文档介绍：山东师范大学大学外语教育学院
New College English
Book Four
Unit Three
Gender Differences
Gender Differences
Preparation
Reading-centered activities
In-class Reading
After-class Reading
Further Development
Writing and Translation
Preparation
Task 1 An interesting Bible story
Task 2 What’s the difference?
Task 3 Women’s career
Task 4 A song of romance
It is said that the first thing we ask of a new-born
baby is "Is it a boy or a girl?" But it might be
considered that this is the first thing we ask
ourselves whenever we meet anyone new.
Perhaps this is why we find it so threatening if
the cues are uncertain or ambiguous, and even
more so if we find our first assumptions turn out
to be incorrect. That is the concept of
gender differences in people’s mind.
Task 1 An Interesting Bible Story
Directions: Do you know how man and woman were made according to the Bible which is very influential in the western culture? Share your information with your partners.
Sample
God took some clay from the ground and made the shape of a man.  Then He breathed gently into the shape.  The man's eye's opened and he began to live.  God called him Adam. The Lord made a beautiful garden for him to live in.  The garden, called Eden, was full of many wonderful things.  Beautiful flowers grew everywhere.  Birds sang in the trees, streams flowed through the valley and animals roamed across the fields.
God hade made the man in His image to keep pany and look after the world.  God brought all the animals to Adam one at a time to be given their names.  "Elephant", he would say, or "Tiger", or "Porcupine".
Sample
But God felt sorry for Adam.  "None of these animals is really like him," thought God, "he needs someone to share his life.  Someone who cares for him and who he can care for."That night, God took a rib from Adam's side and made a woman.  When Adam awoke the following morning, he found a wife, Eve, lying asleep beside him.  Adam was so happy.  He took her hand and she woke u