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Read the puzzle. What is the answer? Why do many people
find it difficult to answer this puzzle?

A man and his son are in a serious car accident. The
man dies and the son is taken to hospital. When he
gets there, the surgeon sees the boy and says: 'l can't
operate on this boy. He's my son!'
How can this be?

IEIIEIIIIEE Look at the photos. What iobs are the man
and woman doing? Choose from the jobs below.

air-trafficcontrolter [abourer nurseryschoolteacher
plumber surgeon

3 ',.l ,f"ZA Are the man and woman good at their jobs? Read
the texts quickly and find out.

lt Are these sentences true or false? Correct the false
sentences.
1 Jonathan was better than the other men who applied for
the job.
2 Jonathan has lots of experience of looking after sma[[
ch itd ren.
3 The percentage of mate nursery schoolteachers is less
than ten years ago.
4 People expect male nursery schoolteachers to behave
[ike female nursery schoolteachers.
5 Jonathan's femate friends admire him for his choice of
career.
6 The number of women air-traffic controtters has risen over
the past ten years.
7 Both Caroline and her dad are interested in planes.
8 Caroline wasn't surprised that the male air-traffic 7 Millllilf8l Look at the list of iobs below. Decide which
controtters viewed her with suspicion. jobs involve:
9 Quite a few of the women air-traffic controllers can't read
a hetping or looking after peopte.
a map.
b workingwith smattchitdren or babies.
c workingwith heavy machinery.
Read the Leorn this! box. Look at the words in red in the
d getting dirty.
first paragraph of each text. Do they appty to (a) just men?
(b) iust women? (c) both men and women? aircraft pitot astronaut beauty therapist buitder
coal miner dental assistant flight attendant lorry driver
The suffix -ess indicates thatthe person,doing a iob is a mechanic nurse se(retary
woman:
octress air hostess monageress waitress I ffi Discuss these questions. Give reasons for your
However, it's now more usuaI to use the same term for opinions.
both men and women:
1 Woutd you expect a man orwoman to do the jobs in
octor flight ottendant monoger waiter
exercise 7?
The neutraI words ossrsfa nt, worker, person or officer
2 Do you think men and women are better at different iobs,
are now often used instead of -man or -womoni
or equa[[y good at attjobs?
policeofficer spokesperson
3 Woutd you mind doing a job that is traditiona[[y carried
out by people ofthe opposite sex?
6 fina six more neutralwords in the texts.
4 Woutd you [ike to do a iob that invotves a lotoftraveI or
ED) VOCABULARY BUILDER 3.4: PAGE 130 G being away from home for long periods?
2g j unit: * A good job