人教版高中英语必修4课件-Reading.pptx

1、Can you tell some great and successful women around the world or in the history?What do you think is needed in order to be a great woman?willing to sacrifice hard-workingmodestunselfishinsistentperseverantdeterminedintelligentresponsiblegreat womanI will introduce some great women who are very famou

2、s to you.Guess who they are.She was an inventor and a scientist from Poland.She went to Paris and studied physics and chemistry there.She was given the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1911.She is the only woman scientist who was awarded Nobel Prize for two times.Madame Curie (1867-1934)Empress Wu Zetia

3、n (624-705)She was the only female monarch(君主君主)of China.She lived in Tang Dynasty.She ruled the empire(帝帝国国)for over half a century.Who are they?Song Qingling(1893-1981),China In 1915,She married Dr Sun Yat-sen,founder of the Republic of China.She was made an honorary vice-president of the Peoples

4、Republic.She busied herself with various welfare activities,ranging from heading the Womens Federation to a number of committees involving children.A girl from the countryside who dressed as a man and went to fight for the French.She helped drive the English out of France.She was caught and put to d

5、eath by English.Joan of Arc(1412-1431)France Elizabeth Fry was a Quaker.She helped improve prison conditions and gave prisoners work and education.Her work helped the Quakers get the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947.Elizabeth Fry(1780-1845),Britain A doctor who became a specialist in womens illnesses.She d

6、evoted all her life to medical work for Chinese women and children.Her work encouraged many other women to become doctors.Lin Qiaozhi(1901-1983)China Jane Goodall went to Tanzania and studied chimps from 1960s.She went with three African helpers to live in the Gombe National Park in East Africa.Her

7、life was spent following and recording the social life and relationships of the chimps.Because of her research,we now know that chimpanzees hunt for meat,use tools,and have different personalities.Jane Goodall Jody Williams helped found an international campaign to stop the making of landmines.She w

8、orked hard to make as many countries as possible agree not to use them.She and her organization were given the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997.Jody Williams(1950-),USAWhat do they have in common?What makes them great?Give your reasons.Personal qualities of the great peopledeterminedbraveconfidentwarm-hear

9、tedresponsibleunselfishhonestintelligentbroad-and-open mindedgenerouskindmodesthard-workingconsideratehelpfulactiveindependent1.Do you think that men have been making greater achievements than women?Give your reasons.2.Do you think the rules that make a great man should be different from those that

10、make a great woman?Why?Do you know something about Jane Goodall?Lets look at the video.Work in groups to discuss the following questions.Why do you think Jane Goodall went to Africa to study chimps rather than to university?Do you think she was right?Give your reasons.Look at the title and pictures,

11、what do you think the passage is about?A Student of African Wildlife1.Who is the protector?2.What animal are observed?Jane Goodall.Chimps.3.When did Jane Goodall arrive in Gombe?4.What was the purpose of her study of the chimps?She arrived in Gombe in 1960.Her purpose was to help the rest of the wor

12、ld to understand and respect the life of the chimps.Read the passage and write down the main ideas of the four paragraphs.Paragraph 1:How our group studied chimps in the forest.Paragraph 3:What Jane have done to protect chimps.Paragraph 4:Janes achievements.Paragraph 2:What Jane discovered about chi

13、mps.Description of a woman scientistExplain her research method Through the eyes of a visitorDescribe her work and achievementsHer discoveriesHer continuing workHer achievementsRead the passage and fill in the blanks.TopicMain contentsHow we study the chimps in the forest We _ Janes way of studying

14、chimps,and we visit them in the forest.We sit and wait in the shade of the trees while the family begins to wake up and _.Then we follow as they _ into the forest.followmove offwanderTopicMain contentsDaily life of chimps They spend a lot of time _ and cleaning each other.The mother chimps and their

15、 babies play in the trees.Chimps sleep together in their _ at night.The _ between members of a chimp family is very strong.feedingnest bondTopicMain contentsWhat Jane discovered about chimps Jane helped people understand how much the chimp _ like humans.She discovered that chimps sometimes eat _ bes

16、ides fruit and nuts.She also discovered how chimps _ with each other and then worked out their _.behavesmeatcommunicatesocial systemTopicMain contentsWhat Jane have done to protect chimps She has been _ about making the rest of the world understand and respect the life of these animals.She has argue

17、d that wild animals should be left in the wild and not used for _ or advertisements.She has helped to set up special safe places for animals.outspoken entertainment TopicMain contentsJanes achievements Working with animals in their own _.Gaining a doctors degree._ that women can survive in the fores

18、t as well as men can.Inspiring those who want to cheer the _ of women.environmentShowingachievements 1.Why do you think Jane is called a student of African wildlife?Because she studies animals and learns from them in their own habitat.2.What did Jane have to give up when she went to live in the fore

19、st?She had to give up friends,a social life,boyfriends,fun,going to the cinema,seeing her friends,parties,shopping,etc.3.Do you think it is important to study chimps in the wild rather than in a zoo?Give reasons.Yes,because it is only in their natural environment that chimps will behave naturally.4.Do you think you will go if you are asked to study animals in the wild?Why or why not?Open.1.Finish exercise 1 on page 3.2.Surf the Internet to find more information about the great women.