Prime Time 8. Coursebook plus Semester Self-checks, Schulbuch

Goals • Comment on a survey and pictures. • Discuss gender issues. • Compare and contrast gender roles on TV and in advertising. • Research a topic online. Quotes Match the parts of the quotes above and discuss them in pairs. What do they tell us about the gender roles of the time they come from? Statistics Take a look at the statistics on page 32 and analyse the chart and the table. Why do you think there are such disparities? Use the useful phrases on the right. 2 Useful phrases Analysing statistics The chart/table/diagram shows/proves … . • The path of the curve reveals … . • It shows an upward/ downward trend/tendency. • … is reflected in the diagram. • data/figures • percentage • amount • ratio • the majority/minority • one in ten • more/less/ fewer than • compared with/in comparison with • similar/parallel development • reached a peak/a low • a gradual/dramatic/notable change • the number has risen/fallen/grown/increased/decreased/ multiplied (by) P 3 1. »If women are expected to do the same work as men, … 2. »If nonviolence is the law of our being, … 3. »For most of history, Anonymous … 4. »Nothing is more intolerable than … 5. »Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in the working out of our civilisation … 6. »If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, … 7. »What is most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; … A ask a woman.« (Margaret Thatcher) B a wealthy woman.« (Juvenal) C what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine.« (Susan Sontag) D was a woman.« (Virginia Woolf) E we must teach them the same things.« (Plato) F the future is a woman.« (Mahatma Gandhi) G were assigned long ago by a higher intelligence than ours.« (Grover Cleveland) VIP file • • Margaret Thatcher: former British Prime Minister (1925–2013) • • Juvenal: Roman poet and satirist (55 A.D.–127 A.D.) • • Susan Sontag: US author and critic (1933–2004) • • Virginia Woolf: English writer and feminist (1882–1942) • • Plato: Greek philosopher (427 B.C.–347 B.C.) • • Mahatma Gandhi: Indian lawyer, political and spiritual leader (1869–1948) • • Grover Cleveland: US President (1837–1908) V 33 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv