unit 5 Active Reading 1

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Identifying gender features
1. suffer more illnesses 2. is more overweight 3. has more skin 4. lives longer 5. has larger brain □ √ □ □ √ □ □ □ √ □ □ √
In fact, anybody could be saying these things. As stereotypes, The first is said by a male football fan. The second is a women gossiping about the weather as part of small talk. The third is a young man / women gossiping to another man about other people‘s personal relationships. Now do more exercises about gossip.
more willing to follow more independent other‘s advices
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lower family and kids
relationships
career & prosperity fulfill their goals
poor endurance
better endurance
Active reading 1: Embarkation
Based on these biologically explained differences, some psychological distinctions between men and women can be established. Men grasp a situation as a whole and think globally, while women think locally, relying on details and nuances. Men are builders and creators. They take risks and experiment, while women select the most valuable knowledge and pass it over to the next generation. Men are more independent in their thoughts and actions, while women are more willing to follow the ideas suggested by others. Women's self-appraisal is lower. Women tend to criticize themselves, while men are more satisfied with their own performance. Men and women have different sources of satisfaction.
Active reading 1: Embarkation
Gender differences in language use
1. Why do women like to ask questions? to make people rethink their positions, plans, or ideas to solicit information 2. What are gender differences in directness? Women‘s language: indirect, indiscreet, tactful, and even manipulative; fewer directives and more courtesy words with those directives Men‘s language: more direct, powerful, blunt, and at times offensive; more directives, with fewer courtesy words
attention to details & nuances
prefer to pass on actions
4. Self-appraisal 5. Sources of satisfaction 6. Strongest need 7. Attitude to pain and boring work
Active reading 1: Embarkation
Identifying gender features
Identify which of the following features generally apply to men, and which to women.
Once upon a time Martians and Venusians met, fell in love, and had happy relationships together because they respected and accepted their differences. Then they came to Earth and amnesia set in: they forgot they were from different planets!
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Neither men nor women are better communicators. They're just different. To be productive, we all need to learn to recognize these differences in the way the genders communicate. Questions. As females grow up in our culture, they are taught not to be confrontational--not to make a scene or be aggressive. So they often use indirect channels such as questions to make people rethink their positions, plans, or ideas. They, of course, also use questions in the traditional way--to solicit information. Men, on the other hand, do not as readily recognize indirect messages or pick up on nuances in words or body language. In short, they don't always accurately "read between the lines" to understand a woman's meaning or question. The results: (1)Women ask questions meant as
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Improving one‘s knowledge of gender differences
Learning how a piece of academic writing is structured—starting with an overview of the topic and then going into more details
6. tend to use humor more often
7. better verbal skills and intuition 8. better skills for abstract reasoning
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9. a firm sense of direction
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Gender differences in language use
Listen to a passage and answer questions.
1. Why do women like to ask questions? 2. What are gender differences in directness?
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Gender differences in gossip
Work in pairs and decide who is gossiping.
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Gender differences in gossip
10. better social skills
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Psychological distinctions
Listen to a recording about psychological distinctions between men and women and complete the table.