtocarrytheweightoftheworld;yet,gentleenoughtogivecomfort.”“Igaveherperseverancethatallowshertokeepgoingwheneveryoneelsegivesup,andtakecareofherfamilythroughsicknessandfatiguewithoutcomplaining.”“Igavehersensitivitytoloveherchildrenunderanyandallcircumstances,evenwhenherchildhashurtherverybadly.”EveryWomanisBeautiful“Igaveherwisdomtoknowthatagoodhusbandneverhurtshiswife,butsometimestestsherstrengthsandherfirmnesstostandbesidehim.”“Andfinally,Igaveherateartoshed.Thisishersexclusivelytousewheneveritisneeded.”EveryWomanisBeautiful“Yousee:Thebeautyofawomanmustbeseeninhereyesbecausethatisthedoor-waytoherheart,theplacewhereloveresides.”EveryWomanisBeautiful.EveryWomanisBeautifulThespeaker`sposition:‘I’mspeaking________thismotion’[i.e.,‘Awoman’splaceisinthehome’].

againstArgument1:‘First,wecannotacceptthistraditionalroleforwomeninamodernsociety.’Argument2:______________________________________________________________________________‘Second,Iwishtorefutetheargumentthatwomenareweakerthanmen.’Argument3:‘Third,Ishalldiscusswhetheror

notwomenshouldstayathometotakecareofchildren.’Thespeaker`sfirstpoint:‘Wecanbeproudofourhistorywithoutclingingtotheseoldtraditions.’

Thespeaker`ssecondpoint:______________________________________________________________________________________________Thespeaker’sthirdpoint:___________________________________________________________conclusion:Awoman’splaceis_______________________________________________________________________________________________.

notonlyinthehome,butalsointheoffice,inthedesignstudio,inthebankandinthemanagingdirector`schair

‘Thoughmenmaybebetteratweightlifting,fewjobsactuallyrequirephysicalstrengththesedays.’‘Everywomanshouldhavetherighttoworkoutherownpriorities.’Argument1Argument2Argument3JigsawReadingThesituationofChinesewomen.Readtwoparagraphsofthepassage.Task1:Givesomekeywordsandlettheothergroupguessthegist.Task2:Readthewholepassage.Task3:ReportyourperceptiononthegeneralsituationofChinesewomen.Task4:Womenstillhavealongwaytogo.Iamnotasuperwoman!Darling,

We’vebeenmarriedformorethan5years.You’vealwaysbeenagoodwife.Sinceourdaughtercametothisworld,bothofushavebeenbusier,butatthesametimewearehappier,forourdaughterissuchalovelyangelthatnoonecanhelplovingher.Iknowyouareaveryqualifiedteacher.Yourstudentsappreciateyousomuchsinceyoudevotemostofyourtimeandenergytoteachingthem.Butourdaughterneedsyoumostatthemoment.Mother’scarewillaffectherwholelife.Sowouldyoutrytobebackabitearlierandspendmoretimeinhome?OurdaughterandIwillbeextremelyhappy.Weneedyou.

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DearCindy,Youareandhavebeenoneofourbrightestandtalentedteachers.Thestudentsunderyourcarehavealwaysachievedhighresults.However,ithasbeenbroughttomyattentionthatinthepast6monthsthequalityofyourworkhasfallenbelowyourusualhighstandard.Yoursupervisor,toldmethatrecentlyyouoftencometoschoollateandleaveearly.Iunderstandthepressuresputonmotherswithfullemployment.Itisdifficulttofindabalancebetweenworkandhomeduties.Ifyouarehavingdifficultiesorissuesrelatingtoyourwork,pleaseconsultyourdirectsupervisorsowecancomeupwithasolution.Yourssincerely