Unit-7--Men and Women-男人与女人

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1、www.1ppt.comMenandWomenUNIT7SecondeditionMen&WomenReadingWarm-upLanguageinUseProjectCultureTipsLearningtolearnHomeworkWarm-upWatchthevideoandanswerthefollowingquestions:Howmanydifferencesdoesitdescribebetweenmenandwomen?Whatarethey?2.Doyouthinkit’sastereotype?BACKReadingPre-readingTasksRead

2、ingComprehensionAfter-readingTasksBACKPre-readingDiscuss:1.Whodoyouthinkaremoretalkative?Menorwomen?Why?2.Doyouagreethatsilenceisaqualityofmenandtalkativenessisafeatureofwomen?BACKTheMythicalChatGap1First,letmeclearuponesmallfact:Matthiasismarried.Thiswillcomeasashocktosomeofthemenwhoe-mail

3、edthepsychologistafterreadinghisresearchshowingthatmenandwomenareequallytalkative.2Thesemendismissedhisworkwithawaveofthering-bearinghand.“Clearly,youaren’tmarried,”theywrote.“I’mmarried,andletmetellyouthatwomendotalkmore.”3PitypoorMatthias.Bydisprovingthenotionthatwomenwerethechattyspecies

4、,theUniversityofArizonaresearcherhadthrownscienceupagainststereotypes.He’dputmeremathsupagainstmyth.Comprehension4Thisstorybeganasanattempttoputanumberonthechatgapbetweenmenandwomen.Onepoppsychologistafteranotherclaimedagapofimmenseproportions.Theysaidthatwomenused20,000wordsperdaytomen’s7,

5、000.AndJamesDobsonevenclaimedthatGodgavewomen50,000wordsadayandgavemenamere25,000.5ButMatthiasdecidedtoactuallycount.Forthefirsttime,some400collegestudentswereequippedwithrecordingdevices.Itturnedout,bothmenandwomenuseroughly16,000wordsaday.Bycontrast,therangeamongindividualswashuge.TheChat

6、tiestCarlused47,000wordsandtheSilentestSamused700.Comprehension6Matthiasmayhavebeenthefirstwhoactuallycounted,buthewasbynomeansthefirsttochallengethechatgap.Asurveyof70priorstudiesofmenandwomenisabouttobepublishedbyUniversityofCalifornia.ThissurveymadebypsychologistCampbellLeaperalsoshowsno

7、consistentgapintalkativeness.7Nowlet’sacknowledgethatthereisadifferencebetweenthequantityandqualityofwords.Leapernotesthatinsomeofthestudieshereviewed,menweremorelikelytotalkamongstrangersthanwerewomen,andmothersmorelikelytotalkwiththeirchildrenthanweref