a) Copy these notes (in purple) into your notebooks:
"Facing Challenges", page 50
Moomi, the mother-in-law in text A, blames her daughter-in-law for not giving her any grandchildren.
She denies (= Elle nie >> to deny) Yejide’s identity as a woman.
It is unfair/unjust that women should be held / considered responsible for fertility issues : women are not only child bearers / mothers, but fully-fledged individuals / individuals in their own rights (= des individus à part entière) !
The woman in text B can’t find (= n’arrive pas à trouver) an executive job (= un travail de direction, un poste à responsabilité). As a woman, she is really too skilled (= vraiment trop compétente) to find a suitable job (= un emploi qui lui convient / approprié). Indeed, there are fewer job opportunities for women than for men. The high-paying jobs are usually reserved for men.
In other words, women have to struggle (= doivent lutter) against the glass ceiling. Discrimination in the working world is also unfair.
In both texts, the women are confronted with /are faced with (= sont confrontées à) discrimination.
They are prejudiced against / are discriminated against (= Elles sont victimes de discrimination / elles subissent la discrimination) because of their gender.
They are expected to comply with society’s habits and customs (= On s’attend à ce qu’elles se plient aux / qu’elles se soumettent aux us et coutumes de la société). Actually, the women are on an equal footing with men in neither text (= dans aucun des textes). There is no gender equality.
b) A few example sentences >>> practice making others !
- The woman blames the patriarchal society for being unfair.
- Yejide’s husband blames her for not getting pregnant (to get pregnant = tomber enceinte).
- The pupils blame their teacher for giving them too much homework.
- The teacher blames his pupils for chatting all the time and for not listening.
- The teacher expects her pupils to take notes. (voie active)
- The pupils are expected to take notes. (voie passive)
- I expect my friends to celebrate my birthday. (voie active)
- Children are expected to comply with their parents' orders.
- Minorities are often discriminated against by the majority. (voie passive)
- They discriminated against him because he was short. (voie active)
2) Revise for the BIG vocabulary test you have Friday, May 3rd:
>> "Hidden Figures"
>> "Facing Challenges"
>> Maud's letter
>>> vocabulary in notebook notes (with photocopies)
>>> vocabulary in Blog notes
>>> vocabulary in book, pages 48-49