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TooManyBoys?

BPre-reading______________________________

Thinkaboutthefollowingquestions.

1.Doyouwantchildren?Ifyes,doyouwantboysorgirls?

2.Whichdoyouthinkiseasiertoraise,boysorgirls?Why?

3.Howmanychildrendoyouwant?Doyouwantmoreorfewerchildrenthanyourparents?

]VocabularyPreview_______________________

Writetheletterofthewordorphrasewiththesamemeaningastheunderlinedword.

A.becamemorehigherE.had

B.fix;correctF.likebetter

C.menandwomentogether;pairsG.men;boys

D.much;animportantamountorlevelofH.women;girls

1.Mysistergavebirthtoababyboylastmonth.

2.Fathers,brothers,andunclesareallmales.

3.Mother,sisters,andauntsareallfemales.

4.Wouldyouprefertohavealargefamilyorsmallfamily?

5?Morebabyboyswerebornlastyear.Thenumberofboysincreased.

6.Manycouplesdonothavechildrenrightawayaftergettingmarried.

7.Couplesarechoosingtohavesignificantlysmallerfamiliesthesedays.

8.Weneedtosolvethisproblem.

|ReadingComprehensine閱讀文章

Womenusuallygivebirthtomoremalesthanfemales.Aroundtheworld,theratioofboysto

girlsisbetween1.04and1.07.Thatmeanstherearebetween104to107malebabiesforevery100

femalebabies.Butinmanycountries,malesarethepreferredsex.Inthesecountries,parentstryto

havemalebabies.Forexample,inKoreain1980,theratiowas104boysforevery100girls,butby

the1990stheratiohadincreasedto116boysforevery100ggirls.TheratioinIndiaissimilar.

Today,thereare108Indianboysforevery100girls.ButinsomeareasofIndiaandChina,thereare

120boysforevery100girls.

Thepreferenceformalescansometimeshaveaconnectionwithproblemsinsociety.For

example,sometimeswomencannotstudyasmuchasmenordothingsmencando.Also,because

ofsignificantlymoremalesinsomeplaces,otherproblemscanoccur.Somemenmayhavetrouble

findingwomentomarry.Afewcountriesaretakingsteptosolvetheproblemofmoreboysthan

girlsinsociety.InChinaandIndia,forexample,coupleswithdaughterscangetextramoneyfrom

thegovernment.

Boysarenotpreferredeverywhere.ManyJapaneseparentssaytheywantbabygirls.These

parentssaygirlsarecuter,easiertohandle,andmorelikelytolookaftertheirparentsinthefuture.

.Choosethebestanswer.

1.Whatisanotherpossibletitleforthereading?

A.JapanesePreferGirlsB.CountriesinAsia

C.GivingBirthD.ThePreferenceforMales

2.WhendidtheratioofboystogirlsinKoreaincrease?

A.Afterthe1990sB.In1995

C.Duringthe1980sD.In1980

3.Whatistheratioofmalebabiestofemalebabiesinmostcountries?

A.11Omales:100femalesB.104-107males:100females

C.116males:100femalesD.108males:100females

4.WhichofthefollowingisNOTaprobleminsocietiesthatprefermales?

A.Therearemorementhanwomen,somarriageisdifficult

B.Thegovernmentgivesmoneytofamilies.

C.Womenmaynothaveequalrights.

D.Mencandomorethingsthanwomen.

5.Whatdoesutakingsteps”meaninthisreading?

A.WalkingB.Doingsomething

C.GoinguptogettoahigherplaceD.Jumping

〔IdiomaticExpressions._________________________________________________________

Findtheseidiomsinthereading.

aroundtheworldeverywhere;inallcountries世界各地

Peoplearoundtheworldenjoyplayingsoccer.

havetroubletohavedifficulty;tomeetsomeproblems有麻煩

Hedidnothaveanytroublefindingmyhouse.

Lookaftertotakecareof;towatchandcarefor照顧；照看

Myparentswereaway,soIlookedaftermybrother

Fillintheblanks.Useeachoftheaboveidiomsonce.Changetheformofthewordsif

needed.

1.Ifyouwithyourcomputer,callme.

2.Howmanycitieshaveyouvisited?

3.Pleaseourplantswhileweareonvacation.

I?Summary

Fillintheblankswiththecorrectwords.

Femalesgivebirthoccurprefersignificantly

Inmostcountriesaroundtheworld,mothers1.tomore

boysthangirls.Theratioofmalesto2.isabout105

malesto100females.Butincountriesthat3.malebabies,

couplesmaynotwantababygirl.SomeplaceslikeKorea,India,and

Chinanowhave4.higherratiosofboystogirls.Problems

hefuture,sogovernmentsaretakingstepstochange

things.

Discussion

Discussthefollowingquestions.

1.Whatdoyouthinkisthepreferredsexinyourcountry?

2.Whatproblemscouldoccurasaresultofmalepreference?

3.Haveyouheardofanyplaceswithmorefemalesthanmales?Ifyes,where?

■Writing

Writeyourownshortparagraphbyansweringthequestionsbelow.

DealingwithStress

—Example-----

1)Whichisbetter,beingfemale

Itisbetterbeingfemale

male.Agoodthingaboutfemalesis

(2)Whatisagoodthingabouts?

thatfemaleslivelongerthanmales.

(3)Whatisadifficult/badthingfor

Adifficultthingforfemalesisthat

femalesareweakerthanmales.

(4)Whichofthesetwothingsismore

However,itismoreimportanttolive

important?

thantobestrong.

VocabularyReview

A.Choosethebestwordtofillintheblank.

1.The______penguinonlylaysoneortwoeggs.

A.freezingB.femaleC.maleD.daughter

2.Shedidnotstudy.Shewillontheexam.

A.problemB.havetroubleC.occurD.takesteps

3.Anymotherwithsevenchildrenmustbe______.

A.increasedB.stressedC.normalD.trouble

4.Thereisoneteacherforeveryfivestudents.The_____isonetofive.

A.areaB.spiceC.ratioD.society

5.Ourdoc