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1、Unit 2,Speaking of Men and Women,Leading in,Pictures The recent cross-dresser on Chinese reality show,Men and Women: in office and at home,2) Words to learn:,cross-dressing 易装癖 Cross-dressing runs significantly counter to social norms and, therefore, can be seen as a type of transgender behavior. It
2、 does not, however, necessarily indicate transgender identity; newhalf: The Japanese word “newhalf“ is used to describe a man who has made the mental and/or physical transition to being a woman.,Discussion,Do you think men should always dress like men, and women should dress like women?,Should there
3、 be any difference between men and women at work and at home?,“Women hold up half the sky” was an old saying popular in the 1960s. Whats your opinion about it?,Give some examples in the English language that show the changes as a result of the womens movement.,Words and Phrases,1. suggest: v. say st
4、h. indirectly 暗示 e.g. Her silence suggested anger. 她的沉默暗示愤怒。 Are you suggesting that I am not telling the truth? 你的意思是我没有讲实话？, put forward an idea for consideration 建议；提出（想法等） e.g. Id like to suggest another plan for our business. 我想为我们的生意提出另外一个计划。 Can you suggest how we should do it? 你能建议我们该怎么做吗？,2
5、. prefer: v. choose one rather than another; like one better than another 更喜欢 prefer to do sth. prefer A to B e.g. She prefers coffee to tea. 与茶相比，她更喜欢咖啡。 I prefer walking to driving a car. 我愿意步行，不愿意开车。,3. remove: v. get rid of 移去，去除 e.g. His words removed the doubts (疑虑) in her mind. 他的话打消了她的疑虑。 Wh
6、en oil is added to the food, it is difficult to remove it. 一旦把油掺杂到食品里，就很难再把它除去。,4. suppose: v. think or accept as true or possible认为；猜想 e.g. I dont suppose that he will agree to our suggestion. 我认为他不会同意我们的建议。 have as a condition 假设 e.g. The companys decision supposes growing sales. 公司的决定假设了销售是不断增长的。
7、,5. sound: v. to show a particular emotion or quality in ones voice 听起来 sound + adj. e.g. What he described sounds reasonable. 他的描述听起来合情合理。 to produce a sound, or to make something produce a sound （使）发声 e.g. The bell sounded when the mail arrived. 邮件来时，铃声响了。,6. respectable a. usually of a person sho
8、wing qualities that are widely held to be good or right 受人尊敬的；体面的；正派的 It is not thought to be respectable to throw (扔) away waste paper in public. 公共场所扔废纸被认为是不文雅的。,Phrases,6. mean by: show in writing or speech, etc. by the use of 用表示的意思 e.g. What Marx meant by a particular society was a group of peo
9、ple making a living together. 马克思所说的社会就是人们有组织地在一起生活。 What do you mean by opening my letters without permission? 没得到允许就拆开我的信，你用意何在？,end in: have as a result at the end 结果为, 以结束 e.g. Their marriage ends in divorce. 他们的婚姻以离婚告终。 His plan ended in failure. 他的计划以失败告终。,agree with: have the same opinion as
10、(sb.) 同意的观点 e.g. We all agree with him about the need for a new teaching building. 他提出需要建一座新教学楼，我们都表示同意。 For once, she agreed with Dad, 总算有一次她同意了爸爸的看法。,used to do (used in the past tense) showing that sth. always happened in the past （用于过去时）过去常常 We used to have lots of friends but they all seem to h
11、ave gone now. 我们过去有许多朋友，但现在他们似乎都走了。,talk about sth. say or speak about 谈论 What we talked about did not seem to matter much. 我们谈论的事无关紧要。,The Text,GJ: I know youve written a lot about how language changes when we talk about the two sexes, Doctor Speakwell. DS: Yes, I have. I find it very interesting.
12、For example, you just called me “Doctor” . That used to suggest a man, not a woman. Actually, I prefer to be called “Doctor”. GJ: Why is that?,DS: Well, you know English has several special words that people sometimes use when theyre talking about women. You probably know them, right. What do you ca
13、ll a woman poet? GJ: A poetess? DS: Yes. A poetess. Now these words arent used too often, but they are present in the language. However, some women dont like such words because they feel as if these words make them less important than men. GJ: What do you mean by that?,DS: For example, if you say th
14、e word “actress”, people dont always think of a serious artist. They might think of some silly, beautiful woman whos more worried about her hair than she is about the play. But when you say “actor” thats not silly at all. Thats a serious word, a respectable word. GJ: I see.,DS: Thats why I might cal
15、l myself a professor, but never a professoress. I would never call myself a doctorette! GJ: Fine. Ill call you doctor. DS: And what about you? Should I call you Miss Jones? Mrs. Jones? GJ: Ms. Jones, please.,DS: Exactly, Ms. Jones. Thats a very good example of how the language has changed in recent
16、years, partly as a result of the womens movement. GJ: You mean the word Ms.? DS: Not just that. Weve changed dozens of words describing jobs. Think of all the words that used to end in -man. Policeman, chairman, mailman, . . .,GJ: I guess theyve all changed. Now we say police officer, and chairperson, but what about mailman? DS: Mail carrier. And do you know why? Weve removed - man from t
