Make Your Way 7, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD

Listen to historian Dr Gemma Roberts giving her views on the roles of women in history. Match the beginnings of the sentences (1–7) with the sentence endings (A–I). There are two sentence endings that you should not use. 3 Language for discussion: Giving your reasons 2 Work in small groups. Which of these sentences do you agree with and why? • Now make a class list of reasons why there are more famous men in history than women. • 1/01 1 The real (biggest/main/only) reason why there aren’t so many famous women in history is because women don’t need attention as much as men do. 2 It’s true that there aren’t many female world leaders, but this is because they’ve got better things to do. 3 The best explanation I can think of why men are more dominant is that men are physically and emotionally stronger. 4 I don’t believe that women aren’t good leaders but rather that men are afraid to give them the chance. 1 Dr Roberts disagrees with the interviewer’s statement that … 2 According to Dr Roberts, history books are written by men, with the result that ... 3 When archaeological digs took place in the 19th century, … 4 One reason why few history books were written by women in former times is that ... 5 A common characteristic of influential women in history is that … 6 Many prominent women in public life nowadays recognise the fact that … 7 Dr Roberts is pleased that … A … women often worked alongside their male colleagues as equals. B … people are not prepared to read books by female writers. C … women only achieved educational equality comparatively recently. D … a wide range of careers is now accessible to women. E … they often came from a privileged background. F … there have been no prominent women in history. G … people now appreciate women’s success in all areas of life. H … their success is partly due to encouragement from a male parent. I … women’s achievements have been played down. 7 1 Extensive unit 1: Herstory Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv