UNIT 6:
GENDER EQUALITY
WRITING
WORKING MOTHER
WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE IN THE PICTURE ?
What are the woman doing?
Are they busy?
Do they work?
ACTIVITY 1
Contribute + to (v): góp phần, đóng góp
Set good example for sbd: làm gương cho ai
Domestic (adj): trong nhà, trong gia đình
Value (n): giá trị
Be likely to: có thể xảy ra, có khả năng xảy ra
Pass down from generation to generation: truyền từ thế hệ này sang thế hệ khác
Household expenses (n): chi phí sinh hoạt trong gia đình
Need (n): nhu cầu
Household budget: ngân quỹ gia đình
Widen (v): mở rộng
Mature (v): làm cho ai trưởng thành
Strength >< weakness: điểm mạnh>< điểm yếu
Knowledgeable (adj): am hiểu
VOCABULARY:
ACTIVITY 1
1.b
2.c
3.a
The advantages of working mother
OPENING: Mothers should be encouraged to work outside the home.
BODY:
1. Working mothers contribute to household income
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2. Working mother are good educators for children.
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3. Working mother set good examples for their chidren.
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ENDING: Clearly, mothers should be strongly supported to work outside the home.
ACTIVITY I1
OUTLINE
OPENING: Topic sentence
BODY:
Supporting idea
Explanation…………………………………..
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2. Supporting idea
Explanation……………………………………
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3. Supporting idea
Explanation……………………………………
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ENDING: Concluding sentence
First, second,finally, then, next, etc.
Clearly, to conclude, to sum up, to summarize, in conclusion, in sum, in short, etc.
Write a passage on the disadvantage of a working mother.
OPENING: Mothers should not be encouraged to work outside the home.
BODY:
1. Women have traditional roles
housewives, housekeeper
Do housework………..
2. Not having enough time
Men work at office
Women have to work at the office and at home.
3. Not being good workers
Household chores affect work
Cannot concentrate on work
Worry about kids and housework.
ENDING: Clearly, mothers should be strongly supported to work outside the home.
Write a passage on the disadvantage of a working mother.
ACTIVITY 1II
Mothers should be strongly discouraged from working outside the home.
First, women have traditional roles as housewives and housekeepers. They should stay at home, doing housework and looking after their husbands and children. In extended families where more than two generations live together, women are also the main caregivers for elderly people.
Second, working mothers do not have enough time. Men’s work finishes at the office, but women‘s work is extended to their households. After an eight-hour working day, these exhausted women have to do household chores, take care of their husbands and children without having any time to relax.
Finally, working mothers cannot be good workers. Tiring and boring chores at home negatively affect women’s tasks in their working place. They cannot concentrate or work as effectively as those who do not have to worry about taking kids to school, picking them up after school and doing housework.
Clearly, mothers should not be encouraged to work outside the home.