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Unit 1: Skills

Reading

Read the text below and decide which of the following is the best title for it.
a. Doing Housework is Good for Children
b. Husbands Who Share Housework Make Their Wives Happy
c. Sharing Housework Makes the Family Happier

Answer the questions.

1. How do children benefit from sharing housework?

2. Why do men tend to have better relationships with their wives when they share housework?

3. What may happen to women whose husbands do not contribute to the household chores?

4. How does the family benefit when everyone works together on household chores?

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Discuss with a partner.

1. Do you have any problems with sharing housework?

2. What benefits do you get when sharing the housework?


Below is part of Anna’s interview with Mai. They are talking about the household chores Mai likes and dislikes. Match Mai’s answers with Anna’s questions. Then practice the conversation.




















Have a similar conversation with a partner. Find out which chores she/he likes or dislikes the most and why. Report your findings to the class.​


 

Listening

Family life - Changing roles

Look at the chart and discuss the changes in weekly hours of basic housework by married men and married women in the USA between 1976 and 2012. Guess the reasons for the changes.







 

06 Track 6
00:00 / 02:47

Listen again and answer the questions.

1. How has the role of men in the family changed?

2. How have men’s and women’s roles become alike?

3. What is the result of ‘equally shared parenting’?

Work in pairs. Match the word/phrase with its appropriate meaning.

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Writing

"Many hands make light work."

Work in pairs. Discuss the meaning of the saying above. Do you agree with it? How does this saying apply to doing housework in the family?

Read the text about Lam’s family below and complete the chore chart.
















































Read the text again and answer the questions.
1. How many people are there in Lam’s family?
2. Why are they very busy?
3. How do they split the housework in the family?
4. What household chores does each member of the family do?
5. Do the family members enjoy the housework?
6. What are the benefits of everyone in the family sharing the housework?

Make your family chore chart. Then, using the 
ideas in the chart, write a paragraph about 
how people in your family share housework 
based on the ideas in the chart.
 

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