Tuesday's Assignment

There's a saying, "Men are from Mars; women are from Venus."
What does that mean?
Do you agree?



Here are your tasks:

1. Watch the video, and fill in the 15 blanks below. 
1. Check your answers with 2 classmates.
2. Sing the song by yourself and then together with a partner or two.
2. What differences do men and women have in this song?
1. Discuss your answers with a partner.
2. Write down 10 differences between men and women, and check them with 2 partners before publishing.

FILL IN THE BLANKS

PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
Why can't a woman be more like a man?
Men are so honest, so thoroughly __(1)__;
Eternally noble, historically __(2)__.
Who, when you win, will always give your back a pat.
Why can't a woman be like that?

Why does every one do what the others do?
Can't a woman learn to use her head?
Why do they do everything their __(3)__ do?
Why don't they grow up, well, like their father __(4)__?

Why can't a woman take after a man?
Men are so pleasant, so easy to __(5)__.
Whenever you're with them, you're always at ease.

Would you be slighted if I didn't speak for __(6)__?

COLONEL PICKERING:
Of course not.

PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
Would you be livid if I had a __(7)__or two?

COLONEL PICKERING:
__(8)__.

PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
Would you be wounded if I never sent you __(9)__?

COLONEL PICKERING:
Never.

PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
Well, why can't a woman be like you?

One man in a million may shout a bit.
Now and then, there's one with slight defects.
One perhaps whose __(10)__ you doubt a bit,
But by and large we are a __(11)__sex!

Why can't a woman take after a man?
'Cause men are so friendly, good-natured and kind.
A better companion you never will __(12)__.

If I were hours late for dinner would you bellow?

COLONEL PICKERING:
Of course not.

PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
If I forgot your silly __(13)__, would you fuss?

COLONEL PICKERING:
Nonsense.

PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
Would you complain if I took out another fellow?

Pickering
Never.

PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
Why can't a woman be like us?

[dialog]

PROFESSOR HIGGINS:
Why can't a woman be more like a man?
Men are so decent, such regular chaps;
Ready to help you through any mishaps;
Ready to buck you up whenever you're glum.
Why can't a woman be a chum?

Why is thinking something women never do?
And why is logic never even tried?
Straightening up their hair is all they ever do.
Why don't they straighten up the mess that's __(14)__?

Why can't a woman behave like a man?
If I was a woman who'd been to a ball,
Been hailed as a princess by one and by all;
Would I start weeping like a bathtub overflowing,
Or carry on as if my home were in a __(15)__?
Would I run off and never tell me where I'm going?
Why can't a woman be like me?