Hiya!
Today it's Match, 8th, which means it's International Women's Day.
It is crystal clear that we have a long way to go to achieve total equality. Nowadays women still earn less than men;they are worse regarded when it comes to their children's upbringing; they can't roam the streets alone at night without being afraid of what might happen to them; they are somehow forced to tuck their careers away when they become pregnant; and they are -still in the twenty-first century- battered and killed to death by their jealous, abusive partners, not to mention the hard situations that women in western countries have to endure... What is clear is that women today have to fight harder to gain the exact sale recognition than men; they have to struggle in order to get their place in history.
And here you have a very good example of five outstanding women inventors that need to.be remembered and recognised...
Here you have the exercise I used in the past with my students of B2.
Match women 1-5 to the correct sentence A-. There are some sentences you won't need.
1. MELITTA BENZ
2. BETTY NESMITH GRAHAM
3. MARJORIE JOYNER
4. MARY ANDERSON
5. MARY BEATRICE KENNER
A) THIS WOMAN IMPROVED WOMEN'S SANITARY CONDITIONS
B) THIS WOMAN EXPERIMENTED DIFFERENT COOKING METHODS
C) THIS WOMAN APPLIED KITCHEN STUFF TO ANOTHER FIELD OF EXPERTISE
D) THANKS TO HER, A DRINK WAS IMPROVED
E) THIS WOMAN HID THE INVENTION FROM HER BOSSES
F) THIS WOMAN GREW INCREDIBLY RICH
G) THIS WOMAN PAID THE TOLL OF TARDINESS
H) THIS WOMAN INVENTED TOILET PAPER
Answers: 1D 2E 3C 4G 5A
To finish this entry, here you have another video about women inventors that will make you reflect a little bit.
See you around!
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