Men and Women
1. True or False Questions.
(1)
Women are not affected by recent changes in the way people actually live.
(2)
A hundred years ago people never questioned whether men were really wiser, stronger, more sensible and better than women.
(3)
Women get the right to vote in 1875.
(4)
Women are in a dilemma of two roles: being a wife and mother and having a full-time job.
2. Identification. Match the people in Column I with what they do in Column II.
Column I
(1) Mrs Spiden
(2) Mr Spiden
(3) Jimmy
(4) the dog
(5) Mrs Cresswell
(6) the baby
Column II
a. being furious at the advert
b. living with Brian and Marina
c. going on one's milk round
d. getting the housework and shopping done in the morning
e. having a dekko at the advert
f. making a mess on the carpet
g. writing the advert
h. throwing a radio out of the window
i. putting up an advert to sell the family
j. snoring on the settee
k. bawling
l. never lifting a finger to help with the housework
m. having an afternoon job
Answer:
(a) —
; (b) —
; (c) —
; (d) —
; (e) —
; (f) —
;
(g) —
; (h) —
; (i) —
; (j) —
; (k) —
; (l) —
; (m) —
.
3. Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape.
(1) Don't get
about it again ... That's
the story.
(2) Put the whole damn lot of 'em
.
(3) For sale—one
dog, one
boy of
, one baby girl of
and one man that
. Any offer considered. Apply
.
(4) One woman offered
. She said that's
.
(5) When I saw that one sort of ...
... I nearly
.
(6) He came and
everything.
(7) It was you ... that
.
(8) When he came
his milk
he barged
the shop.
(9) It's all
now ... It's done us
.
Men and Women
1. True or False Questions.
(1)
Women are not affected by recent changes in the way people actually live.
(2)
A hundred years ago people never questioned whether men were really wiser, stronger, more sensible and better than women.
(3)
Women get the right to vote in 1875.
(4)
Women are in a dilemma of two roles: being a wife and mother and having a full-time job.
2. Identification. Match the people in Column I with what they do in Column II.
Column I
(1) Mrs Spiden
(2) Mr Spiden
(3) Jimmy
(4) the dog
(5) Mrs Cresswell
(6) the baby
Column II
a. being furious at the advert
b. living with Brian and Marina
c. going on one's milk round
d. getting the housework and shopping done in the morning
e. having a dekko at the advert
f. making a mess on the carpet
g. writing the advert
h. throwing a radio out of the window
i. putting up an advert to sell the family
j. snoring on the settee
k. bawling
l. never lifting a finger to help with the housework
m. having an afternoon job
Answer:
(a) —
; (b) —
; (c) —
; (d) —
; (e) —
; (f) —
;
(g) —
; (h) —
; (i) —
; (j) —
; (k) —
; (l) —
; (m) —
.
3. Complete the following sentences with what you hear on the tape.
(1) Don't get
about it again ... That's
the story.
(2) Put the whole damn lot of 'em
.
(3) For sale—one
dog, one
boy of
, one baby girl of
and one man that
. Any offer considered. Apply
.
(4) One woman offered
. She said that's
.
(5) When I saw that one sort of ...
... I nearly
.
(6) He came and
everything.
(7) It was you ... that
.
(8) When he came
his milk
he barged
the shop.
(9) It's all
now ... It's done us
.