Conversation 1 1 Work in pairs and look at the lines from Conversation 1. Decide who says them, Janet or Andy. I am Janet. I… I am Andy. I think…

1 You’re always putting yourself down. Conversation 1 Andy 1 You’re always putting yourself down. 2 I never find it easy to accept praise. 3 Do you think that men are good at accepting compliments? 4 Well, they seem to be able to deal with criticism much better. 5 Well, in the media in general, I can assure you that there are lots of women in presenting and management roles. 6 Now who’s doing the stereotyping! 7 I think that many women manage to get Middle management jobs in most professions. Janet Andy Janet Andy Janet Andy

Now watch Conversation 1 and check your answers. Work in pairs. Take the roles of Andy and Janet and read through the sentences aloud in the way that you think Andy and Janet might say them. Now watch Conversation 1 and check your answers.

1. Do you think woman have been _______________ to accept criticism? Conversation 1 Fill in the blanks with appropriate words. Change the form if necessary. Compliment conditioned presenting criticism assure multi-ethnic stereotype Invisible 1. Do you think woman have been _______________ to accept criticism? 2. You don’t know how to take a ______________. 3. There are lots of women in _______________ and management roles. 4. I can __________ you that he is an honest person. 5. We call it gender and racial _______________. 6. Londoners are proud of their ____________community. conditioned compliment presenting assure Stereotyping multi-ethnic

Conversation 1 2 Watch Conversation 1 again and check (✓) the true statements according to the conversation. ☐ 1 Andy loved the question Janet asked Tim Pearson about the British economy. ☐ 2 Andy thinks Janet knows how to take a compliment. ☐ 3 Andy thinks women have been conditioned to expect praise. ☐ 4 Andy thinks Janet’s doing racial stereotyping. ✓ ✓ >>>

✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ☐ 5 Andy thinks Janet would make a really good Conversation 1 ☐ 5 Andy thinks Janet would make a really good radio interviewer. ☐ 6 Janet doesn’t think she’d be accepted as an interviewer in this country. ☐ 7 Generally Londoners aren’t proud of their multi-ethnic community. ☐ 8 It’s true that a lot of women talk about the glass ceiling. ☐ 9 It’s this invisible barrier which stops women going any higher in their career. ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

3 Work in pairs and discuss the questions. Conversation 1 3 Work in pairs and discuss the questions. 1 Were any of your answers to Activity 1 caused by gender stereotyping? 2 Are men better at dealing with criticism than women? 3 Are there lots of women in presenting and management roles in the media in China? 4 Are there many women in middle management roles in China? 5 Is there a glass ceiling in China? 6 What causes the glass ceiling? Example Answers

4 Watch Conversation 2 and make notes about: 1 the percentage of the top companies in America and Britain run by women ________________________________________ 2 the percentage of eight million new jobs in Europe filled by women 3 the gender in the UK now in the majority only five to ten per cent about 75 percent women >>>

4 the jobs in the UK traditionally done by women, now also done by men ________________________________________ 5 the jobs in the UK traditionally done by men, now also done by women 6 the sports that women now play 7 the gender now spending more quality time with their children than before nursing engineering football men

Shout out the meaning of the following words： prejudice 偏见 Statistics 统计数据 workforce 员工总数 spectator 观众 the opposite of “majority” minority

Vocabulary: per cent or percentage? 1. About 60 __________ of university graduates in Europe and North America are women 2. So the _____________ of women in the total workforce is growing. percentage

Learn to use it: It’s typical of … Translate It’s typical of you men. 男人，就喜欢这样。 This painting is fairly typical of his early work. 这幅画是他早期作品的典型代表。 It was typical of our luck that it happened to be raining. 我们真倒霉，那天恰巧下雨。

What does the sentence mean? You always bring it back to football. 你老是把话题扯回到足球上去。

5 Choose the best way to complete the sentences. 1 Andy says the glass ceiling is partly caused by _____. (a) women wanting to take time off to have children (b) men not believing that women are good at management (c) men disliking having women in positions of power (d) men not believing that women with children can give as much time to their jobs as men ✓

2 Janet says _____. (a) that she expected there would be more women in top jobs in America and Britain (b) she is astonished there are so few women in top UK and American jobs (c) in China there are more women in top jobs (d) in China there are a lot of women in top jobs 3 Janet says that _____. (a) she’s glad that the percentage of women in the total workforce is growing (b) she’s surprised that the percentage of women in the total workforce has increased so much (c) the percentage of women in the total workforce is growing (d) the percentage of women in the total workforce has increased a lot ✓ ✓

✓ ✓ 4 Andy thinks that _____. (a) women spend more time looking after children than men (b) women everywhere spend less time looking after children than they used to (c) it’s right that women should spend more time than men looking after children (d) it’s right that men should spend more quality time with children 5 Andy says that women always bring the conversation back to _____. (a) men’s love of football (b) gender stereotyping (c) themselves (d) criticism of men ✓ ✓

6 Watch Conversation 2 again and complete the sentences. Janet So what do you think causes the glass ceiling? Andy It’s partly prejudice by men about women’s abilities in management. But it’s also when women take time off to have children, they don’t always recover the same power when they return to work. Janet (1) ______________. Andy You’re right, it’s not fair. I read here that only five to ten per cent of the top companies in America and Britain are run by women. It’s not fair

Janet. That’s extraordinary. In China there appears. to be Janet That’s extraordinary! In China there appears to be more women in top jobs, but (2) _________________. Andy And look, here are some more statistics. (3) __________________________ university graduates in Europe and North America are women. And something like 75 per cent of the eight million new jobs in Europe have been filled by women. Janet So (4) __________________ of women in the total workforce is growing. Andy You got it! But women in the UK (5) __________________________ – there are more women than men. I maybe wrong About 60 per cent of the percentage are in a slight majority

Janet. Do you think it’s especially bad in the UK, and Janet Do you think it’s especially bad in the UK, and in London especially? Andy Not really. Some jobs which were traditionally done by women, like nursing, are now also done by men, and there are traditional men’s jobs, like engineering, which are done by women. And there are plenty of women’s football teams! Janet Women’s football! We have women’s football in China too. Andy (6) ______________, their matches don’t get many spectators! Janet (7) __________________. What else has changed? Mind you I gave up

Andy. I think fathers spend more quality time with Andy I think fathers spend more quality time with their children today. But (8) ____________ it’s still the women who spend most time looking after the children and the home. Janet I guess that’s true everywhere. Andy Anyway, I’m going home to watch the match on TV. The local women’s team, of course. Janet (9) __________________________! You always bring it back to football! Andy And that’s typical of you women! You always bring it back to gender stereotyping. I bet you It’s typical of you men

Answers Everyday English after all There you go again. Don’t you believe it! Do you think it’s especially bad in the UK? I give up. 7 Work in pairs and answer the questions about Everyday English. Answers 1 (b) 2 (a) 3 (b) 4 (a) 5 (a)

Practice everyday English. Mini-debate Work in groups of three. Suppose both you and your wife want to go to work. Then who should stay at home and take care of the children? Now you go to the judge and ask for his decision. Both of you are allowed to list 3 reasons and see who will convince the judge.

Brainstorm the following function categories. Talking about self-esteem Conceding Making a strong point Talking about vague amounts Work with your partner and list all the expressions that can fulfill the above four functions. References

Talking about self-esteem You’re always putting yourself down. Do you think that men are good at accepting compliments? They seem to be able to deal with criticism much better. I accept your compliment. >>>

Conceding OK, it’s a good point. But it’s true that ... I may be wrong. Making a strong point I can assure you that ... I mean, it depends on ... but ... I bet you ... >>>

Talking about vague amounts About 60 per cent of ... Something like 75 per cent of the eight million ... ... are in a slight majority.

9 Work in pairs and act out the conversation. Step 1 Read the directions on Page 53. Step 2 Read the functional expressions on Page 53. Step 3 Listen to an example dialogue. (Two of you perform the example dialogue to the class) Step 4 Work in groups of three and act out the conversation. Step 5 One or two pairs perform your dialogues to the rest of the class.

Learn to use it: To put oneself down If you put yourself down, you criticize yourself so that people think you are less good, clever etc than you really are. Translate Don’t put yourself down. You’re just a bit older. 别小瞧自己，你只不过是年纪比别人稍大一点而已。 >>>

What does “put down” mean here? Put down whatever you are doing and join the party! We should put the opposing team down at the first half of the game. Let me put down your telephone number. How old would you put him down as? He put the accident down to inexperience. She is always putting her husband down. 停止，放下（手头的工作） 打败（对手） 记下 认为 把······归因于 贬低，奚落 Back

Language and Culture: Stereotype Stereotyping refers to giving or sharing a very simple idea about what a particular type of person or thing is like. Gender stereotyping is giving such an idea about men or women. Racial stereotyping is giving such an idea about different races or ethnic groups. >>> Back

Language and Culture: Multi-ethnic community Multi-ethnic community includes two or more ethnic groups. European, American and Australian societies are, in general, characterized by diversity – they are multi-ethnic, multicultural and multilingual as a result of extensive population movements and migration patterns in the distant past and, especially, recently. Back

Language and Culture: Glass Ceiling Glass Ceiling refer is the term used to describe barriers that prevent women and minorities from advancing to management positions in corporations and organizations. The phrase was first used in about 1985 or 1986. >>>

Can you name any women who have successfully broken the glass ceiling? Carly Fiorina CEO of Hewlett-Packard from 1999 to 2005 Meg Whitman CEO and President of eBay from 1998 to 2008 >>>

Back Korbel Albright 64th American Secretary of State Margaret Thatcher Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1990) Angela Merkel German Chancellor Back