大学英语读写综合教程2.课件Unit6

In this part, there are several comparisons or contrasts. Fill in the blanks with necessary information to make logic sentences showing comparison or contrast. 1. Little girls loving dolls is just the same to ____________ little boys loving videogames . ____________________ 2. Some people favor the right side of the brain, while others ______________ the left side .
Unit 6 Women, Half the Sky
Proverbs and Quotations 1. Frailty thy name is woman! — William Shakespeare, English playwright and poet 弱者，你的名字是女人！ —— 英国剧作家，诗人 威廉·莎士比亚 2. The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. — Bella Abzug, American congresswoman and social activist 测试是否可以拥有一份工作不应该是人的染色体安排。 —— 美国众议员和社会活动家 贝拉·阿布朱格
3. If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women. — Abigail Adams, Former American first lady advocate of women’s rights 如果我们说必须要有英雄、政治家和哲学家，我们也应 该有有学问的妇女。 —— 美国前第一夫人，妇女权利倡导者， 阿比盖尔·亚当斯
Part Division of the Text
Parts 1 Para(s). 1~6 Main Ideas The author didn’t expect to become an engineer as she was growing up. The author realizes that she has succeeded because she was not limited by the common belief that women can’t be good at math and science.
4. When women thrive, all of society benefits, and succeeding generations are given a better start in life. — Kofi Annan, Former UN general secretary 当妇女成功时，全社会都受益，后代们的生活将有一个 更好的开端。 —— 联合国前秘书长 科菲·安南
Studies say that in the aspect of math, women are inferior to men.
Hale Waihona Puke True or False 1. The author was educated to do what she is best at. ( T ) 2. The author’s experience showed that people could learn better if they are good at it. ( F )
3. We should ignore _______________________________________ hard and fast conclusions about the human _____________ brain . Instead, incredible flexibility should be focused on.
5. Why did the author apply for the summer program? The author applied for the summer program because she wanted to be away from her parents and be independent for a while. 6. What do some of the studies say about women?
A Brief Introduction to Feminism 1: The term feminism can be used to describe a political, cultural or economic movement aimed at establishing equal rights and legal protection for women. 2: It is also a movement that advocates gender equality for women and campaigns for women’s rights and interests. 3: The first feminist wave was in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which refers mainly to women’s suffrage movements of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (mainly concerned with women’s right to vote).
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is marked on the 8th of March every year. It is a major day of global celebration of women. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women’s economic, political and social achievements. Click the here!
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Main Ideas
The author urges us to focus on the flexibility and power of our brain, not gender differences.
Questions and Answers 1. What toys did the author have in her childhood? She had a complete miniature kitchen, a herd of toy ponies and several Barbie and Ken dolls. 2. What did the author experience in order to get her college degree? She had to take a lot of math and science classes. She also had to work with a team of students as part of a national competition.
Part Division of the Text
Further Understanding
Further Understanding For Part 1 Questions and Answers
For Part 2 True or False For Part 3 Blank Filling
3. How were her school performances? She got A’s in all her classes, including multivariable calculus and differential equations. 4. What was the summer program mainly for? The summer program was mainly to interest girls in engineering.
4: The second was in the 1960s and 1970s, which refers to the ideas and actions associated with the women’s liberation movement beginning in the 1960s (which campaigned for legal and social rights for women). 5: The third extends from the 1990s to the present.
The teacher didn’t judge students by their scores and he considered bad scores as indications that students should learn more. 4. The author felt comfortable while sitting in the ( F ) engineering library. The author often felt panic and worried.
The author found out that if a subject is difficult to learn, she would try her best to be good at it, and she would enjoy it more.
3. The algebra teacher in middle school often judged ( F ) students by their academic performance.
6. The history of men’s opposition to women’s emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself. — Virginia Woolf, English novelist and feminist 男子的反对妇女解放的历史可能比解放本身更有趣。 —— 英国小说家和女权主义者 弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫
4. In spite of agreeing that women can’t learn physics well, ______________________________________________________ the possibility that our brains are more powerful than imagined should be considered. ________________