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“
Women hold up half of the sky”
Women hold up half of the sky”She is cooking
She is taking care of her child
She’s making a speech
in public
She is teaching
She’s working on
the computer
She is washing
clothes Human civilization
Civilization /,sivəlai'zei n/ (n): a state of human ʃ
society is very developed and organized working at home and taking
care of the house and family

-
deep-seated (adj): ( of feelings and beliefs ) very
fixed and strong; difficult to change or to destroy

deep-seated cultural beliefs
- pioneer (n), (v): /,paiə'niə(r)/1.Civilization (n)
2.Childbearing (n)
3.Deep-seated (adj)
4.Involvement (n)
5.Intellectual (adj)
6.Discriminate (v)
7.To advocate (V)
Vocabulary:
Vocabulary:Match the words and their
Match the words and their
meaning
meaning
a. To support st publicly
b. The act of taking part in st
c. a state of human society is very
developed and organized
d. To treat one person/group
worse than others in an unfair way
e. (of feeling and belief ) very

th
century, what was the
attitude of society towards women s ’
intellectual ability?
A. respectful
D. disbelieving
C. resentful
B. supportive
Task 2: Choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to
answer the following questions:Task 2: Choose the best option (A, B, C or D)
to answer the following questions:
3. According to the text, what is the
purpose of the struggle for women s right?’
A. to free women from housework
B. to establish a friendly relationship
between men and women
C. to bring equality between men and
women
D. to argue that women have better
intellectual ability 4. What do these pioneer thinkers at the “ ”
end of paragraph 2 refer to?
A. 18
th
century European people

society because they weren’t intelligent.
2. The struggle for women’s rights started in
the 19
th
century.
3. According to the text, Women should be
treated equally as men.
4. Deep-seated cultural beliefs about women’s
roles changed after the struggle for
women’s rights. 1. In the old days, women couldn’t work in society
because they weren’t intelligent.
False

because of widespread doubt about their
intellectual ability.
2. The struggle for women’s rights started in the 19th century.

18th century
True
3. According to the text, Women should be treated
equally as men.
4. Deep-seated cultural beliefs about women’s roles
changed after the struggle for women’s rights.
False
True
Task 3:


women nowadays have gained many legal rights equal to
men. Among them, the most important are the right to
vote, the right to gain (6) ___________ and the right to get
equal payment in work.
housewives
education politics unequal
power liberationConsolidation
Consolidation
:
:
Women in the past
roles
Women’s liberation
Women Today
struggle
Significant
legal rights
When?
For
what?
-Equal employment
opportunity rights
-The right to equal pay
-The right to vote
-The right to formal
education
In the 18