新编大学英语.pptxVIP

新编大学英语第1页/共85页 Unit ThreeGender Differences第2页/共85页 Unit Three第3页/共85页 Task 1: Do you know that?Task 2: A poemTask 3: Wives and bread winnersTask 4: Man and woman第4页/共85页 Dumb man + dumb woman =Smart man + smart woman =Dumb man + smart woman =Gender Differencesromanceaffairmarriage第5页/共85页 Gender difference is a term used to refer to social characteristic that distinguish men and women. These include such things as differences in hair styles, clothing, family responsibilities, occupational roles, acceptable behavior and other culturally learned activities and traits. All of these differences are linked to the non-biological notions of masculinity and femininity which vary from one culture to another.Gender Differences第6页/共85页 Scan the differences between men and women.Then work in groups to decide whether the characteristics are men’s or women’s according to the information you get. Do you know that? Click the picture to get the answer第7页/共85页 suffer more illnesses have a higher rate of colorblindness have a larger brain are more likely to have a heart attack have more fears live longer like diamond shapes miss more work √√√√√√√√第8页/共85页 How does Tennyson see the roles of men and women? Explain his poem in your own words. You may begin your explanation with: His poem tells us that man works in the field while woman should stay at home. Man …Read the poem by Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) carefully. Work in groups and answer the questions below.Man for the field and woman for the hearth (炉边)Man for the sword and for the needle she Man with the head and woman with the heartMan to command and woman to obey;All else confusion. —from The Princess (1847)A Poem第9页/共85页 Watch the interview on Wives Are Bread Winners and answer the following questions with the ideas you get from it.Why is there a high divorce rate in the families which wives earn more?2. How do women often feel when they ge