Unit 6
Towards a Gender Free Society
Purposes
? To get students have some knowledge
about the roles of men and women at
present and in the past,
? To understand the purpose of writing and
organization of the text,
? To reinforce some basic linguistic
knowledge by doing various types of
exercises,
Quotations,
? One is not born a woman,one becomes
one,
? There is no female mind,The brain is not
an organ of sex,As well speak of a female
liver,
?Men always want to be a woman’s first
love,Women have a more subtle instinct,
What they like is to be a man’s last
romance,
? Women are no less capable,intelligent,
logical,reasonable,responsible,etc,than
men,
? The distinction we draw between men and
women is largely
arbitrary/irrational/irrelevant/without good
reason/based only on women’s biological
functions,
?It’s the natural function of women to bear
children and to feed them at infancy,
? In the old days,the role of married women
was to assist their husbands and bring up
children/to wait upon their husbands and
parents-in-law/to cook for the family/to do
all the housework,
? Women were traditionally encouraged to
develop tender thoughts and sentimental
feelings/to rely on intuition and instinct to
arrive at decisions/to be modest and
obedient,
? Women were discouraged from
developing rationality and reasoning,
? After a long,bitter struggle,women now
enjoy the right to vote/have the same
educational opportunities as men in most
parts of the world,
? There are no laws preventing women in
many countries from voting/from being
elected/from pursuing a career/from
becoming a professional,
? On the surface,women in most countries
have the free choice to either stay at home
or enter a profession,
? Prejudice against women still exists,Even in the
most progressive societies,women continue to
be regarded as second-rate citizens,
? It may be personally fulfilling and socially
valuable for women to take care of home and
family,The same holds true for men,
? Compared with their colleagues,career women
have to shoulder more responsibilities in society,
? It’s very difficult to be wife,mother and
successful career woman at the same time,
?A woman’s position within a family,in a
way,depends on her economic status,
? A woman who has to rely on her husband
economically won’t be treated equally,
? Some women are quite content with the
way things are/have no desire for
change/have little confidence in
themselves/have no ambition for top-level
posts,
?,大学英语, （全新版）听说教程 3,unit 15
听力辅助材料
About the text
? What is the theme of the text?
? How is this argumentation organized?
? How can you understand the title?
Structural analysis of the text
? Main idea of each part,
? Part One (1 -2) ---the gender stereotypes are
mentioned and logically rejected
? Part Two (3-4) --- The writer argues against the
single sex school and then argues for coeducation,
? Part Three 5--- The writer concludes the essay by
repeating his opinion of coeducation and by
putting forward his definition of a gender free
society,
III,Some difficult sentences,
words or phrases
? 1,Their social roles and identify are predetermined
by their permanent identifying attribute,sex”,
? Explain,The different parts played by men and
women and their distinctions existing in the society
are fixed by their different sexes long before they
enter it,
? 2,The grounds on which the idea of single sex
schools might be defended are cut from under our
feet,
? Explain,The argument that single sex schools
might be defended is groundless,
III,Some difficult sentences,
words or phrases ? 3,Everyone is anxious to let their minds flower into full
blossom,
? Explain,Men and women are all eager to live up to their
expectations,
? 4,As society moves ahead,the gender category becomes
blurred,
? Explain,With the development of the society the gender
difference is getting more and more indistinct,
? 5,With the full spectrum of experience offered,life is an
open possibility for man as well as woman,
? Explain,Life,which consists of rich,colourful
experiences,offers equal opportunities to everyone,both
man and woman,
6.conform to ---agree with or
comply with
? She refuses to conform to the normal social
conventions.（遵守）
? The building does not conform to safety
regulations,
? The design conforms with the regulations,（符合）
? Conformity to society’s customs is advisable if
you want a happy life,
? Every man must live in conformity with his own
beliefs,
7.pre-; un-; self-
? prehistoric,pre-war,prearrange,preannounce,
preconscious
? unadvisable,uncommon,unimportant (不 )
? uncover,unfasten,unload,unfold （打开，解开,
拿开）
? unseen,unexpected,unemployed (不，没有 )
? unhappiness,uncertainty,unemployment ((不，没
有 )
? self-discipline,self-support,self-educated,self-
contradictory,self-supporting,
8.be capable of— be able to
? Napoleon was one of the most capable
generals in history,
? She is capable of taking care of herself,
? I think my new secretary has great
capabilities,
9,be relevant to
?I don’t think his remarks are relevant to our
discussion,
? Any relevant information should be given to
the police,
? Political news is often related to economic
and social problem,
10,grounds
? They have objected to me on personal grounds,
? They don’t give me many grounds for complaints,
? They cut the ground from under my feet by
printing a story on the same subject the week
before mine,(使失败,破坏其计划 )
? The accusation is groundless and can not be
backed up by facts,
11,accessible
? The new airport will be accessible from all
directions,
? The books are easily accessible as all the
shelves are open,
? Only a few people have access to the full facts of
this case,
? Students have access to the library during the
vacation,
? There is no access to the house from the main
road,
12,interfere with
? The noise is interfering with my sleep,
? He did not want to interfere with any plans
she might have in view,
? We have no right to interfere in the internal
affairs of Iraq,
? He hated interference especially with his
work,
13,in a (some) sense---in a way
? In a sense you are right in refusing to join
the club,
? The election was in no sense fair,
? Characteristic---typical of a particular person,place or
thing
? An elephant’s trunk is its most noticeable characteristic,
? Feature--- a distinctive aspect of sth.显著突出的特点，具
有足以引人注目的部分或细节，常用于生理、自然条件或
物品等。
? The beautiful hills form a feature of the outskirts of this
city,
? Dry weather is a feature of Northwest China,
? Her eyes are her best feature,
? Everyone seemed impressed with the size of the plant
and its safety features,
? a newspaper or magazine article or a broadcast program
dealt with a particular topic
? Trait---人或民族的性格和心理特征，持久、长期的习惯性
行为
? Two traits in the American character are generosity and
energy,
? Living,the greatest living artist(活着的）
? The injured man is living,
? Lively,full of life and energy,active and
outgoing
? Live---1)transmitted at the same time of
occurrence,not from a recording;
2) not dead,the number of live
births and deaths
? Alive---continuing in existence通常做表语，
放在名词后面,He is one of the greatest
scientists alive,
Translation exercises
1) Quite a lot of teachers tend to hold
stereotyped opinions about naughty pupils,
2) Being gentle,thoughtful,friendly,and
generous is characteristic of her,
3) It is wrong to impose one’s own opinions on others,
4) He gave up drinking and smoking,on the
grounds that they would do harm to health,
5) This collection of new books has only recently
been made accessible to the public,
Translation exercises
6)The baby will claw at you with his little hands if you
interfere with what he wants,
7)That scientists has scored a new achievement of
international stature through many years of hard work,
8)My friend and I frequently communicate ideas,feelings,
and information to each other through mobile phone,
9)Coeducation is the most desirable form of education,
because boys and girls are given the opportunity to
know each other,to learn from each other and to
compete with each other,
10)There is a wide spectrum of opinions on the question of
translation criteria,
Dictation,
? Agnes Miller as one of the earliest leaders of the Women’s Liberation Movement in the United
States,When she was at college,she first
became aware that women were not treated as
equals,She didn’t like being treated unequally
but she tried not to notice it,After graduating from
college she tried to get a job in her major field---
physics,She soon found it was almost impossible
for a woman,
? Agnes spent a full year looking for a job,Finally
she gave up in anger,She began writing letters of
protest to various newspapers,An editor in New
York liked her ideas very much,He especially
liked her style,He asked her to do a series of
stories on the difficulties women had in finding a
job,
Exercises
? 1,Students are divided into groups to comment,
? 1)Men are born leaders,
? 2) Women are believed to be characterized by being
“emotional” and their place is at home,
? 2,Students are required to describe a perfect school in
their eyes,
? 3,Assignment,Write a group-report with the title Men and
Women in Present Society
Towards a Gender Free Society
Purposes
? To get students have some knowledge
about the roles of men and women at
present and in the past,
? To understand the purpose of writing and
organization of the text,
? To reinforce some basic linguistic
knowledge by doing various types of
exercises,
Quotations,
? One is not born a woman,one becomes
one,
? There is no female mind,The brain is not
an organ of sex,As well speak of a female
liver,
?Men always want to be a woman’s first
love,Women have a more subtle instinct,
What they like is to be a man’s last
romance,
? Women are no less capable,intelligent,
logical,reasonable,responsible,etc,than
men,
? The distinction we draw between men and
women is largely
arbitrary/irrational/irrelevant/without good
reason/based only on women’s biological
functions,
?It’s the natural function of women to bear
children and to feed them at infancy,
? In the old days,the role of married women
was to assist their husbands and bring up
children/to wait upon their husbands and
parents-in-law/to cook for the family/to do
all the housework,
? Women were traditionally encouraged to
develop tender thoughts and sentimental
feelings/to rely on intuition and instinct to
arrive at decisions/to be modest and
obedient,
? Women were discouraged from
developing rationality and reasoning,
? After a long,bitter struggle,women now
enjoy the right to vote/have the same
educational opportunities as men in most
parts of the world,
? There are no laws preventing women in
many countries from voting/from being
elected/from pursuing a career/from
becoming a professional,
? On the surface,women in most countries
have the free choice to either stay at home
or enter a profession,
? Prejudice against women still exists,Even in the
most progressive societies,women continue to
be regarded as second-rate citizens,
? It may be personally fulfilling and socially
valuable for women to take care of home and
family,The same holds true for men,
? Compared with their colleagues,career women
have to shoulder more responsibilities in society,
? It’s very difficult to be wife,mother and
successful career woman at the same time,
?A woman’s position within a family,in a
way,depends on her economic status,
? A woman who has to rely on her husband
economically won’t be treated equally,
? Some women are quite content with the
way things are/have no desire for
change/have little confidence in
themselves/have no ambition for top-level
posts,
?,大学英语, （全新版）听说教程 3,unit 15
听力辅助材料
About the text
? What is the theme of the text?
? How is this argumentation organized?
? How can you understand the title?
Structural analysis of the text
? Main idea of each part,
? Part One (1 -2) ---the gender stereotypes are
mentioned and logically rejected
? Part Two (3-4) --- The writer argues against the
single sex school and then argues for coeducation,
? Part Three 5--- The writer concludes the essay by
repeating his opinion of coeducation and by
putting forward his definition of a gender free
society,
III,Some difficult sentences,
words or phrases
? 1,Their social roles and identify are predetermined
by their permanent identifying attribute,sex”,
? Explain,The different parts played by men and
women and their distinctions existing in the society
are fixed by their different sexes long before they
enter it,
? 2,The grounds on which the idea of single sex
schools might be defended are cut from under our
feet,
? Explain,The argument that single sex schools
might be defended is groundless,
III,Some difficult sentences,
words or phrases ? 3,Everyone is anxious to let their minds flower into full
blossom,
? Explain,Men and women are all eager to live up to their
expectations,
? 4,As society moves ahead,the gender category becomes
blurred,
? Explain,With the development of the society the gender
difference is getting more and more indistinct,
? 5,With the full spectrum of experience offered,life is an
open possibility for man as well as woman,
? Explain,Life,which consists of rich,colourful
experiences,offers equal opportunities to everyone,both
man and woman,
6.conform to ---agree with or
comply with
? She refuses to conform to the normal social
conventions.（遵守）
? The building does not conform to safety
regulations,
? The design conforms with the regulations,（符合）
? Conformity to society’s customs is advisable if
you want a happy life,
? Every man must live in conformity with his own
beliefs,
7.pre-; un-; self-
? prehistoric,pre-war,prearrange,preannounce,
preconscious
? unadvisable,uncommon,unimportant (不 )
? uncover,unfasten,unload,unfold （打开，解开,
拿开）
? unseen,unexpected,unemployed (不，没有 )
? unhappiness,uncertainty,unemployment ((不，没
有 )
? self-discipline,self-support,self-educated,self-
contradictory,self-supporting,
8.be capable of— be able to
? Napoleon was one of the most capable
generals in history,
? She is capable of taking care of herself,
? I think my new secretary has great
capabilities,
9,be relevant to
?I don’t think his remarks are relevant to our
discussion,
? Any relevant information should be given to
the police,
? Political news is often related to economic
and social problem,
10,grounds
? They have objected to me on personal grounds,
? They don’t give me many grounds for complaints,
? They cut the ground from under my feet by
printing a story on the same subject the week
before mine,(使失败,破坏其计划 )
? The accusation is groundless and can not be
backed up by facts,
11,accessible
? The new airport will be accessible from all
directions,
? The books are easily accessible as all the
shelves are open,
? Only a few people have access to the full facts of
this case,
? Students have access to the library during the
vacation,
? There is no access to the house from the main
road,
12,interfere with
? The noise is interfering with my sleep,
? He did not want to interfere with any plans
she might have in view,
? We have no right to interfere in the internal
affairs of Iraq,
? He hated interference especially with his
work,
13,in a (some) sense---in a way
? In a sense you are right in refusing to join
the club,
? The election was in no sense fair,
? Characteristic---typical of a particular person,place or
thing
? An elephant’s trunk is its most noticeable characteristic,
? Feature--- a distinctive aspect of sth.显著突出的特点，具
有足以引人注目的部分或细节，常用于生理、自然条件或
物品等。
? The beautiful hills form a feature of the outskirts of this
city,
? Dry weather is a feature of Northwest China,
? Her eyes are her best feature,
? Everyone seemed impressed with the size of the plant
and its safety features,
? a newspaper or magazine article or a broadcast program
dealt with a particular topic
? Trait---人或民族的性格和心理特征，持久、长期的习惯性
行为
? Two traits in the American character are generosity and
energy,
? Living,the greatest living artist(活着的）
? The injured man is living,
? Lively,full of life and energy,active and
outgoing
? Live---1)transmitted at the same time of
occurrence,not from a recording;
2) not dead,the number of live
births and deaths
? Alive---continuing in existence通常做表语，
放在名词后面,He is one of the greatest
scientists alive,
Translation exercises
1) Quite a lot of teachers tend to hold
stereotyped opinions about naughty pupils,
2) Being gentle,thoughtful,friendly,and
generous is characteristic of her,
3) It is wrong to impose one’s own opinions on others,
4) He gave up drinking and smoking,on the
grounds that they would do harm to health,
5) This collection of new books has only recently
been made accessible to the public,
Translation exercises
6)The baby will claw at you with his little hands if you
interfere with what he wants,
7)That scientists has scored a new achievement of
international stature through many years of hard work,
8)My friend and I frequently communicate ideas,feelings,
and information to each other through mobile phone,
9)Coeducation is the most desirable form of education,
because boys and girls are given the opportunity to
know each other,to learn from each other and to
compete with each other,
10)There is a wide spectrum of opinions on the question of
translation criteria,
Dictation,
? Agnes Miller as one of the earliest leaders of the Women’s Liberation Movement in the United
States,When she was at college,she first
became aware that women were not treated as
equals,She didn’t like being treated unequally
but she tried not to notice it,After graduating from
college she tried to get a job in her major field---
physics,She soon found it was almost impossible
for a woman,
? Agnes spent a full year looking for a job,Finally
she gave up in anger,She began writing letters of
protest to various newspapers,An editor in New
York liked her ideas very much,He especially
liked her style,He asked her to do a series of
stories on the difficulties women had in finding a
job,
Exercises
? 1,Students are divided into groups to comment,
? 1)Men are born leaders,
? 2) Women are believed to be characterized by being
“emotional” and their place is at home,
? 2,Students are required to describe a perfect school in
their eyes,
? 3,Assignment,Write a group-report with the title Men and
Women in Present Society
