Topics for the oral exam (2014.12)
1.What do you remember about learning gender roles when you were
a child?
Now I say something about learning gender roles when I was a child. As a girl, when I was a little girl I always liked to play with my mother’s things, especially her jewelry and makeup.However, I often break them, so my mom would not allow me to play her things. Since I was three years old my parents are very busy for their work，hardly have any spare time to take care of me. So I often play with my elder brother, He was five years older than me,he take care of me particularly good, gradually, I liked to play with my brother’s things, for example, his toy cars、toy gun and Transformers. And in my opinion he is a particularly powerful people, so many things I would liked to learn from him.So that , even at school, I remember talking with other girls about toy cars, toy gun, and other aspects of the boy's toy. So, Until now, my character is also like a boy.
pare and contrast the traditional Chinese gender-role patterns
and the modern Chinese gender-role patterns.
Now I say something about compare the traditional Chinese gender-role patterns with the modern Chinese gender-role patterns. Traditionally, gender roles in China were affected by Confucianism, with men being the string leaders of the family, and women having less power. Usually the man go out to work to make money, and the woman stay at home do the housework and take care of the members of the family.
But this pattern has changed over time, the modern Chinese gender-role patterns are very different with the traditional Chinese gender-role patterns. Now women are equal to men, even in some families the status of the women is higher than the men. And now some women have high positions in business、science and other fields. In some families also appeared such phenomenon, the woman go out to work to make money, and the man stay at home do the housework and take care of the members of the family. On the other hand, it may still be difficult for women to opportunities in school or at work.
3.Do you think all immigrants should try to assimilate? Why or why
not?
Now I say something about the question of whether all immigrants should try to assimilate. Yes, I think all immigrants should try to assimilate.
The first reason, because they will gain more from living abroad if they learn at least some of local language and customs. They will make more friends and have more opportunities.
And the second reason, every country has its own custom and culture, the immigrants should We have to recognize and respect the custom and cultural differences,so as to prevent any possible misunderstanding. For example, I see a piece of news from the Internet, this news is description about ,in Canada, they like Chinese money, but not necessarily welcome china immigration way of life, especially the latter are considered ‘disturbed’ National Aboriginal life.
So I think all immigrants should try to assimilate, at the same time, they can keep themselves.
