新视野大学英语第三版Book4Unit6TheWeightMenCarry

1、unit 6 the weight men carry background information key words questions for discussion writing skills phrases and expressionsbackground information the republican party the democratic party the commonwealth of virginia sexismthe republican partythe democratic partythe democratic party is the oldest e

2、xisting political party in the united states. during the second party system (from 1832 to the mid-1850s) under presidents andrew jackson, martin van buren and james k. polk, the democrats usually bested the opposition whig party by narrow margins. both parties worked hard to build grassroots organi

3、zations and maximize the turnout of voters, which often reached 80 percent or 90 percent. both parties used patronage extensively to finance their operations, which included emerging big city political machines as well as national networks of newspapers. the democratic party was a proponent for slav

4、e-owners across the country, urban workers and caucasian immigrants.from 1860 to 1932 in the era of the civil war to the great depression, the opposing republican party, organized in the mid-1850s from the ruins of the whig party and some other smaller splinter groups, was dominant in presidential p

5、olitics. the democrats elected only two presidents to four terms of office for 72 years: grover cleveland (in 1884 and 1892) and woodrow wilson (in 1912 and 1916)the commonwealth of virginiaseal of virginiasexismsexism is prejudice or discrimination based on a persons sex or gender. sexism can affec

6、t anyone, but it primarily affects women and girls. it has been linked to stereotypes and gender roles, and may include the belief that one sex or gender is intrinsically superior to another. sexismgender discrimination may encompass sexism, and is discrimination toward people based on their gender

7、identity or their gender or sex differences. gender discrimination is especially defined in terms of workplace inequality.key words gender equality 性别平等 destiny 命运 martyr 烈士 patriotism 爱国主义 symmetrical 对称的 mediator 调解者 lightweight 轻松的 alien 陌生的 sexism 性别歧视 emancipate 解放key words emancipate alien med

8、iator symmetrical lightweight patriotism sexism destiny gender equality martyr 性别平等 性别歧视 命运 调解者 陌生的 对称的 烈士 轻松地 爱国主义 解放questions for group discussion task 1 who carry more burdens, men or women? opinions-evidence (from your personal experiences)questions for group discussion task 2 what fields of wor

9、k are mentioned? what do people in different fields do respectively? what happened to them?(or what did they suffer from?)questions for group discussion task 3 what are the similarities of the workers from different classes? why did the author present so many questions in p5? make each question a co

10、mplete sentence.questions for all groups task 4 what did the author observe? what did the author experience? what does the author suggest?fields of work workers? farmers, shepherds, welders, steelworkers, carpenters, coal miners, truck drivers, ditch diggers, soldiers news commentators, lawyers, doc

11、tors (physicians, surgeons) , politicians, bosses, housewivesquestions for discussion what did the author observe? the men labored with their bodies from the first crow in the morning to the sundown. the bodies of the men were twisted and wounded in ways visible and invisible. how?questions for disc

12、ussion what did the author observe? soldiers scarcely worked at all but most of them would die when the shooting started. teachers , lawyers, news commentators, doctors seemed remote and unreal to the author as figures in old paintings.questions for discussion what did the author observe? before col

13、lege, he observed only the mothers and daughters could enjoy a sense of ease and develop the interest in art or music or literature. questions for discussion what did the author experience? what puzzled the author? at college, he was told by women that men were guilty of having kept all the joys and

14、 privileges of the earth for themselves. the bodies of the men were twisted and wounded in ways visible and invisible. how? soldiers scarcely worked at all but most of them would die when the shooting started.how to write an argumentative essay? general statement? men carried burdens of hard labor.h

15、ow to write an argumentative essay? supporting evidence? what the author observed. what the author experienced.how to write an argumentative essay? what does the author suggest? men carry as much burden as women do (but women dont know the hard life of working-class men). anti-sexisman argumentative

16、 essaybeginning part: thesis statement(a general statement or a claim)body: evidence (observations and experiences used to justify the claim)ending part: a restatement of the thesis statementwriting strategy 1 observations personal experienceswriting strategy 2 contrast workers vs. mothers workersmo

17、thersworkheavy load lightweightworking placenarrow compartmentbrighter, handsomer placesphrases and expressionsp1-6off the grid远离公共设施the first rooster crow第一声鸡叫scrape by勉强糊口drown ones liver in beer喝得烂醉heavy lifting搬重物 wear out耗损；消逝so far as i could tell据我所知attend college上大学social circle社交圈be guilty of感到愧疚extract from提炼，提取shut down关闭phrases and expressionsp5-7反应迟钝be slow to轻松感a sense o