Answer the following questions:

1, How many children does your mother have?

2, Who does more housework in your family?

3, How many hours does she spend on her housework per week?

Two children.

My mother.

It’s about ………….

Make a statistic of these activities and the time that your mother and your father often do per week.

Activities Your father - Time Your mother -Time

Cleaning the floor

Washing clothes

Tidying the kitchen

Ironing clothes

Repairing things

Doing the washing

Taking care of the baby

Cooking meals

Going shopping

Total

Make a statistic of these activities and the time that A’s mother and A’s father often do per week.

Activities A’s father - Time A’s mother -Time

Cleaning the floor × - 7 hoursWashing clothes × - 7 hoursTidying the kitchen × - 6 hoursIroning clothes × - 2 hoursRepairing things × - 5 hoursDoing the washing × - 3 hoursTaking care of the baby × - 10 hours × - 15 hoursCooking meals × - 7 hoursGoing shopping × - 3 hoursTotal 15 hours / a week 50 hours/ a week

Hours Housework hours per weekIt’s a chart.

Unit 15Women in society

Lesson 4 Writing

Look at the chart then do the tasks that follow:

Hours Housework hours per week

TASK 1: Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences

1, The column chart …. the average hours of housework per week done by married women in comparison with married man.

A. illustrates B. shows C. describes D. All are correct

2, Women spend …… per week doing housework and this number is only ….. for men when they have no children.

A. 30/20 B. 50/15 C. 55/10 D. 50/50

3, In families of one or two children, the amount of time given to housework by men is just ….., but women’s hours of work at rises to ….. per week.

A. 30/20 B. 50/15 C. 15/50 D. 50/55

4. They spend ……. a week doing housework while their husbands share with only ………. When they have 3 or more children.

A. 30/20 B. 50/15 C. 55/10 D. 50/55

5. The chart suggests that they should first be… from familiar responsibilities. A. Liberate B. liberated C. liberating D. liberation

A

C

D

C

B

Look at the chart then do the task that follow:

Hours Housework hours per week

TASK 2: Look at the chart and answer the questions

1.Who, in general, does more housework ?• In general, married women do more housework than men do.

2. Do married women have to do more or less housework when they have more children ?

. They have to do more housework when they have more children.

3. Do married men have to do more or less housework when they have more children ?

• They have to do less housework when they have more children.

4.How many hours do married men and women without children spend on their housework per week ?

• Married men and women without children spend 20 and 30 hours on their housework per week respectively.

TASK 2: Look at the chart and answer the questions

5. How much time does it take men and women with one or two children to do their housework every week ?

• It takes 15 and 50 hours to do housework every week .

6. what are the numbers of weekly housework hours that men and women with three or more children do respectively ?

• They are 10 and 55.

7. what do you think should be done to reduce the unequal distribution of housework hours per week between married men and women ?

. Married men should spend more time sharing the housework with their wives.

TASK 3: Write a report describing the information in the column chart with the given words

• The column chart/ the average hours/ housework per week done by married women/ comparison with married man.

• Women/ spend/30 hours per week /do/ housework/ this number/ be/ 20 hours for men when they have no children.

• In families/ one or two children, the amount of time/ give/ housework by men/ be just 15 hours/ women’s hours of work at home rises/ 50 hours per week.

• They spend 55 hours a week/ do/ housework/ their husbands share / with only 10 hours/ they have 3 or more children.

• the chart /suggest/ if women are/ gain social equality, they should first/ liberate/ from familiar responsibilities. This can only be done if men lend more helpful hand to women/ do/ domestic chores.

* The column chart illustrates/ shows/describes the average hours of housework per week done by married women in comparison with married man.

* We can see from the chart, women spend 30 hours per week doing housework while this number is 20 for men when they have no children.

* In families of one or two children, the amount of time given to housework by men is just 15 hours but women’s hours of work at home rises to 50 hours per week. * They spend 55 hours a week doing housework. In contrast, their husbands share fewer hours with only 10 hours when they have 3 or more children.

* In general, the chart suggests if women are to gain social equality, they should first be liberated from familiar responsibilities. This can only be done if men lend more helpful hand to women in doing domestic chores.

Sample writing

Introduction: The chart shows / describes /illustrates…* Body: As can be seen from the data in the chart ,... We can see from the chart... According to the chart,... From the chart, it can be seen that… In contrast, ... While, but ….. Fewer, less… than, more …than Rise, decrease, fall, drop…..* Conclusion: In general, ... / To sum up, ……

* Some useful expressions used in describing a chart:

REMEMBER

Some kinds of charts.

0102030405060

married women

married men

When children enter the household, the amount of time to housework by

women is …increasing/ more and more.

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10

20

30

40

50

60

70

withoutchildren

with 1-2children

with 3 children

Marriedwomen

Married men

Some kinds of charts Men are found to work even …..

hours around the house than before the appearance of children.

fewer

Homework:

• Complete your writing perfectly at home.• Prepare language focus.

The end