PHRASE MATCH: (Sometimes more than one choice is possible.) SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.ģ. There could be almost a quarter of a million jobs open to women.Ģ. Mr Panetta said he would make the standards lower for female troops.Ī soldier said a woman must be able to carry her own weight.Īnother soldier said Americans must be ready to see female casualties. Panetta wants women to do any military job they are qualified to do. Leon Panetta said women have already been ready to die in combat. Women will still not be able to fight on the front line. Secretary of State has announced important military reforms. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F). Together, put the words into different categories.ġ. Share your words with your partner(s) and talk about them. MILITARY: Spend one minute writing down all of the different words you associate with the word 'military'. Change partners often and share your rankings.Ħ.
DAUGHTER'S JOB: What job would you like for your daughter? Rank these and share your rankings with your partner. Change partners again and talk about your conversations.ĥ. EQUALITY: Students A strongly believe women will be totally equal with men in the job market one day Students B strongly believe f0fjn1qq. Change partners often and share what you wrote.Ĥ. WOMEN: Why aren't there more women in these jobs? Complete this table with your partner(s). CHAT: In pairs / groups, decide which of these topics or words from the article are most interesting and which are most boring.īiggest reforms / American military / the front line / future wars / willingness / gender / proviso / standards / physical stuff / pull your own weight / troops / off limits Change partners often and share your findings.Ģ. WOMEN IN COMBAT: Walk around the class and talk to other students about women in combat. The Army says the ruling will benefit the military in many ways.ġ. He said: "It's harder to see a mother or a daughter dead." There could now be up to 237,000 positions available for women that are currently off limits to them. They have to be able to pull their own weight." Another Army spokesman, Anthony Lemaitre, warned the public to be prepared to handle seeing women troops come home in body bags or with lost limbs. Army Sergeant Jeremy Grayson agreed, saying: "Women would have to be able to do the physical stuff that men do. The Defense Secretary announced there was an important proviso to his new ruling – that women must be able to meet the military's standards, including physical ones. He said: "We owe it to them to allow them to pursue every avenue of military service for which they are fully prepared and qualified."
Mr Panetta told reporters: "Female service members have faced the reality of combat, proving their willingness to fight and, yes, to die to defend their fellow Americans." Panetta said many very able women soldiers have been prevented from doing a job they love because of their gender.
The new ruling reinforces the fact that women have been putting their lives at risk for many years. He has lifted the ban on women fighting on the front line in future wars. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has announced one of the biggest reforms of the American military in decades. allows women to fight in wars (26th January, 2013)
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