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19-3-6 【地道美语090】Women's Day 百年妇女节,那些优秀女性榜样

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dialogue 1

Jingjing: Hey Mark, are you doing anything special for Women's Day?

Mark:  That'sthis week, isn't it? -----------

Jingjing: March 8th is Friday this year.

Mark:  Wellthen, ------------- or tomorrow, then stash them in the house so my wifedoesn't see them until the day.

Jingjing: Why not--------------on Friday?

Mark: ----------------------. Besides, she can see them first thing in the morning, that way.

Jingjing:  Blessyour heart!  You're not just a miser,----------------.

Mark:  Whatabout you, Jingjing?

Jingjing: I'll do what I usually do: -------------------- for a good dinner.

Mark:  Don'tfix what ain't broken, eh?

Jingjing:  Iknow you like to read, Mark. ------------------ by female authors?

Mark:  Thebook I'm reading now just happens to be written by a woman. --------------Itwas just next on my list.

Jingjing: And who would you say----------------- influential women?

Mark:  Well,I think women make great talk show hosts.  Just look at Oprah Winfrey andEllen Degeneres.  --------------------- than most.

Jingjing:  Iagree.  I like to think about all the female scientists and scholars.

Mark:  Right,like Jane Goodall,------------------------.

Jingjing: Oh, yeah.  Thanks for reminding me of that.  ----------------.

Mark:  Mypleasure!

 

Dialogue 2

Jingjing: So, do you know how Women's ----------a holiday?

Mark:  Well,I was reading about it earlier this week.

Jingjing: Yeah? -------------

Mark:  Itbegan in the early part of the 20th century.  -------suffrage movements.

Jingjing: Wow, I didn't know it had to do with the right to vote. ----------

Mark:  Yes. In North America,--------, women had conferences.  Itwas in Germany that they celebrated the ------------------------

Jingjing: That was in 1914, wasn't it?

Mark: Exactly. ----------------- a hundred years old.

Jingjing: Right: a century of celebrations!

Mark:  Right,yeah.

Jingjing: ...So, between Oprah and Ellen, -----------------------more in thefuture?

Mark:  Goodquestion.-------------------

Jingjing: ----------------------

Mark:  Shesure does.  And she has more range. ------------- the bestinterviewer.

Jingjing: I'm a fan of both hosts.  -----------dealing with different people.

Mark:  Well,let's hope there are -----------------personalities in the future.

Jingjing:  Ibet there will be!

 

new words andphrases

 

from dialogue 1

jacked up  raised,made expensive

Bless your heart!  (a wayof complementing someone when they've done something nice)

Don't fix whatain't broken!  don't change something if it works well

just happens to be  abouttheir identity (male, female, black, white), but it isn't what matters

 

 

from dialogue 2

century  ahundred years

suffrage  theright to vote, equal voting rights

conference  a bigmeeting

dry sense of humor  tellingjokes in a serious way without laughing

range  beingable to express oneself in very different ways (and sing high and low notes)

 
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