GUESSING GAME

What are these women
doing?
Working in the office
Doing household
Buying food
Cooking meal
Teaching children
UNIT 15: WOMAN IN SOCIETY
B. SPEAKING
/səˈsaɪəti/
What do
you think
about my
new bag?
Hm,….
Learn Useful Expressions in English
1.
Giving opinion
I think/ I believe…/ In my opinion, …/ From
my point of view, …/ As I see it, …
Learn Useful Expressions in English
2. Giving agreement and disagreement
 Strongly agreeing:
I quite agree. / I agree with you completely. /
Absolutely! That’s right!
/ˈæbsəluːtli/ /
 Partly agreeing:
 Well, I see your point but…/ I don’t quite agree/
To a certain extent, yes, but…
Learn Useful Expressions in English
2. Giving agreement and disagreement
 Disagreeing:
I don’t agree. / I’m afraid, I disagree. / That’s
wrong. / That’s not true.
 Strongly disagreeing:
What nonsense! /ˈnɑːnsens /
What rubbish! /ˈrʌbɪʃ/ / I completely disagree.
Conversation
1:
 A:
Look! This coat is really nice. It goes with my shoes.
What’s your opinion?
 B:
In my opinion this coat is very stylish.
 A.
Hm, How about the color? Is it too bright for me?
 B:
Not at all. As I see it, you look very attractive in this
color.
 A:
Great! I’ll take this one.
Some people say
men are usually
stronger than
women. Do you
agree?
I agree with you. That’s
why men usually do
hard work such as
building or carrying
things.
Activity 1. Task 2: Work in pairs. Read and respond to
these statements. Begin your responses with one of the
expressions in Task 1
A. Men are usually stronger than women.
B. Women are usually more sympathetic /ˌsɪmpəˈθetɪk/ than
men.
C. Women are usually better with children than men.
D. Women are usually more careful than men.
E. Men are better at making decisions /dɪˈsɪʒn/ than women.
F. Women are better at running a home than men.
G. Men lose their temper /ˈtempər/ more easily than women.
H. Women waste more time than men.
I. Women work harder than men.
Some people say
men are usually
stronger than
women. Do you
agree?
Well, I see your point
but I belive there are
still many women who
are stronger
Activity 2: Task 3: Work in groups. Discuss whether you agree or
disagree with the following statements and give explanations,
“married women should not go to work. ”
For
Against

+ stay at home, looking after their
children and husbands

+ too boring to be housewives all
their lives

+better at looking after children,
doing housework

financially dependent and have no
decisions or power

+traditional role of housewives

+be slaves at home

+neglect family responsibilities if
spending too much time at work

+lose contact with friends

+lose touch with social activities

+housework can be tiring, stressful
and boring

be looked down upon by men

+waste education and knowledge
gained before marriage


+cannot do two jobs well at the same
time: rearing children and working at
offices
+prevent husbands from developing
their full potential at work
I quite agree. I
think if they stay
at home, they
have time to look
after their
children and
husbands.
I think
married
women
should not go
to work
I don’t agree.
It’s too boring to
be housewives all
their lives.
HOMEWORK
Practice
speaking at home by using
useful expressions for giving opinions
Prepare for new lesson