Fill the gaps with a preposition.
1.
Most _______ the MPs in the House of Commons are male.
2.
Many MPs have old-fashioned opinions _______ women.
3.
Gillian Shephard arrived _______ the House of Commons in 1987.
4.
Some people think women MPs should concentrate _______ health and
education.
5.
The situation is better now because _______ the new working hours.
6.
It’s similar _______ an old boys’ club.
7.
_______ particular ….
8.
Many were astonished _______ the reaction of their male colleagues.
Now check your answers in the text.
Complete the table:
1. bring
____________
2. think
____________
3. say
____________
4. leave
____________
5. make
____________
6. choose ____________
7. speak
____________
8. feel
____________
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Fill the gaps using these key words from the text:
document
author
personality
humble
faithful
effect
mature
statement
1.
A ____________ person does not think he or she is better or more important
than other people.
2.
A ____________ person is one who is fully grown, like an adult.
3.
A ____________ person is one who always does what they have promised to
do.
4.
A ____________ is a paper with important information in it.
5.
If something has an ____________ on something else, it makes it change in
some way.
6.
An ____________ is a person who writes books, stories or documents.
7.
A ____________ is something that you say or write.
8.
Your ____________ is the kind of person you are.
Look in the text and find the answers to these questions:
1.
How many pages are there in the document?
2.
Who published the document?
3.
Who wrote it?
4.
Who is Erin Pizzey?
5.
Who is Catherine Pepinster?
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A woman’s talent is to listen
John Hooper and Jo Revill in Rome.
Last week the Vatican published a 37-page
document about women in society. The author
of the document was Cardinal Joseph
Ratzinger, the most important theologian in
the Vatican. In the document, Cardinal
Ratzinger writes about the typical
characteristics of women. He says that women
have the same positive characteristics as the
Virgin Mary.
According to the cardinal, women are
humble, faithful and welcoming and they
know how to listen, how to praise and how to
wait.
The document is an official Vatican
statement, so it is probable that the Pope
himself read it and perhaps made some
changes to it. Many people will probably
disagree with some of the things the
document says. For example, it says that the
fact that women can give birth to children has
an effect on their personality. Women have
the ability to give life so they are able to help
others to grow and are able to protect them.
The document is called the
Letter to the
Bishops of the Catholic Church on the
Collaboration of Men and Women in the
Church and in the World
. In the document
Cardinal Ratzinger also attacks ideas that are
not good for “the true progress of women”.
One of these ideas, he says, is the belief that
some people think women are less important
than men. This idea causes problems, he says,
because it seems to mean that if women want
to be equal they must become enemies of
men. Ideas like this could have a negative
effect on the structure of the family,
according to the cardinal.
The cardinal says that in this “war” between
the sexes, the differences between men and
women are becoming less and less clear. But
the fact that women can give birth is a very
important one, he says. This means that
women become mature very quickly and are
serious and responsible in their lives. Because
of this they should be “present in the world of
work and in the organisation of society”.
The document received a mixed reaction from
feminists and women writers. Erin Pizzey, the
founder of the international women's refuge
movement, said: "Catholic priests and bishops
cannot marry so I don’t think the Catholic
Church should make statements like this."
But Catherine Pepinster, the editor of the
British Catholic journal The Tablet, said
many women would understand the feelings
in the document. "It is typical of feminists to
criticise this document without thinking. The
document looks at differences between the
sexes, but it also says that women have a big
role to play in society."
The Guardian Weekly
20-06-04
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Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences.
1. Women become mature very quickly ...
2. The “war” between the sexes ...
3. The cardinal says that women ...
4. Some people say that if women want to be equal ...
5. Erin Pizzey criticised the document ...
6. Catherine Pepinster agrees with the document ...
a. ... means that differences between men and women are becoming less clear.
b. ... they must become enemies of men.
c. ... because she thinks many women will understand the feelings in it.
d. ... because she doesn’t think the Catholic Church should make statements like this.
e. ... because they can give birth to children.
f. ... are humble, faithful and welcoming.
Find verbs in the text that go with the following nouns
1.
____________ a document
2.
____________ a document
3.
____________ a document
4.
____________ a statement
5.
____________ problems
6.
____________ birth
7.
____________ a role
8.
____________ changes
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Complete the table. Use your dictionary to help you.
Verb
Noun
1.
publish
____________
2.
organise
____________
3.
state
____________
4.
disagree
____________
5.
protect
____________
6.
react
____________
7.
move
____________
8.
feel
____________
Complete the table. Use your dictionary to help you.
Present
Past simple
1.
read
____________
2.
say
____________
3.
make
____________
4.
understand
____________
5.
give
____________
6.
write
____________
7.
feel
____________
8.
become
____________
9.
grow
____________
10.
think
____________
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