Bài hát: Listening Practice Through Dictation CD 4-10 - V.A

Unit 10 Science for Girls
G : Hi. My name is Sandy. Welcome to physics, my favorite class. Although there are 30 students
in our class, only six of us are girls. Most of my friends don’t like science as much as I do. They are convinced that science
and mathematics are “boys’ subjects.” They say
that boys learn about science and mathematics by playing with toys like building blocks, racing
cars, and simple machines, while girls play with
toys like dol s and tea sets. They say their parents didn’t do science experiments with them or encourage them to learn math. Wel , that wasn’t the case with me! I played with dol s, too, but my parents also built up my
confidence in science and math. They used long
plastic rods, which are like sticks, to help me
learn addition, subtraction, multiplication, and
division. For my eighth birthday, they gave me a kids’ chemistry set, which helped me do al sorts of cool experiments! Whenever we went to the park, my parents asked me dif erent questions about the plants and animals that we saw. When we got home, we looked up the answers together.In school, my teachers were surprised. They were used to boys giving al the answers in
science class. They were impressed with my
science exam scores. I have lots of confidence in myself. I know that boys are not smarter than
girls in science and math claasses. I just wish I could convince my friends!