Part III explores the differences in working styles between male and female bosses. Men are hierachical. goal-oriented and feel entitled while women manage skillfully and diplomatically. When women work for women, women usually feel more at ease with their female boss, but it takes long time for men to feel comfortable around their female boss. Part IV (Para.6-8)
Part IV analyzes reasons why male and female bosses manage differently. It uses the example of a female vice-president, who burst into tears at a meeting because she felt angry, but men don‘t understand the difference stems from the whole social context of traditional roles for men and women. Part V (Para.9)
Part V discusses the obstacles a female boss also faces: Female employees expect their female boss will promote them more quickly; on the other hand, they hope their female boss can take care of her own work without bothering them.
Part VI (Para.10)
Part VI concludes the feature report. The author is rather optimistic about the future, hoping the day will come soon. when people recognize the best management styles are composed of both male and female.
1.4 paragraph writing (10M) Focus on an example essay
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By reading women's working styles in the feature report, students can see that a feature contains a lot of background information, anecdotes, interviews, and specific examples - a useful tool when writing a feature. The example essay is one of the most basic essays in academic writing, but it can be extremely difficult if students have never written one or do not know what to write about. An example essay has the same purpose: to use specific instances or actual cases to convince the readers that a particular point is true. In an examp!e essay, students support their point by illustrating it with examples. When used well, examples make writing more persuasive, thus increasing the chances readers will understand and believe the point. Like other writing modes, the point in an example essay is reflected in the thesis statement. For example:
1. My female boss' leadership ability is apparent in her relationships with her employees.
2. My male boss' personality is intolerable: stubborn, bad-tempered, and suspicious.
3. My new co-workers are uncooperative, incompetent, and inconsiderate. Once students have finished writing a thesis statement, they can start writing examples in the following paragraphs. Generally speaking, each body paragraph gives one specific and extended example to support one of the sub-points mentioned in the thesis statement. Of course, students may want to give numerous examples to illustrate their point, which is fine. However, it totally depends on what kind of topic they are dealing with. For instance,
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suppose the thesis statement is \Would two or three extended examples be sufficient? Probably not. In short, thesis statements that state or imply \examples; otherwise, just use a few but more developed examples. 1.5 Translation (30)
婚纱礼服的颜色和款式可取决于婚礼参与者的宗教和文化。例如，在西方文化中新娘通常会选择白色的婚纱，而在中国，传统的结婚礼服是红色的。虽然白色已成为当今婚纱礼服在世界各地最受青睐的颇色，可是这在维多利亚时期之前并不是一个普遍的潮流。白色在1840年成为了一个受欢迎的选择，那年维多利亚女王在她的婚礼上穿了一件白色的礼服。官方的婚礼照片被广泛刊登后，很多新娘都仿效女王选择白色。很多人相信白色象征着童贞，尽管这不是她们选择白色的初衷。就款式而言，婚纱礼服曾一度是前面短短的、后面是长长的裙摆。这种趋势一直持续到20世纪60年代后期，那个时期全长裙边的设计恢复了流行。
China is home to silk, thereby having a variety of arts related to silk, one of which is embroidery. Embroidery, with at least two or three thousand years of history, is one of the Chinese traditional folk arts and crafts. Since most embroiderers are women, it's also called 'cwomen's needlework\has been much-loved by the Chinese people. It can be used to beautify clothing and things. For example, clothes, quilts, pillowcases etc. can be embroidered with beautiful designs, or a piece of embroidery can be made for a special ornament. There are four most famous types of embroidery in China: Suxiu
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from Suzhou, Yuexiu from Guangdong, Xiangxiu from Hunan, and Shuxiu from Sichuan, each having its own style and theme. Among the four, Suzhou embroidery has enjoyed the highest reputation.
II. Assignment(5M)
2.1. Complete the translation practice on the homework paper 2.2 Write a paragraph on the topics given in Ex.8 on P.187 2.3 Preview Text B
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Unit 7 Text B A proud homemaker 自豪的家庭主妇 (5th ---6th class-hours )
I. Pre-reading Activities
1.1 Reading Skills (5M) : Predicting the author’s ideas
One way to read effectively is to predict. Making predictions or anticipating the author‘s next point is an important skill in active reading. You can often anticipate the general direction in which the author is going.
Making predictions while you read keeps your mind alert and involved with the reading passage.
It‘s a way to double-check your comprehension of whay you‘ve read so far, and it can be a great aid to understanding what comes next. Task: do Ex.1 on P.189
1.2 Background Information (5M)
The word ―homemaker‖ is mainly an American gender-neutral term for a housewife or stay-at-home mom and also a stay-at-home dad. It is a compound word which combines two nouns: home and maker. In the 19th century, more and more women in industrializing countries stopped being homemakers and begin to do jobs that men usually did. At this time many big factories were set up. Many thousands of young women went to work in factories.
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