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Exploring Superwomen: Embracing Modern Heroines

The text delves into the fascination with modern superwomen and the challenges they face, reflecting on the timeless theme of women's roles and responsibilities in society. It explores the charm of superwoman stories and the appeal of optimistic approaches to life.

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Exploring Superwomen: Embracing Modern Heroines

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  1. Vocabulary Lecture Six

  2. Queen Elizabeth Condi Rice Wu Yi Begum Zia

  3. Men VS Women social roles & responsibilities

  4. I’m Going to Buy the Brooklyn Bridge Adrienne Popper

  5. New York

  6. Statue of Liberty Empire Sate Building

  7. United Nations Headquarters Madison Square

  8. Times Square

  9. The Brooklyn Bridge • A friend said that…, she had a bridge in Brooklyn she’d like to sell me.(L6) • Despite my friend’s…to buy that bridge she mentioned. (L66) • Then I’ll tell her …her own version of that bridge after all. (L86)

  10. Theme of the Text Men have generally been assured that achieving their heart’s desires would be a piece of cake. Women, of course, have always believed that we can’t have our cakes and eat it too --- the old low-dream diet.

  11. Repetition of Key Words • superwoman • in one’s spare time • fairy tale • words of food

  12. 1. superwoman L15:superwomen L20: superwoman L22: supersisiters L56: superwoman L61: superheroines L66: superwomen L76: superwoman L78: heroine L79: superwomen L80: heroine

  13. 2. in one’s spare time L4: in her spare time L6: in her spare time L33: in her spare time L36: in their spare time L37: in your spare time

  14. 3. fairytale L10: incredible achievements L63: modern fairy tale L70: extraordinary deeds L76: an impossible dream L77: fantasy

  15. 4. food soup juice tea a dieter a diet without treats the old low-dream diet a piece of cake strawberry jam a whole box of cookies You can’t eat the cake and have it too.

  16. Text Structure Despite her friend’s advice, she believes the superwoman stories again. Her encounter with a superwoman and its influence on her. What prevents her from becoming a superwoman. Why she’s still fascinated by modern superwoman stories. To her, admiring a heroine is something worth doing.

  17. I & II. Superwomen in the text • Kate L. • a politician’s daughter • a practicing pediatrician • a television anchorwoman • a woman executive of a national corporation

  18. 1. undo • The news of your illness undid him. disturb • His buttons were undone. untie • In 5 minutes he undid my whole day’s work. ruin

  19. 2. incredible The superstar has an incredible car in addition to a big house. credit credible credulous

  20. 3. skeptical/sceptical • I’m skeptical about/ of his behavior. • his doubtful /suspicious behavior • a suspicious nature

  21. 4. care for • He cares for nobody. • My wife doesn’t really care for tea; she likes coffee better.

  22. 5. reproach • He reproached her with laziness. • He reproached her for being lazy. find fault with

  23. III. Superwomen: no easy job • She’s unable to get her act together. • She can almost expect something to go wrong as long as she gets to work. • Anything might happen that would take up much more of time she puts aside for a certain job. • She usually feels exhausted after a busy day.

  24. A dog is faithful to its master by nature. • You should get your act together and don’t idle away all day if you want to pass the exam. • We give him over to the police. • They stop to have a rest at regular intervals. • My brother setaside half an hour every morning to do sports. • The bad woman bided her time, planning revenge.

  25. IV. Charm of Superwoman Stories I suppose it has something to do with the appeal of an optimistic approach to life--and the fact that extraordinary deeds have been accomplished by determined individuals who refused to believe that “you can’t” was the final word on their dreams.

  26. appeal • The prisoner appealed the judge for mercy. • She appeals to me. • I will appeal against being found guilty. • If you do not obey me, I shall appeal to force.

  27. Anyway, admiring a heroine is something worth doing.

  28. Key Structures • I should have known better than to ask…(L32) • Other women,…, not only during office hours, but in their spare time as well. (L35) • I imagine how lovely life would be if only I possessed …(L60) • We working women are too sophisticated for that,…(L78) • When my faith in myself falters, it is they who urge me on…(L79)

  29. Think About What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of being a man/ woman in this society?

  30. Assignments • 自学Unit 6 Text B • 记忆词汇表6中的所有单词 • 完成《奠基篇》Unit 8 词汇部分

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