英语视听说—第三单元.ppt

• Kate: It’s so easy to say that, Max. But as a girl, discrimination begins as soon as you’re born. We’re given dolls, little cooking sets and fairy tales for our birthdays-it is you boys who get computer games, little toy cars and ball games.
• You know, when it comes to toys, a little girl will set up her spoons, plastic cups and saucers at a table, while her brother assembles his Legos into a gun and ambushes the party. And them, later, when they are adults, we know when driving and not knowing the direction, a woman will stop to ask directions or read her map, while men usually just charge ahead. They don’t ask for directions. They don’t read a map, and they often get lost.
• Max: I don’t know , Anne . According to the law , women have the same opportunities in education and employment . You’ve got your careers , just like men ; you can get married or don’t get married if you want to . If you ask me , you’ve got the best of both worlds .
• Max: Times are changing . More and more women are involved in sports which were once only available to men .
• Anne: Yes ,but people still associate sports with men . Most adult women can remember a time when they were young , when they heard, “You are just a girl! You can ‘t play !”How often have girls heard this when their brothers were getting ready to play a game of baseball or football?
• Max: Yes, well, but the truth is that some scientists and researchers feel that the brains as well as the behaviors of men and women are different. In everyday life, it seems the sexes act, react and perform differently.
• (Kate comes .) • Kate: Hi, Anne. Hi, Max. • Max: Hi , Kate .How are you? • Kate: I’m fine . Thank you. • Anne: Come and get your coffee. • Kate: Yeah , thank you so much .Mm, it’s good .How ‘s your
• Kate: Until recently , women have been expected to sit and cheer for the men .
United 3 Gender Differences
Part one why don’t We Think Alike？
• Max: h, what is your tactic? What ‘s your approach to getting a job here?
• Anne: Well , you know ,I really think a lot of people are using the Internet now to find a job. I think it’s a good way. But I think that getting a personal touch is a little better . Maybe you’ll leave a bigger impression on…
• Anne: Yes , and some women still take non-career jobs . Except for teaching and nursing , the radio of men to women in , uh , management , technology , and the professions is generally disproportionately high , uh , although I agree , uh , it has been slowly changing for the past fifty years .
job search ?
• Anne: Uh , not so good . I’ve been busy all week, but I haven’t found anything yet . I don’t know . You know , we talk about how liberated we are , but in fact I think women are still discriminated against all the time .
• Mm , and another thing , a married woman who works all day as hard as her husband is still expected to come home , clean the house , do the shopping and cooking while her husband is watching TV . By the time she gets to bed , she is worn out .
• Max: But I thought, nowadays, the most qualified person, man or woman, got the job.
• Anne: Not very often. There are still employers who feel that women really don’t need to work. They assume that after a year or two the woman will leave her job and go home and raise a family.
• Kate: Well, it’s the same at school . Girls are encouraged to take music , art and home economics , but boys seldom take these courses .
• Max: But what about all the women who go to university ? Actually , women take the same courses as men , and end up in the same professions as men .
• Max: But surely most responsible firms provide for maternity leave, or childcare.
• Kate: But not nearly enough of them do. Another problems, some women still feel that , not having children , they won’t be properly fulfilled . If they do have children and go out and work , they feel guilty because they can’t spend time with them .
• Kate: True . But many women know they have to a college education in order for them to get a well-paid job. In my mother ‘s generation many women graduated from high school , then they went on to take a secretarial course . Many became secretaries and they worked for men who treated them like second-class citizens.
• Anne: What you say sounds true , but… • Max: There’s a big difference when it comes relationships.