运城学院：《大学英语Ⅳ》课程教学资源（PPT课件讲稿，思政版）Unit 13 Reading A Gender Change and a Family's Undoing：Shutesbury Woman's Memoir Stirs Controversy

Unit 13 Reading A Gender Change and a Family's Undoing: Shutesbury Woman's Memoir Stirs Controversy 20234/10

Unit 13 Reading A Gender Change and a Family's Undoing: Shutesbury Woman's Memoir Stirs Controversy 2023/4/10

PARA.1 01 Several years ago,Valley writer Christine Benvenuto and her husband of more than 20 years went through a bitter divorce. 02 Their children were heartbroken,and Benvenuto was devastated

01 Several years ago,Valley writer Christine Benvenuto and her husband of more than 20 years went through a bitter divorce. Their children were heartbroken, and Benvenuto was devastated. PARA.1 02

PARA.1 03 But the sad story had an unusual twist. 04 The marriage dissolved not because her husband left to be with another woman. 05 He had begun the process to become one,from growing his hair to ingesting female hormones

But the sad story had an unusual twist. PARA.1 03 04 The marriage dissolved not because her husband left to be with another woman. He had begun the process to become one, from growing his hair to ingesting female hormones. 05

PARA.1 Several years ago,Valley writer Christine Benvenuto and her husband of more than 20 years went through a bitter divorce.Their children were heartbroken,and Benvenuto was devastated.But the sad story had an unusual twist.The marriage dissolved not because her husband left to be with another woman.He had begun the process to become one,from growing his hair to ingesting female hormones

PARA.1 Several years ago, Valley writer Christine Benvenuto and her husband of more than 20 years went through a bitter divorce. Their children were heartbroken, and Benvenuto was devastated. But the sad story had an unusual twist. The marriage dissolved not because her husband left to be with another woman. He had begun the process to become one, from growing his hair to ingesting female hormones

PARA.2 01 "For two years I watched my husband die,"she said.Benvenuto,who lives in Shutesbury,eventually came to terms with the circumstances. 02 She gradually confided in friends,came to better understand her ex's situation and met another man. 03 And now,she has detailed the experience in the book Sex Changes:A Memoir of marriage,Gender and Moving On,recently published by St.Martin's Press

01 “For two years I watched my husband die,” she said. Benvenuto, who lives in Shutesbury, eventually came to terms with the circumstances. She gradually confided in friends, came to better understand her ex's situation and met another man. PARA.2 02 And now, she has detailed the experience in the book Sex Changes: A Memoir of marriage, Gender, and Moving On, recently published by St. Martin's Press. 03

PARA.2 "For two years I watched my husband die,"she said. Benvenuto,who lives in Shutesbury,eventually came to terms with the circumstances.She gradually confided in friends,came to better understand her ex's situation and met another man.And now,she has detailed the experience in the book Sex Changes:A Memoir of Marriage,Gender,and Moving On,recently published by St.Martin's Press

PARA.2 “For two years I watched my husband die,” she said. Benvenuto, who lives in Shutesbury, eventually came to terms with the circumstances. She gradually confided in friends, came to better understand her ex’s situation and met another man. And now, she has detailed the experience in the book Sex Changes: A Memoir of Marriage, Gender, and Moving On, recently published by St. Martin’s Press

PARA.3 01 The book takes the reader through grief,anger, bewilderment,self-recrimination---as well as some dark humor---as Benvenuto confronts the end of her marriage and the steady disappearance of the man she fell in love with as a college student. 0

01 The book takes the reader through grief, anger, bewilderment, self-recrimination--- as well as some dark humor--- as Benvenuto confronts the end of her marriage and the steady disappearance of the man she fell in love with as a college student. PARA.3 0

PARA.3 The book takes the reader through grief,anger, bewilderment,self-recrimination -as well as some dark humor -as Benvenuto confronts the end of her marriage and the steady disappearance of the man she fell in love with as a college student

PARA.3 The book takes the reader through grief, anger, bewilderment, self-recrimination — as well as some dark humor — as Benvenuto confronts the end of her marriage and the steady disappearance of the man she fell in love with as a college student

PARA.4 01 While Benvenuto says her story can help families in which a member has gender issues,not everyone agrees. 02 It has sparked a local protest which included Margaret Cerullo,a Hampshire College professor of sociology, who admits she hasn't read the book,but nevertheless calls it hurtful,containing negative stereotypes about transgender people based on excerpts she read online

01 While Benvenuto says her story can help families in which a member has gender issues, not everyone agrees. It has sparked a local protest which included Margaret Cerullo, a Hampshire College professor of sociology, who admits she hasn't read the book, but nevertheless calls it hurtful, containing negative stereotypes about transgender people based on excerpts she read online. PARA.4 02

PARA.4 While Benvenuto says her story can help families in which a member has gender issues,not everyone agrees. It has sparked a local protest which included Margaret Cerullo,a Hampshire College professor of sociology,who admits she hasn't read the book,but nevertheless calls it hurtful,containing negative stereotypes about transgender people based on excerpts she read online

PARA.4 While Benvenuto says her story can help families in which a member has gender issues, not everyone agrees. It has sparked a local protest which included Margaret Cerullo, a Hampshire College professor of sociology, who admits she hasn’t read the book, but nevertheless calls it hurtful, containing negative stereotypes about transgender people based on excerpts she read online