Ⅰ. Oral p resentat ion
1. If you are a girl，tell your class the most unfair experience you??ve ever had.
2. Try to find out the way to eliminate such unfairness.
Ⅱ. Pair wor k
1. Do women enjoy equal opportunities as men in today??s society?
2. Are there good and equal chances for women to find decent jobs nowadays?
Ⅲ. Deba te
Look at the pictures above. Divide the students into two groups and debate the following two questions.
1. Are women really weaker than men，both physically and intellectually?
2. Should women enjoy priorities?
P o s t -re ad in g Sp e akin g
Ⅰ. Grou p d iscu ssion
1. Since“to get one??s just desserts”means“to be punished for a wrong act”，can you guess what“unjust desserts”might mean?
2. Every year women celebrate their Women??s Day on March 8. Is it necessary to set a special day for men?
3. Do you know anything about the Women Liberation Movement? What do you think about it?
4. What is the real equality between the male and the female?
Ⅱ. Pair work
1. Does sex discrimination exist in China?
2. What is the traditional female role? Do you want to spend your life in that way?
Ⅲ. A speech
The following is the text of the speech“Ain??t I a Woman ? ” by Sojourner Truth,delivered at the 1851 Women??s Convention in Akron，Ohio. Read the whole speech and tell which sentence，or which part inspires you most?
Well，children，where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. I think that twixt the negroes of the South and the women at the North，all talking about rights，the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. But what??s all this here talking about?
That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages,and lifted over ditches，and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages，or over mud-puddles，or gives me any best place!
And ain??t I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted，and gathered into barns，and no man could head me! And ain??t I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man - when I could get it - and bear the lash as well! And ain??t I a woman? I have borne thirteen children，and seen most all sold off to slavery，and when I cried out with my mother??s grief，none but Jesus heard me! And ain??t I a woman?
Then they talk about this thing in the head; what??s this they call it?
( member of audience whispers，“intellect”) That??s it，honey. What??s that got to do with women??s rights or negroes??rights? If my cup won??t hold but a pint，and yours holds a quart，wouldn??t you be mean not to let me have my little half measure full?
Then that little man in black there，he says women can??t have as much rights as men，because Christ wasn??t a woman! Where did your Christ come from? From God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him.
If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone，these women together ought to be able to turn it back，and get it right side up again! And now they are asking to do it，the men better let them.
Obliged to you for hearing me，and now old Sojourner ain??t got nothing more to say.
Ⅳ. Oral p resentat ion
Try to give a presentation with the opening“If I were a boy . . . ”or“If I were a girl. . . ”and try to figure out what it would be like if you became the opposite gender.
Ⅴ. A poem
I Am Becoming
by Jayne Relaford Brown
I
am becoming
the woman I??ve wanted,
grey at the temples,
soft body，delighted,
cracked up by life
with a laugh that??s
known bitter
but，past it，got better,
knows she??s a survivor
that whatever comes,
she can outlast it.
I am becoming a deep weathered basket.
I am becoming the woman I??ve longed for ,
the motherly lover
with arms strong and tender ,
the growing up daughter
who blushes surprises.
I am becoming full moons and sunrises.
I find her becoming,
this woman I??ve wanted,
who knows she??ll encompass,
who knows she??s sufficient,
knows where she??s going
and travels with passion.
Who remembers she??s precious,
but knows she??s not scarce
who knows she is plenty.
