宁夏青铜峡市高级中学人教版高中英语必修四：UNIT 1 WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT READING 课件 .ppt

1、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 fo

2、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.Who are they?Song Qingling(1893-1981),ChinaIn 1915,She married Dr Sun Yat-sen,founder of the Republic of China.She was

3、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.A girl from the countryside who dressed as a man and went to fight for the French.She helped drive the En

4、glish 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 wh

5、o 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)ChinaJane Goodall went to Tanzania and studied chimps from 1960s.She went with three African helpers to live

6、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

7、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-),USADo you know something about Jane Goodall?Lets look at the video.Work in groups to discuss the

8、 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,what do you think the passage is about?A Student of African Wildlife1.Who is the protector?2.What animal are observe

9、d?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 world to understand and respect the life of the chimps.Read the passage and write down the main ideas of the four parag

10、raphs.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.Careful readingTASK1 T or FThe bond between members of a chimp family is as strong as in a human family.(T)2.The

11、 chimps show love in their family by talking with each other.(F)3.Jane hopes that chimps can be left in the zoo.(F)4.She supposes that people should not use chimps for entertainment.(F)5.She has spent more than forty years helping people understand her work.(T)6.She has not built homes for the wild

12、animals to live in.(T)Task2 Answer the questions.What did they do when they studied chimps?What did she discover about chimps?What is she doing now to make the world understand and respect the life of animals?What is her achievements?Read the passage and fill in the blanks.TopicMain contentsHow we s

13、tudy 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.followmove offwanderTopicMain contentsDaily life of chimps They spend a lot of t

14、ime _ 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.feedingnest bondTopicMain contentsWhat Jane discovered about chimps Jane helped people understand how much the chimp _ l

15、ike humans.She discovered that chimps sometimes eat _ besides 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 under

16、stand 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 contentsJanes achievements Working with animals in their own _.Gaini

17、ng a doctors degree._ that women can survive in the forest as well as men can.Inspiring those who want to cheer the _ of women.environmentShowingachievements Divide students into two groups_girls and boys.Let them debate with each other about the topic:Women are able to do more than men1.Finish exercise 1 on page 3.2.Surf the Internet to find more information about the great women.