The Third Ingredient.ppt

1、Extra-reading Quiz,Unit 3,Unit 3,Gender Differences,Gender Roles from a Cultural Perspective,Give a sentence to sum up the main idea of the passage. Is it true with Chinese students that boys do better in math and science, while girls have better verbal and reading skills? Explain your answer. Can y

2、ou think of any ways in which Chinese culture affects gender roles? Give some examples.,Boys Are Teachers Pets,How can you understand the word “pets” here? What does it mean in this text? In this passage, the author shows us that boys can win more favor from the teachers than girls. Please give some

3、 examples to show. What conclusion does the author draw at the end of the text?,What Kind of Brain Do You Have?,Decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write T for True and F for False. 1) The female brain has a greater power of empathizing while the male brain has a greater abili

4、ty to systemise.,2) Which type of brain one has is determined by ones sex. 3) The different reading interests of males and females reflect their different brain types. 4) The E-S (empathising-Systemising) theory has proven true only at an anecdotal level. 5) Sex differences in empathy are in part de

5、termined by biological factors.,6) Men usually choose professions that require high systemizing. 7) Little boys showed a stronger preference for mechanical systems than little girls. 8) The E-S theory suggests culture and socialization play as important a role as biology in determining a persons brain type. 9) The author thinks that the theory will cause sex discrimination. 10) The conclusion is that neither sex is superior overall.,The Third Ingredient,What are the three ingredients in this short story? What are their symbolic meanings? Who are the three characters? What is the relation