Unit1-COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE-Communication-Listening
Listen to the TV talk show. Who said what?
TV Host: Good evening, welcome to our Happy Family Programme. Our topic today is Roles in the Family’, and our guests are Mr Pham Hoang, an artist, Mr Nguyen Nam, a teacher, and Ms Mai Lan, a doctor. Now, we’ll hear what they think the roles of the wife and husband are in the family nowadays. What do you think about this, Mr Pham Hoang?
Mr Pham Hoang: Well, in my opinion, in the family, the husband is the provider while the wife is the homemaker. Her job is to look after everybody in the family and take care of the house to make sure that it’s clean and neat, and that the family has good meals every day.
TV Host: So you mean the wife has to do most of the housework? What do you think, Ms Mai Lan?
Ms Mai Lan: Well, I don’t think so. Women’s roles have changed. They also work to share the financial burden with their husbands, so their husbands should share household duties with them.
TV Host: I see. What do you think, Mr Nguyen Nam?
Mr Nguyen Nam: I agree with Ms Mai Lan. Homemaking can’t only be the job of the wife or the husband. Both should join hands to provide for the family and to make it happy.