describing a chart. c an you name some of housework that women do everyday ?
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Describing a chart Describing a chart
CAN YOU NAME SOME OF HOUSEWORK THAT WOMEN DO
EVERYDAY ?
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Task 1:Task 1:
• The chart shows the average hours of housework per week by people of different sexes and with different marital status in Fantasia.
• Look at the chart and then answer these questions in full sentence.
Look at the chart and answer the questions in full sentence.
Task 1:
1. Who, in general, does more housework?2. Do married women have to do more or less
housework when they have more children?3. Do married men have to do more or less housework
when they have more children?4. How many hours do married men and women
without children spend on their housework every week?
5. How much time does it take men and women with one or two children to do their housework every week?
6. What are the numbers of weekly housework hours that men and women with three or more children do respectively?
7. What do you think should be done to reduce the unequal distribution of housework hours per week between men and women?
1. Who, in general, does more housework?In general, married women do more housework than married men.
2. Do married women have to do more or less housework when they have more children?Married women have to do more housework when they have more children.
3. Do married men have to do more or less housework when they have more children?Married men have to do less housework when they have more children.
Q & A
4. How many hours do married men and women without children spend on their housework per week?Married men and women without children spend 20 and 30 hours respectively on their housework per week.
5. How much time does it take men and women with one or two children to do their housework every week?It takes men and women with one or two children 15 and 50 hours respectively to do their housework every week.
Q & A
5. What are the numbers of weekly housework hours that men and women with three or more children do respectively?Men and women with three or more children do 10 and 55 weekly housework hours respectively.
6. What do you think should be done to reduce the unequal distribution of housework hours per week between married men and women? Women should ask men to help and married men should spend more time sharing the housework every day.
Q & A
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Useful language
INTRODUCTION Describing what the chart is about, its dates and
location (if have) Saying what overall trends you see
Ex: The chart shows/ describes/ presents/ indicates…According to the chart, …From the chart , it can be seen that … In the chart…
BODY Describing the most important trends Noticing how many details the chart has Comparing and contrasting with other
subjects in the chart
Ex: As can be seen from the data in the chart, ...We can see from the chart...According to the chart, ...From the chart, it can be seen that...In contrast, ...
CONCLUSION Summing up the global trends shown on the figure Giving solutions
Ex: In general,…In a word,…To sum up,…
Attention
Avoid using:“I can see that…”,
“As I have written that…”,
“I could realize that…”,
“As you can see that…”, ect.
Keep it academicKeep it academic Keep it academicKeep it academic
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Use suggestions to write a report describing the information shown in the column chart (p.168).
Begin your report with:“The column chart illustrates the
average hours of housework per week done by married women in
comparison with married men.”
Task Task 2:2:Task Task 2:2:
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Review the tasks and the lesson.
Prepare for the language focus lesson.
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