Step one Introduction 1.Warm-up questions: Give the students the following topics to discuss and then ask them to answer these questions (1)Who do you think are braver,women or men?Please give examples to support your statement. (2)Do you have the same feeling when you see a woman screaming over an insect and a man screaming over an insect?Why or why not? (3)Do you think women can do everything men can?Why or why not? 2.Background Information (1)About the Author and the Story Mona Gardner,an American woman writer.Most of her short stories were written for the Satrday Evening Post magazine and Collier Weekly magazine during the 1930s and 1940s.The Dinner Party first appeared in the Saturday Review of Literature,Vol.25,No.5,January 31,1941. (2)India India,officially called Republic of India,is a country in southem Asia,located on the subcontinent of India.It is bounded on the north by Afghanistan,China,Nepal, and Bhutan;on the east by Bangladesh,Myanmar(also known as Burma),and the Bay of Bengal;on the south by the Palk Strait((保克海峡)and the Gulf of Mannar(马 )(which separates it from Sri Lanka)and the Indian Ocean,and on the west by the Arabian Sea and Pakistan.India is divided into 26 states and 7 union territories. New Delhi is the country's capital and one of its largest cities. (3)Prejudice Against Women Women have been prejudiced against for centuries perhaps ever since life on earth.They have long been referred to as“weaker sex”or“fairer sex,”considered naturally weaker than men,squeamish,unable to perform the work that requires muscles or pluck up the courage to face up to any crisis.As we know,Plato,Aristotle. Shakespeare,and Confucius all made negative remarks about women.And even today,Step one Introduction 1. Warm-up questions: Give the students the following topics to discuss and then ask them to answer these questions. (1) Who do you think are braver, women or men? Please give examples to support your statement. (2) Do you have the same feeling when you see a woman screaming over an insect and a man screaming over an insect? Why or why not? (3) Do you think women can do everything men can? Why or why not? 2. Background Information (1) About the Author and the Story Mona Gardner, an American woman writer. Most of her short stories were written for the Saturday Evening Post magazine and Collier’s Weekly magazine during the 1930s and 1940s. The Dinner Party first appeared in the Saturday Review of Literature, Vol. 25, No. 5, January 31, 1941. (2) India India, officially called Republic of India, is a country in southern Asia, located on the subcontinent of India. It is bounded on the north by Afghanistan, China, Nepal, and Bhutan; on the east by Bangladesh, Myanmar (also known as Burma), and the Bay of Bengal; on the south by the Palk Strait(保克海峡）and the Gulf of Mannâr（马 纳尔湾） (which separates it from Sri Lanka) and the Indian Ocean; and on the west by the Arabian Sea and Pakistan. India is divided into 26 states and 7 union territories. New Delhi is the country’s capital and one of its largest cities. (3) Prejudice Against Women Women have been prejudiced against for centuries perhaps ever since life on earth. They have long been referred to as “weaker sex”or “fairer sex,”considered naturally weaker than men, squeamish, unable to perform the work that requires muscles or pluck up the courage to face up to any crisis. As we know, Plato, Aristotle, Shakespeare, and Confucius all made negative remarks about women. And even today