Discussion: A Real Man and A Real Woman

What does it mean to be a real man? What does it mean to be a real woman?

Let's discuss and choose Top 10 personal qualities that make a real man and Top 10 personal qualities that make a real woman.

Watch the two videos below and leave your comment on them. What ideas do you agree / disagree with? Prove your thoughts with arguments. Though your comments should be based on the videos, you might also add other qualities which you think are very important to be a real man or a real woman.

Don't forget to comment on other students’ ideas.

Characteristics of a real man

Characteristics of a real woman

Cloning: the global debate

Take part in the class debate. Are you for or against cloning? Give reasons and arguments to support your point of view. Start with commenting on other students' ideas. Use linking words.

Smart home

Take part in the competition "The smartest home of the future". Describe your smart house. What do you think it will look like? What will they have inside? In what ways will your life at home be different?

Mobile phone protest

Read the test "Mobile phone protest" in the "In the Lesson" section on the blog. Who do you agree with: the headteacher or the students? Write about 6-8 sentences. Give convincing arguments and comment on other students' opinions.

Science Quotes

Read the science quotes below. What do they mean? Choose one and comment on it. Write about 6-8 sentences. Don't forget to comment on other students' opinions.

1. "Science is not only a discipline of reason but, also, one of romance and passion." Stephen Hawking

2. "Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy (апатия, безразличие) of human beings." Helen Keller

3. "Art is I; science is we." Claude Bernard