必修四Unit1Reading

1、人教课标 高一 必修 4Unit 1Women of achievementCan 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?Thinking ?willing to sacrifice hard-workingmodestunselfishinsistentperseverantdeterminedintelligentresponsiblegreat womanI wi

2、ll 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 fo

3、r 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. A Chinese saying goes:Women can hold up half of the sky.Who are they?Song Qingling (1893-1981), ChinaWhat

4、 do you know about Song Qingling? In 1915, She married Dr Sun Yet-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

5、 children.Song QinglingWho 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(1412-1432) France Elizabeth Fry was a Quaker. She hel

6、ped improve prison condition 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

7、 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

8、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 use of landmines. She worked hard to make as many countries as possible agree not to use them

9、. She and her organization were given the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997.Jody Williams(1950- ), USAGreat or not?What do they have in common?What makes them great? Give your reasons.Group Work Personal qualities of the great peopledeterminedbraveconfidentwarm-heartedresponsibleunselfishhonestintelligentbr

10、oad-and-open mindedgenerouskindmodesthard-workingconsideratehelpfulactiveindependentDiscussionDo you think that men have been making greater achievements than women? Give your reasons.Do you think the rules that make a great man should be different from those that make a great woman? Why?Reading A S

11、tudent of African Wildlife.We have known something about Jane Goodall. Lets look at the video. 简古道尔(Jane Goodall, 1934)生于伦敦。自幼即 对动物行为极感兴趣。18 岁离开学校，到赴非洲为止，她曾先后担任过秘书以及影片制作助理。此后，她在非洲担任古生物学家路易斯利基的助手，与利基的合作经验使她能于1960年在贡贝溪动物保护区设立一个营区，得以观察该地黑猩猩的行为。1965年获剑桥大学动物行为学博士学位。1977年她建立了“简古多尔人、动物与环境研究所”。1991年，她倡议并成立了

12、“根与芽”组织，目的是使从幼儿园到大学的年轻一代都能够行动起来，为了环境、动物和他们自己的社区创造一个更加美好的世界。1995年，被英国女王授予勋爵士。简古多尔撰有许多书籍和论文，最著名的是生活在人类的阴影中(1971),此著作已被翻译成15种文字。 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? Giv

13、e your reasons.Pre-reading After a glance of the title, what do you think the passage is about?Predicting A Student of African Wildlife1. Who is the protector?2. What animal are observed?Jane Goodall.Chimps.Skimming3. When did Jane Goodall arrive in Gombe? How old was she?4. What was the purpose of

14、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.Read the passage and write down the main ideas of the four paragraphs.Paragraph 1: How our group studied chimps in the forest.ScanningPar

15、agraph 3: What Jane discovered about chimps.Paragraph 4: Janes achievements.Paragraph 2: What Jane discovered about chimps.Careful ReadingFill in the blanks. TopicMain contentsHow 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

16、 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 babies play in the trees. Chimps sleep together in the

17、ir _ 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 _ besides fruit and nuts. She also discovered how chimps

18、_ 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 argued that wild animals should be left in the wild and

19、 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 forest as well as men can. Inspiring those who want

20、to cheer the _ of women.environmentShowingachievements 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 a

21、llowed 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 FFTFThe passage is mainly about how Jane Goodall worked with _ and help people _ _ of these animals.chimps in their environmentunderstand

22、 and respect the life Summarizing1. Do you think Jane Goodall was brave to go and live in the forest? 2. Would you have done what she did if you had the chance?3. What made Jane Goodall a great success? What should we learn from Jane Goodall? There are two points that made her success: one is her way