第五十讲

    Study Focus
    1. Understand the different roles of men and women in society.
    2. Enlarge your vocabulary for expressing housework duties.
    3. Practice using the structure of “be likely to...”.
    4. Learn to write Attributive Clause (定语从句).
    5. Discuss the causes of gender difference with your classmates.

    Preparation
    A. Discuss the following questions with your partners.
    1. If you were given the chance, what would you choose to be: male or female?
    2. Who do you think may have more advantages, men or women? Why?

    B. Read the following sentences carefully and work out the meaning of the underlined words and expressions.
    1. She turned her head, responding to his grin（露齿笑）with a smile.
    2. He was so caught up in PC (personal computer) games that he spent three whole days in the Internet Café.
    3. Even now we still don’t have a complete understanding about the complex structure of the human brain.
    4. Most people think it wrong to equate money with happiness.
    5. At the beginning of the term, the students found it hard to adapt (themselves) to their new school.
    6. Nowadays college graduates have to fight for jobs in the highly competitive market.

    respond to：反应，回应
    be caught up in ：被······迷住；被牵涉，陷入
    complex ：由许多部分组成的, 复杂的
    equate with ：把······等同于，认为······是
    adapt (themselves) to ：变得习惯于······, 使适应于, 能应付······
    competitive ：竞争的, 比赛的