COLEGIO NOSSA SENHORA DA ASSUNCAO ENGLISH WORKSHEET Nos 42 Class: a Date: _. /'> /2003. Name: ioscpoite iso SS) Reading Women and Work Highly educated women have long struggled with the demands of career and family. But which generation has suffered more? 5 The problems have changed with the passing years ~ far more jobs gradually opened up to women in the second half of the 20% century — but for mast” ‘women, major dilemmas remain. Painful choices have to be made between careers and families, a cbefore the Second World War, the only career open to women was teaching and pai "0 almost impossible after ingriage. During the War men had to fight, which meant that women had to feplace men in the workplace. However, when the war ended and men returned, women were pushed back into the home. a — Today, older women who had fewer career opportunities do not envy younger women. One woman said: "| am glad my daughter has the opportunity to work that | did not have — but when | see her 15 struggling to rut her family and a full-time job, | am not convinced that her life is better than mine was." ‘Many of these older women felt a sense of security in their own lives that has Vanithed tod see younger w women labguing under great stresses. Many experience depreston stare Raper, guing under Gieat SUGGS. Many experience depression, severe headaches an feelings of insecurity. They 7 € fact that they spend more time on domestic chores than ther fusbandswhen both have paid jobs, ue Many women try to successfully GSimbine career and family, which ig not an easy job. More flexible working hours and new legislation are needed in order to help women aeficwe professional and personal fulfilment ** aa 'o The Guardian, Septamber 3rd 2002 abridged and adapted) g oS ai? A. Find equivalents of the following words/expressions in the text. ) 1- needs demons 5- feel angry and upset about ces.+ 2> trying very hardveesin, 6 housework Jemehe ores n> 3+ disappeared vonsiss -7= reach adwae Cy © & % 4- WOrkINg lads. eine 8- satisfaction 86 o6nert - ‘ ~ A a) ~ B. Identify the paragraph each topic sentence refers to. ~) nl ob v & 1- During World War Il, women were required to take over men’s jobs.3 2+ More changes stil have to be made to help women balance work and family: > Even though older generations didn't have as many career choice, they feel younger women are at a disadvantage as they are under more pressure. « ‘4 As more jobs became available to women, they had more dificult in choosing between career and family. 2 5- Women have had to face the challenge of balancing career ams) farsi,So Using the language a RELATIVE CLAUSES “Older women who had fewer career opportunities do not envy younger women.” “Many women try to successfully combine career and family, which is not an easy job." Who, which and that are relative pronouns. They introduce a relative clause. A relative clause give information about the person or thing the speaker is referring to. A. Fill in the blanks with who or which. = Women tv try to combine their job and family suffer a lot from stress 2- Jobs«.require a lot of qualifications are better paid. 3- Women «...have a job and a family work twice as much as men. 4 The man ‘owns that shop is retiring next year. 5- The manager told me to move the boxes .»..are outside. B. Decide whether the relative clauses are defining or non-defining. 1- The employees who artive late are told off. doin 2- The librarian, who was an old person, died of a heart attack. no~ def soinn 3- Jane, who | know very well, is very good at her job.con- se ¢xe 4- My office, which has an alarm, was broken into on Friday night. -=..«< 5- That's the firm that we worked for ten years ago. a+snns C. Join the sentences below using who or which. a 1- | work in an office. It is very modern. | work in an office Which is.vee msec 2- The postman delivered the parcel. He was very nice. The postman, sto uss vee, nice, deGuewed hs goed 3- Inspector Smith is very clever. He immediately understood Paul was lying. Inspector Smith, wns % waxy Gee, smmentely vndeogionl . 4- The article won a prize. The article was about war in Iraq. The article. wries 203 end wee oat lon @ Ofte