新标准大学英语综合教程4-unit5（1）.pptx

Unit5 Active reading (1) Work in pairs and decide who is gossiping. In fact, anybody could be saying these things. As sterotypes, 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. Check (?) the statements about gossip which you think are true. 1 Men gossip just as much as women. No, men seem to gossip less than women. √ 2 Men talk more about politics than women. Yes, this seems to be true. √ 3 Men talk more about football than women. Yes, surely this is the case. √ 4 Women talk more about themselves than men. No, I am not sure. Maybe men talk about themselves as much. √ 5 Men don’t admit they gossip. Yes, I think this is true. 6 Women don’t admit they gossip. No, I don’t agree, I think they like gossiping and do admit it. Sex differences in English gossip rules;2;3;4;5;6;;8;9;10;11;12;13;14;15;16;17;18;19;20