《英语听力系列教程》（初级本）L22.pdfVIP

Lesson22

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1.Trueorfalse:Listentothespeechanddecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.

1).FIn1997,BillClintonmadeafamousspeechinBeijingaboutwomen’srights.

2).FLessthan70%oftheaudiencewerefemale.

3).THerfather’sroleasaparentwasvaluedlessthanhermother’sroleasaparent.

4).FIntheUK,suicideisthebiggestkillerofallmen.

5).TLikewomen,mendon’thavethebenefitsofequality.

6).TWomenhavetobecontrolledbecausemenhavetocontrol.

2.Questions:Listentothespeechagainandanswerthefollowingquestions.

1).What’swrongwiththefactthatonlylessthan30%oftheaudienceofClinton’sspeechwere

male?

Howcanweaffectchangeintheworldwhenonlyhalfofitisinvitedorfeelwelcometo

participateintheconversation?

2).Whywereyoungmenwhoweresufferingmentalillnessunabletoaskforhelp?

Becausetheyareafraiditwillmakethemlessofaman.

3).Whydoesgenderequalityconcernmentoo?

Becausemendon’thavethebenefitsofequality,either.

4).Whatwillhappenifmenarefreefromgenderstereotypes?

Thingswillchangeforwomenasanaturalconsequence.

5).Whatis“HeForShe”about?

It’sallaboutfreedom.

3.Spotdictation:Listentothespeechagainandfillinthemissingwords.

1).Howcanwe(1)affectchangeintheworldwhenonlyhalfofitisinvitedorfeelwelcometo

(2)participateintheconversation?

2).Men,Iwouldliketotakethisopportunityto(3)extendyourformalinvitation.

3).Ifmendon’thaveto(1)beaggressiveinordertobeaccepted,womenwon’tbe

compelledtobesubmissive.

4).Bothmenandwomenshould(1)freetobesensitive;bothmenandwomenshould(2)feel

freetobestrong.

5).Weclaimthose