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Unit 1
Abdelaaziz Mark
1 2 3 4
5
6
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9 0
7 8
To understand
To grasp
girl boy
Female Male
woman man
Gender
Degree
Examples of
degrees:
Bachelor’s To graduate
degree:BA
Master’s degree:
MA
15/20
20/20
Ali scored a good
mark Asma scored a better
mark
Before you read: p. 10
a. I think girls are better than
boys at languages.
b. In my opinion, boys are better
at these school subjects.
c. For me, girls are more
disciplined.
d. In classroom activities, it
seems to me that they both
participate
Read the text, p. 10
1. Read the text and find out the writer’s
answer to the question in the title
Do girls do better than boys at school?
Girls do better at some skills such as reading
and writing
Reading. P.11
Exercise 2: main ideas
Paragraph 1:
I myself heard a lot about
boys doing better than
Paragraph 2: girls at school.
Most of my fellow
mathematics students
were women
Paragraph 3:
girls are better in writing
and reading and roughly
equal at maths
Exercise 3: true/ false statements and justification
p.11
According to the writer:
[Link]. I myself heard a lot about
boys doing better than girls
in school.
[Link] of my fellow
mathematics students were
[Link]. women.
Girls score higher in writing
and reading.
Exercise 4: answer the following questions
[Link] they participated
less in [Link] they didn’t
have Mathematics and
science ability.
[Link] attract boys
[Link] do.
d.I think it’s an American
educational system.