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1、Standup,please!PassageATheUnsungHeroes:WhatAboutWorkingDads?Pre-readingQuestionsReadingStructureofthePassageAnalysisHomeworkPre-readingquestions1.Doyouthinkfathersareasimportanttochildrenasmothersare?Whyorwhynot?Thisisanopen-endedquestion.(Fathersarethoug
2、htofasimportanttochildrenasmothersareintermsoftheirfinancialandemotionalsupporttothefamily.)Reference:Pre-readingquestions2.What’stheimageofa“goodfamilyman”?Agoodfamilymancanbeconsideredasonewhostrivestofulfillhisfamilyresponsibilitiesasahusbandandfather,
3、orwhoputshisfamilydutiesfirst.goodfamilyman:顾家的好男人Reference:Pre-readingquestions3.Aworkingfatherasafamilybreadwinnerisoftentoobusytotakecareofhisfamily.Nowpeoplehaveanegativeimageoftheworkingfather.Whatdoyouthinkofthe“workingfather”?Ithinkworkingfathersde
4、serveourrecognitionandourthanksforwhattheydo.Reference:workingfather：职业父亲Structureofthepassage:Hint:(3parts)Partone(Para.1-5)ThereisamediatrendtowardreducingtheimportanceoffathersintheUnitedStates.Parttwo(Para.6-7)Anotherrecentmediatrendisthatat-homewives
5、areregardedas“statussymbols”.Partthree(Para.8-9)Weshouldrecognizeandappreciatethegreateffortsthatfathersmaketosupportthefamily.TheUnsungHeroes:WhatAboutWorkingDads?Onourfirst“date”afterourtwindaughterswereborn,myhusbandandIwenttoseethemovieToyStory.Weenjo
6、yedit,butafterwardmyhusbandasked,“Wherewasthedad?”Atfirst,itseemedpettytocriticizeanentertainingfamilymoviebecauseofonesmallpoint.ThemoreIthoughtaboutit,however,themoreglaringanomissionitseemed.Notonlywasdadnotaround,hewasn’tevenmentioned—despitethefactth
7、attherewasababyinthefamily,sodadcouldn’thavebeenthatlonggone.Itwasasifthepresence—orabsence—ofafatherisaminordetail,notevenrequiringanexplanation.Thisisonlyoneexampleofthemediatrendtowardmarginalizingfathers,whichmirrorsenormoussocialchangesintheUnitedSta
8、tes.DavidBlankenhorn,inhisbookFatherlessAmerica,referstothistrendasthe“unnecessaryfather”concept.Wearebombardedbystoriesaboutthestrugglesofworkingmothers(asopposedtonon-workingmothers,Isuppose).Meanwhile,highproport
