Liberal Studies- Kids seen as strangers to mums

Discuss these questions with your classmates:

When do we celebrate Mothers Day?

Why do we celebrate Mothers Day?

Do you spend time with your parents?

Vocabulary:Match the words from the article on the left with their synonyms on the right:Difficult Pick

SiblingsHard

AdmitShamed

HurtBrothers and Sisters

Embarrassed Pressure

StressConfess

ChooseInjured

Match the words with the meaning:

WordMeaning

PainfulAsk people questions in order to find out about their opinions or behaviour.

ConversationNot enough.

SurveyFeeling guilty or embarrassed about something one has done.

SectorProviding and serving food.

AshamedA private and informal talk between two or more people.

CateringMaking one feel very upset, or very difficult and unpleasant.

InsufficientAn area of business.

Choose two or three of the words from the vocabulary and make them into a sentence:

Article: - Kids seen as strangers to mums stedu.stheadline.com/eng-p

Kids seen as strangers to mums

Nearly 70 percent of women working in the catering and hotel sectors spend an hour or less with their children each day.

The Catering and Hotels Industries Employees General Union said last Tuesday that 30 percent of 282 women surveyed said that they had less than 30 minutes with their children each day. A further 30 percent said they spent 31 minutes to an hour with their children.

Nine percent spent less than 15 minutes with their children each day or sometimes none at all.

The union said most of the women polled worked 12 hours a day. It is 65 percent higher than the 40 hours a week suggested by the International Labour Organization.

About 60 percent of the mothers said the time they spent with their children was insufficient.

The survey was conducted ahead of Mothers Day, which falls on 11th May.

A woman said she was ashamed at not being able to spend more time with her son and daughter. The dim sum chef, surnamed Law, said she and her children usually end their conversations after one or two sentences. We are like strangers. Its very painful, Law said. About 82 percent of the respondents believe the government should be set standard working hours.

Comprehension:

Answer the following questions:

Which sectors did the study cover?

How many hours did the women in the study work each day?

When was the survey conducted?

The International Labour Organization suggested people work:

a. 24 hours a weekb. 40 hours a weekc. 30 hours a weekd. 25 hours a week

Most of the mothers in the study said they spent _________________________________ time with their children.

a. Enoughb. Too muchc. Insufficientd. Just enough

The study was done ahead ________________________________ Mothers Day.

a. Asb. Ofc. Tod. No word is needed

It is ___________________________ to see so many people killed in the sunken ship.

a. Painfulb. Hurtc. Injuredd. Wounded