Reading高一英语必修4第一单元.ppt

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-working modest unselfish insistent perseverant determined intelligent responsible great woman I will introduce some great women who are very famous 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 Zetian (624-705) She was the only female monarch (君主 ) of China. She lived in Tang Dynasty. She ruled the empire ( 帝国 ) for over half a century. Who are they? Song Qingling (1893-1981), China What do you know about Song Qingling? In 1915, She married Dr Sun Yat-sen, founder of the Republic of China. She was made an honorary vice-president of the Peoples Republic. She busied herself with various welfare activities, ranging from heading the Womens Federation to a number of committees involving children. Who are they? What do you know about them? 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 death 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 devoted 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 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 worked 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- ), USA What do they have in common? What makes them great? Give your reasons. Personal qualities of the great people determined brave confident warm-hearted responsible unselfish honest intelligent broad-and-open minded generous kind modest hard-working considerate helpful active independent Reading A Student of African Wildlife. We have known 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 instead of going to university? Do you think she was right? Give your reasons. After a glance of the title, what do you think the passage is about? A Student of African Wildlife 1. Who is the protector? 2. What animal are observed? Jane Goodall. Chimps. 3. When did Jane Goodall arrive in Gombe? How old was she? 4. What was the purpose of her study of the chimps? She arrived in Gombe in 1960 when she was26. Her purpose was to help the rest of the world to understand and respect the life of the chimps. 1. What did the group do first in the morning? They _. A. went into the forest slowly B. left the chimp family sleeping in a tree C. observed the family of chimps wake up D. helped people understand the behaviour of the chimps C 2. Why did Jane go to Africa to study chimps in the wild? Because she wanted _. A. to work with them in their own environment B. to prove the way people think about chimps was wrong C. to discover what chimps eat D. to observe a chimp family 3. Jane was permitted to begin her work after _. A. the chimp family woke up B. she lived in the forest C. her mother came to support her D. she arrived at Gombe A C 4. The purpose of her study was to _. A. watch the wild chimps in cages B. gain a doctors degree C. understand and respect the lives of chimps D. live in the forest as men can 5. The chimps show love in their family by _ each other. A. touching B. feeding C. feeding or cleaning D. feeding or touching C C 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 chimps. Fill in the blanks. TopicMain contents How we study the chimps in the forest We _ Janes way of studying 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. follow move off wander TopicMain contents Daily life of chimps They spend a lot of time _ and cleaning each other. The mother chimps and their babies play in the trees. Chimps sleep together in their _ at night. The _ between members of a chimp family is very strong. feeding nest bond TopicMain contents What Jane discovered about chimps Jane helped people understand how much the chimp _ like humans. She discovered that chimps sometimes eat _ besides fruit and nuts. She also discovered how chimps _ with each other and then worked out their _. behaves meat communicate social system TopicMain contents What 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 argued 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 contents Janes achievements Working with animals in their own _. Gaining a doctors degree. _ that women can survive in the forest as well as men can. Inspiring those who want to cheer the _ of women. environment Showing achievements True (T) or False (F). 1. In order to study chimps, we have to stay in the forest for the whole night. ( ) 2. In 1960, most people understood chimp behaviour and their daily activities. ( ) 3. It was not until Janes mother helped her that she was allowed to begin her project. ( ) 4. Jane has suggested that wild animals should lead a busy life. ( ) 5. Jane devoted most of her life to the study of animals. ( )T F F T F The passage is mainly about how Jane Goodall worked with _ and help people _ _ of these animals. chimps in their environment understand and respect the life Summarizing 1. Do you think Jane Goodall was brave to go and live