U.3 L.5 Women Choose to Opt Out p. 156 2013- 2014 Mr. Hammar
Reading p. 156
Useful vocabulary: private sector /public sector/leadership/start one’s own business/devote (dedicate) time to/ corporation/to opt out (of doing something)/women’s emancipation→ women’s empowerment/career paths/get a promotion/lay-offs (redundancies) @hammar
Language: The subjunctive. It’s used with “emergency expressions” such as : (the ones on p. 159) + It is urgent that; It is recommended that; It is required that; It is necessary/indispensable/that etc. +I require that he/she; I insist/demand/suggest/that he/she
Note: Because initially we say “I suggest he should revise well”, when dropping the “should” (which is quite correct), it becomes” I suggest he revise”(he revises; with the “s” is INCORRECT).@hammar
Exercises: Why does reality TV hate women?
1. Circle the right option
Reality shows have become commonplace nowadays. There are lots of reasons (which/because/why) I like to watch television: to keep up- to-date with (present/live/current) affairs, to have my eyes (opened/open/opening) by a new documentary or occasionally _OK, frequently _ to anaesthetise my brain (by/with/of) a soap opera. @hammar
2. Write the correct form/tense of the word/verb.
These shows pass on the idea that happiness (consist) ______of a new hairstyle and a trendy outfit, that self-fulfilment is the (approve) ______of a man you haven't met and that marriage is the ultimate goal.@ hammar
In the US, shows such as The Bachelor, Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire? and The Real Housewives demonstrate to women how to achieve that (much) ______venerable goal: a life of leisure. More chilling is that Reality Shows seem to view women as being in need of (to fix) ______. In truth, it's that the genre is broken, (to claim) ______to show us reality while presenting pure artifice. @hammar If you're looking for feminine (to empower) ______, there's only one thing to do: to reach for the "off" button. It is urgent that a programme designer (to avoid) ______making shows highlighting women's (to fail) ______to control their children (Supernanny, Little Angels), and their inability to keep a tidy house (Wife Swap, How Clean Is Your House?), where husbands and fathers remain on the periphery, innocent (to stand by) by- ______in their own domestic disasters. @hammar Writing
Practice 1: p. 155 (top of page)
Practice2: Look at the excerpts on some Nobel Prize winners on p. 154, then choose 2 of them. Write a short comparison between them. Follow the following example and pattern.
Marie Curie and Dorothy Crowfoot were two notorious scientists. The former was a chemist who rendered services by her research and the latter was a chemist, as well. However, what the latter did was determinations of substances, contrarily to Marie, who worked on radiation phenomena. @hammar
Keys
1. Circle the right option
Reality shows have become commonplace nowadays. There are lots of reasons (which/because/why) I like to watch television: to keep up- to-date with (present/live/current) affairs, to have my eyes (opened/open/opening) by a new documentary or occasionally _OK, frequently _ to anaesthetise my brain (by/with/of) a soap opera. @hammar
2. Write the correct form/tense of the word/verb.
These shows pass on the idea that happiness (consist) consists of a new hairstyle and a trendy outfit, that self-fulfilment is the (approve) approval of a man you haven't met and that marriage is the ultimate goal.
In the US, shows such as The Bachelor, Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire? and The Real Housewives demonstrate to women how to achieve that (much) most venerable goal: a life of leisure. More chilling is that Reality Shows seem to view women as being in need of (to fix) fixing . In truth, it's that the genre is broken, (to claim) claiming to show us reality while presenting pure artifice. @hammar If you're looking for feminine (to empower) empowerment , there's only one thing to do: to reach for the "off" button. It is urgent that a programme designer (to avoid) avoid making shows highlighting women's (to fail) failure to control their children (Supernanny, Little Angels), and their inability to keep a tidy house (Wife Swap, How Clean Is Your House?), where husbands and fathers remain on the periphery, innocent (to stand by) by- standers in their own domestic disasters. @hammar