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Contents Pre-reading questions Background information Structure analysis Comprehension questions Language points of Text I Grammatical items ■ Exercises Comprehension questions of Text II Oral activities Writing practice
Contents ▪ Pre-reading questions ▪ Background information ▪ Structure analysis ▪ Comprehension questions ▪ Language points of Text I ▪ Grammatical items ▪ Exercises ▪ Comprehension questions of Text II ▪ Oral activities ▪ Writing practice
Text I Why I Want a Wife Pre-reading questions 1.What role does a wife usually play in a traditional Chinese family?What role does an American wife usually play in her family?Are there any similarities or differences between them? 2.Is there any change today in women's status in China and around the world?
Text I Why I Want a Wife ▪ Pre-reading questions 1.What role does a wife usually play in a traditional Chinese family? What role does an American wife usually play in her family? Are there any similarities or differences between them? 2. Is there any change today in women’s status in China and around the world?
Background information (I About the text and the author Judy Syfers,born in 1937 in San Francisco,is a feminist,political and environmental activist, and a freelance writer.Her classic satirical essay Why I Want a Wife"was first published in Ms Magazine in 1971 and was widely circulated in the women's movement
Background information (1) ▪ About the text and the author ▪ Judy Syfers, born in 1937 in San Francisco, is a feminist, political and environmental activist, and a freelance writer. Her classic satirical essay “ Why I Want a Wife” was first published in Ms. Magazine in 1971 and was widely circulated in the women’s movement
Background information (2) ·Judy Syfers -Judy Syfers,who was born in San Francisco in 1 937,feels that the problems of American wives stem from a social system which places primary value on profits rather than on people's needs.A s long as we continue to tolerate the system,we will continue to be exploited as workers and as wives
Background information (2) ▪ Judy Syfers ▪ Judy Syfers, who was born in San Francisco in 1 937, feels that the problems of American wives " ▪ stem from a social system which places primary value on profits rather than on people’s needs. A s long as we continue to tolerate the system, we will continue to be exploited as workers and as wives