Can you think of a popular gender myth in your country?
Read the following myths and say if you think they’re true or false. Account for your answer
Women are more talkative
Men don’t listen
Women can’t read maps
Women are more emotional
Only men have Adam’s apple
Men snore more than women
Men cheat much more than women
Women drive worse than men do
Women are more cautious than men
Men die earlier than women
Watch the video for main ideas
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Link:Are Gender Myths True? | Video - ABC News
- What is said about the myths above?
Watch the video again and listen more in depth
Make connections between the items in group A and those in group B. Account for your answer.
GROUP A GROUP B
1. Blind-folded a. Maize of tunnels 2. cluttered room b. slight difference 3. June Reinisch’s c. Drink/ smoke 4. Newly-borns d. Female voice 5. Male brain e. Speed 6. Adam’s apple f. Detailed- description 7. Snore g. risk-taking 8. Cheating h. Testosterone 9. Safe Driving i. inborn differences 10. Men j. Different behavior
After you watch
Is there anything you've found particularly interesting, silly or strange?
OPTIONAL
FOCUS ON COMPARATIVES
Get together into pairs or small groups and in 5 minutes write down as many sentences as possible comparing men and women. You can make your comparisons more emphatic through the use of the following words:
MUCH FAR A LOT A BIT A LITTLE SLIGHTLY
e.g. It is said that men are much safer drivers than women. Men are said to cheat slighly more than women. Women do not take as many risks as men do.
2. Why would somebody choose to outsource their personal tasks?
3. If you could outsource any of the tasks below, which one(s) would you
choose and which one(s) you wouldn’t? Account for your answer.
Upgrading your resume
Answering the phone
Scheduling appointments
Doing errands downtown
Making phone calls
Planning your wedding
Doing domestic chores
Arguing with your spouse/boyfriend/ girlfriend
Doing the shopping
Going shopping
Playing with your kids
Listening to your boss
Doing your English homework
Booking a holiday
Doing the travel planning
Checking & answering your emails
Updating your address book
Remodeling your house
Retouching your family photos
Planning a date
4. What pitfalls can outsourcing have?
Watch and answer
1. According to Susan Koeppen, where are Americans outsourcing their tasks?
2. Where did P.Diddy post the job for an assistant?
3. What did Brian and Gisele Piepgrass outsource? What did their assistant do for them? How much did it cost?
4. How did Brian feel about it at first? Why?
5. How long has AJ Jacobs been outsourcing? What do his assistants do for him? Why is he so happy?
6. Who is Tim Freís? What has changed concerning “outsourcing” according to him? What examples does he give?
7. Where can you post your task?
8. What pitfalls can hiring someone in a different country have?
9. How much does it cost?
10. What does Susan Koeppen have her assistant do for her?
Focus on Language
Join with arrows. There might be more than one option that collocates with each verb
VERBNOUN
Post somebody
Outsource a deal
Hire a task
Turn to a job
Negotiatethe internet (for help)
Assign
What’s the word?
pitfallsscamas fortrustbidrangeaveragegive up
And it’s on the internet where even ____________Americans Brian and Gisele Piepgrass are finding good help.
At Web sites like elance.com, you can post your task, everything from writing a resume to creating a Web site and people ___________on the job
But hiring someone in a different country to do your work for you can have its_____________.
And, __________the cost, prices can ___________from $5 to $20 an hour and it all depends on the type of job and where you hire your assistant.
When Susan Koeppen’s friends were contacted by her assistant they thought it was a__________.
6.You have to __________your assistant with a lot of personal information!
According to Susan Koeppen you have to __________some control.
Word formation
1.Brian was a bit ________ in handing an outsourcer a task at first.SKEPTIC
2.AJ Jacobs’ ________had a very soothing tone of voice.OUTSOURCE
3.Sites like as getfriday.com enable you hire a personal assistant on
an ________ or_________basis. HOUR//MONTH
4.Susan Koeppen’s assistant, Shanaz, is college _________.EDUCATION
5.Susan Koeppen finds it difficult to outsource some tasks because she’s a little bit of a ____PERFECTION
After you watch
What do you think are the pros and cons of outsourcing the activities shown in the video?
Is there anything you’ve found particularly interesting/crazy ?
Script
When P.Diddy wanted an assistant he turned to the internet posting the job on YouTube. (video) And it’s on the internet where even average Americans Brian and Gisele Piepgrass are finding good help. This couple needed help with their wedding. Brian “Everything still had to be done. There was like a list of a thousand things and so we went like .. “OK, I will try outsourcing the wedding planning.” Brian was living in San Diego, Gisele was in Phoenix, the wedding was in Milwaukee -- and they hired an assistant all the way in India, who helped them find a photographer, book the transportation, and negotiate a deal at the hotel for the wedding guests.
Brian and Gisele estimate they spent about $300 on their assistant -- a fraction of what it would cost if they hired a wedding planner in the United States. Brian: “I would say that I was skeptical in handing them a task at first because you sort of.. like … “this is the wedding and.. what if they don’t do it.” Gisele: “We had nothing to lose and.. it was great!.”
Susan Koeppen: “When did you start outsourcing?” AJ Jacobs: “ I started about 3 years ago and I’ve been doing it ever since.”
AJ Jacobs hired a team of assistants in India to do everything for him -- from the reasonable ..
AJ Jacobs: “ They read my emails, they answered my phone..” I started about 3 years ago and I’ve been doing it ever since.”
..to the ridiculous …
AJ Jacobs: “ I would say that the best part honestly was when I outsourced my worry and had these people worrying for me” Jacobs even had one of his assistants read bedtime stories over the phone to his son.
AJ Jacobs: “And word he quieted down! The outsourcer had a very soothing, … tone of voice” Tim Freís: "Traditionally, you associate outsourcing with Fortune 500 companies, but the reality is, now, with technology, you can do personal outsourcing."
Business guru Tim Ferriss writes about outsourcing in his new book, "The 4-Hour Workweek. He says everyone can outsource -- from stay-at-home moms to busy executives. All you need is a phone or computer so you can communicate the jobs you'd like done by your assistant, located anywhere in the world.
"If you wanted someone to do travel planning, you say, 'This is my budget. This is what I'm looking for.' Rather than spending 30 hours of your own time, you can assign it to a group of people inCroatia or Astonia, at 9 p.m. before you go to bed and have it in your inbox at 9am." At Web sites such like elance.com, you can post your task, everything from writing a resume to creating a Web site and people bid on the job. Sites like as getfriday.com enable you hire a personal assistant on an hourly or monthly basis. But hiring someone in a different country to do your work for you can have its pitfalls. AJ Jacobs: “I made a drugstore order through my outsourcers," Jacobs recalled, "and I asked for waxed paper, and they got waxed paper moustache remover for women, so my wife was a little insulted!"
And, as for the cost, prices can range from $5 to $20 an hour and it all depends on the type of job and where you hire your assistant.
Julie Chen: Ok. Tell me about the assistant you hired.
Susan Koeppen: Shanaz! Her name is Shanaz and she’s in India. She’s college educated and I got her on the website getfriday.com and she’s costing 12 dollars an hour.
Julie Chen: And what did she do for you? And did you like it?
Susan Koeppen: She found diapers on line for me, she rented a car for me, I’m having her right now update my address book so she’s contacting all my friends and family to get all of their addresses, you know as I’m sending some Christmas cards these holidays. So I’m getting lots of emails and calls from friends saying: “You have a personal assistant? What is this? Is this a scam? Julie Chen: But then you have to trust this person with a lot of personal information! Susan Koeppen: Yeah, well you have to give up some control You have to give up, you know, my credit card information so they can bill me, and also trust that they’re gonna do the job the way you want it done, which for me is a little difficult, little bit of a perfectionist! Julie Chen: All right Susan Koeppen, thanks so much.
