1、Unit 1 Women of achievementReadingBackground knowledge1Warming up Examining the following women using the rules about what makes a great person.In pairs discuss what they have in common and what makes them great.2She was a girl from the c o u n t r y s i d e w h o dressed as a man and went to fight
2、for the French.She helped drive the English out of France.She was caught and put to death by the English.Joan of Arc(1412-1431),France3find suitable words to describe herpatrioticcourageous4She was a Quaker.She helped improve prison conditions and gave prisoners work and education.Her work helped th
3、e Quakers get the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947.Elizabeth Fry(1780-1845),Britain5find suitable words to describe hersocially responsiblepeace-loving67She was Dr Sun Yat-sens wife.She was one of the top leaders in modern Chinese history.She concerned herself with关关心心 welfare projects,especially the China
4、 Welfare Institute for women and children.Song Qingling(1893-1981),Chinafind suitable words to describe hersocially responsible8She was a doctor who became a specialist in womens illnesses.She devoted all her life to medical work for Chinese women and children.Her work encouraged many other women to
5、 become doctors.Lin Qiaozhi(1901-1983),China9find suitable words to describe herwilling to be devoted10She helped found aninternational campaignto stop the making oflandmines.She alsoworked hard to make as many countries as possible agree not to use them.She and her organization were given the Nobel
6、 Peace Prize in 1997.11Jody Williams(1950-),USAfind suitable words to describe herpeace-loving1213What do they have in common?ambitious selfless loyal responsible determined devoted 乐于奉献的14Do you know about chimps?What do chimps eat?15 It is 5:45 am and the sun is just rising over Gombe National Par
7、k in East Africa.Following Janes way of studying chimps,our group are all going to visit them in the forest.Jane has studied these families of chimps for many years and helped people understand how much they behave like humans.Watching a family of chimps wake up is our first activity of the day.This
8、 means going back to the place where we left the family sleeping in a tree the night before.Everybody sits and waits in the shade of the trees while the family begins to wake up and move off.Paragraph 116Then we follow as they wander into the forest.Most of the time,chimps either feed or clean each
9、other as a way of showing love in their family.Jane warns us that our group is going to be very tired and dirty by the afternoon and she is right.However,the evening makes it all worthwhile.We watch the mother chimp and her babies play in the tree.Then we see them go to sleep together in their nest
10、for the night.We realize that the bond between members of a chimp family is as strong as in a human family.Paragraph 1171.Pick out the three words that show the process of watching the chimps.1.firstwatch chimps wake up2.thenfollow them into the forest3.thensee them go to sleepReading Comprehension
11、1182.What did the group do first in the morning?They _.A.followed chimps into the forest slowlyB.left the chimp family sleeping in a treeC.observed the family of chimps wake upD.watched chimps playReading Comprehension 1193.What did they know about chimps after following the chimps into the forest.T
12、hey show their love by cleaning and touching each other.Reading Comprehension 1204.What did they finally know about chimps after a days watching.The connection between members of a chimp family is as close as in a human family.Reading Comprehension 121Reading Comprehension 2Paragraph 1Topic sentence
13、Following Janes way of studying chimps,our group are all going to visit them in the forest.Main ideaThe group observed chimps in the wild following Janes way of studying.22Nobody before Jane fully understood chimp behaviour.She spent years observing and recording their daily activities.Since her chi
14、ldhood she had wanted to work with animals in their own environment.However,this was not easy.When she first arrived in Gombe in 1960,it was unusual for a woman to live in the forest.Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months was she allowed to begin her project.Her work changed
15、 the way people think about chimps.Paragraph 223For example,one important thing she discovered was that chimps hunt and eat meat.Until then everyone had thought chimps ate only fruit and nuts.She actually observed chimps as a group hunting a monkey and then eating it.She also discovered how chimps c
16、ommunicate with each other,and her study of their body language helped her work out their social system.Paragraph 2242.Why did Jane go to Africa to study chimps in the wild?Because she wanted_.A.to work with them in their own environmentB.to prove the way people think about chimps was wrongC.to disc
17、over what chimps eatD.to observe a chimp familyReading Comprehension 1253.Jane was permitted to begin her work after_.A.the chimp family woke up B.she lived in the forestC.her mother came to support her D.she arrived at GombeReading Comprehension 1264.The purpose of her study was to _.A.watch the wi
18、ld chimps in cagesB.gain a doctors degreeC.understand and respect the lives of chimpsD.live in the forest as men canReading Comprehension 127Reading Comprehension 2Paragraph 2Topic sentenceHer work changed the way people think about chimps.Main ideaShe found that chimps eat meat and communicate with
19、 each other using their body language.28For forty years Jane Goodall has been outspoken about making the rest of the world understand and respect the life of these animals.She has argued that wild animals should be left in the wild and not used for entertainment or advertisements.She has helped to s
20、et up special places where they can live safely.She is leading a busy life but she says:Once I stop,it all comes crowding in and I remember the chimps in laboratories.Its terrible.It affects me when I watch the wild chimps.I say to myself,Arent they lucky?And then I think about small chimps in cages
21、 though they have done nothing wrong.Once you have seen that you can never forget.Paragraph 329Reading Comprehension 2Paragraph 3Topic sentenceShe has argued that wild animals should be left in the wild and not used for entertainment or advertisements.Main ideaJane advocates protecting the lives of
22、chimps in their natural habitat.30She has achieved everything she wanted to do:working with animals in their own environment,gaining a doctors degree and showing that women can live in the forest as men can.She inspires those who want to cheer the achievements of women.Paragraph 431Read and WriteParagraph 4Key words to express the main ideaJanes achievementsTopic sentenceShe has achieved everything she wanted to do.ParaphraseShe eventually accomplished/fulfill her dream.32Thank you!33
