【正文】 s the key to understanding the world around us. Besides, if I have children, I want to help educate them and get involved with their schooling. And who knows, maybe one day, I might decide that I want to work outside the home and I39。this shows that our society is headed in the right direction. Tina: Rachel, thank you for speaking with us today.Rachel: You39。t. Any reason given for the meeting? Lisa: Elsa wants to see what we can do to run a more successful department. Tim: That should be interesting. Our department is made up of seven men and eight women. My guess is that it will be hard for us to achieve a consensus because men and women define success very differently. Lisa: Isn39。t do these jobs. Nondiscriminatory language would be terms like businessperson, police officer or sales representative39。s wrong with that?Mary: It suggests that women can39。t the idea of success more or less the same for everybody? Tim: Not according to an article I just read. It says that women see being successful at work as being a good team player and collaborator. Lisa: I would agree. Tim: Well, you are a woman! Lisa: Tell me about men then. Tim: Men, on the other hand, define being successful at work as being selfsufficient and achieving targets. Lisa: I would agree with that too an employee needs to be able to take initiative without always being told what to do. At the meeting, I think we need to aim to create a balance between men and women39。re very wele.Mary: I am reading a pelling book right now. It39。s reaction?Cindy: He got angry. He said he was wasting his money sending me to university if my intention is only to bee a housewife.Jane: Do you think he has a point?Cindy: No, not in the least! I mean, I am extremely grateful that he is paying for my studies, but knowledge is priceless, it39。ll need a degree to show that I39。s a good question. On the whole, in most areas, I believe we can speak about real equality between men and women, and that is a very clear sign of social progress. However, the wage gap is still a significant problem women still earn a lot less money than men who have the same jobs.Tina: Can you give us a specific example of discriminatory wage practices based on sex?Rachel: Most certainly. Research shows that male health professionals, such as doctors and administrators, earn twice as much as female workers doing the same jobs fulltime.Tina: Twice as much! That must be an extreme case.Rachel: Yes, on average, the pay gap is just under 10%. An example of such a gap would be hotel management. Male hotel managers generally earn % more than their female counterparts.Tina: Is there any reason to believe things will improve?Rachel: Yes, there is. In fact, the situation is getting better as we speak. 10 years ago, the pay gap was %. So in the last decade, there has been an improvement of over 6% 39。re a good friend.Lisa: Did you realize that there is a meeting scheduled for 3:30 this afternoon?Tim: No, I didn39。.Dan: Yes, I see. That language is much more gender neutral.Unit4Cindy: I just had a tiff with my father.Jane: Cindy, I39。.Dan: What39。s views of success. Unit5Cindy: Julie’s asked me to go to her wedding — I am so excited! Jane: Julie is getting married — that’s great news! Please congratulate her on my behalf. What will you wear? Cindy: No idea: I can’t fit in to any of my fancy clothes. I need to lose weight immediately. Any suggestions? Jane: The recipe for weight loss is simple: exercise and a healthy diet. Cindy: But I can’t stand exercis