Bài giảng Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 - Tiết 93, Unit 15: Women in society (Writing)

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Answer the following questions: 
1, How many children does your mother have? 
2, Who does more housework in your family? 
3, How many hours does she spend on her housework per week? 
Two children. 
My mother. 
It’s about . 
Make a statistic of these activities and the time that your mother and your father often do per week. 
Activities 
 Your father - Time 
Your mother -Time 
Cleaning the floor 
Washing clothes 
Tidying the kitchen 
Ironing clothes 
Repairing things 
Doing the washing 
Taking care of the baby 
Cooking meals 
Going shopping 
Total 
Make a statistic of these activities and the time that A’s mother and A’s father often do per week. 
Activities 
 A’s father - Time 
A’s mother -Time 
Cleaning the floor 
× - 7 hours 
Washing clothes 
× - 7 hours 
Tidying the kitchen 
× - 6 hours 
Ironing clothes 
× - 2 hours 
Repairing things 
× - 5 hours 
Doing the washing 
× - 3 hours 
Taking care of the baby 
× - 10 hours 
× - 15 hours 
Cooking meals 
× - 7 hours 
Going shopping 
× - 3 hours 
Total 
15 hours / a week 
50 hours/ a week 
Hours Housework hours per week 
It’s a chart. 
Unit 15 Women in society  
Lesson 4 Writing 
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. 
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. 
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. 
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. 
30/20	B. 50/15	C. 55/10	D. 50/55 
5 . The chart suggests that they should first be from familiar responsibilities. 
A. Liberate	B. liberated	C. liberating	D. liberation 
A 
C 
D 
C 
B 
Look at the chart then do the task 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. 
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 lend more helpful hand to women / do / domestic chores. 
* The column chart illustrates/ shows/describes 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 lend more helpful hand to women in doing domestic chores. 
Sample writing 
Introduction: 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 
 Some kinds of charts. 
When children enter the household, 
the amount of time to 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 
Homework: 
Complete your writing perfectly at home. 
Prepare language focus. 
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