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1、Unit7Women:makingadifferencetodayRART1UNDERSTANDINGANDLEARNINGOverviewTheunitaimsatexploringacurrentsocialissue:genderroles,atopicthatcouldsparkalotofdebatesandarguments.TextAgivesstudentsabigpictureofahowwomenhaveplayedanimportantroleatthemanagementlevel,alo
2、ngwiththeirchallengesandfrustrations.TextBportraysahappyfull-timehousewifewhoconsidersherjobathomeabsolutelyimportant.Theimplicationofitisthatthejobatahousewifeshouldberespected.Thetwoarticlesaretheme-boundsincebothrelatethetopicoftheroleplayedbywomen,thougho
3、neisatworkandtheotherathome.Thewritingstyleofthetowtextsisverydifferentaswell.Oneisafeaturedarticleonfemaleworkingstylesbywayofpresentingvariousscenariosatwork,blendedwithmanydirectspeechesandpresentverbtensessuchassays,report,agrees,proclaims,feels,pauseswhe
4、nreferringtothepast;theotherisanarrativeabouttheauthor’spersonalexperienceofbeingahousewife.Thoughthelanguageusedinbothtextsissomewhatcasual,thetoneofthefirstoneismoreseriousandinareportstyle.Women’sworkingstyleandwayofthinkingareclearlydepicted,whichwillsure
5、lyprovokeaninterestingdebateongenderissuesasaspringboardforin-depthclassdiscussion.Activitiesmayrevolvearoundthemainthemeoftheunite:Shouldwomenstayhomeorworkoutside.SectionAWomenatthemanagementlevelBackgroundinformationWomenleadersIntoday’seconomy,womenareast
6、rongforceintheworkplace.Gonearethedaysofmenworkingoutsideandwomenstayingathome.Womenarefillingtheranksinmanyprofessionsandmanytopcompanies.Manyoftoday’sglobalbusinessleaderandpowerfulentrepreneursarewomen.Indeed,womenareincreasinglyworkinginuppermanagementrol
7、es,servingasleaderinavarietyofsettings.Interestingly,researchsayswomenbehavemoreemotionallyincertainworksituations.Regardlessofwhatthestudiessays,thedatasupportthebenefitsofgenderdiversityattheworkplace.Sowhatdoessuchdiversityintheworkplacemean?Itmeansthatiti
8、sbeneficialtonotonlyhirebutalsoretainfemaleemployees.Thetextvividlyunfoldshowfemalesareworkingindifferentbusinesssectorsatthemanagementlevel.Detailedstudyofthetext1whenMonicaappliedforajo
