I will describe some people to you, please guess who they are according to my description.

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 CurieMadame Curie

(1867-1934) (1867-1934)

In the year1903, she and another scientist were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of radium. On July 4, 1934, she died in Paris, killed by her own experiments. She died of radiation poisoning.

Pearl S. Buck

She was born in the USA but grew up in Zhejiang province after her parents moved to China in 1895.

She first learnt Chinese and was later taught English.From 1910 to 1914 she studied in America and returned to China.

In 1931 she wrote her best-known novel ,The Good Earth.

She won the Nobel prize for literature in 1938.

Mother Teresa(1910-1997)1. worked in India to

help the poor

2. took care of the disabled people

3. In 1979, won the Nobel Peace Prize

4. In 2003, honored In 2003, honored with the name of with the name of Blessed TeresaBlessed Teresa..

Mother TeresaMother Teresa(1910-1997)(1910-1997)

She was a world-famous She was a world-famous Catholic nun. From the age of 18 Catholic nun. From the age of 18

she worked in India to help the she worked in India to help the poor. For more than 30 years she poor. For more than 30 years she took care of people who were often took care of people who were often mentally or physically disabled. She mentally or physically disabled. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. In 2003, she was honored in 1979. In 2003, she was honored with the name of Blessed Teresa.with the name of Blessed Teresa.

Mother TeresaPearl S. BuckMadame Curie

A Chinese saying goes:Women can hold up half of the

sky.

Unit 1

Personal qualities

of the great people

DeterminedDetermined

BraveBrave

ConfidentConfident

Warm-heartedWarm-hearted

ResponsibleResponsible

UnselfishUnselfish

HonestHonest

IntelligentIntelligent

Broad-and –open mindedBroad-and –open minded

generousgenerous

kindkind

modestmodest

Hard-workingHard-working

considerateconsiderate

helpfulhelpful

activeactive

independentindependent

Group work: Brainstorm

Who are they?

Name Ambition Problems Sacrifices

Elizabeth Fry

Soong Chinglin

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Jane Goodall

to help improve prison conditions

To work for civil rights, democracy and peace

To work with animals in the wild

She was criticized for neglecting her family and enjoying fame

Her relatives held political opinions completely different from hers.

She lived a hard life in the wild.

Less time was spent with her husband and family.

After her husband died, she lived alone.

She gave up the comforts of life to study the chimps.

Joan of Arc

Lin Qiaozhi

To prevent the making and use of landmines

To drive the English from France

To help women and children with their illness and health

It isn’t easy to work with groups in different countries and persuade governments to stop the making and use of landmines.

women were not allowed to fight like a man.

Women had greater difficulties getting into medical college and getting further training

She has lost her own personal time because of the demands of the job.

She lost her life.

She never got married or had a family of her own.

She was born in a Quaker family on May 21, 1780. In 1812 she first visit Newgate Prison in London and was very shocked at the conditions there. From then on she began to work to improve prison conditions in Britain. In 1816, she began her prison school.

In 1818, she and 11 other Quakers talked to the leaders of Britain about life in Prison. By the 1820s she and her work had become well known .

Elizabeth Fry

Soong Qingling

(1893-1981)

1. born into a rich Christian family which played an important role in Chinese politics in the first half of the 20th century.

2. She and her two sisters had a good education.

3. She spent her later years working for welfare activities

4. head of the Women’s Federation

Soong QinglingSoong Qingling In 1915 ,She married Dr Sun In 1915 ,She married Dr Sun

Yet-sen,founder of the Republic Yet-sen,founder of the Republic

of China. After her husband died of China. After her husband died

in 1925, she supported the communist Party even tin 1925, she supported the communist Party even though most of her family were members of the Khough most of her family were members of the Kuomintang. She was made an honorary vice-presiuomintang. She was made an honorary vice-president of the People’s Republic. She busied herself dent of the People’s Republic. She busied herself with various welfare activities, ranging from heawith various welfare activities, ranging from heading the Women’s Federation to a number ding the Women’s Federation to a number of committees involving children.of committees involving children.

She was born in the small village in France. She lived at the time when there was a war between England and France called “The Hundred Years War”. She showed the French army how to win battles and inspired them with the confidence enough to defeat the English and send them back to England for good. AT that time it was considered wrong for women to fight in the army.Joan argued that God had spoken to her and sent her to help the army and encouraged her to fight in men’s clothes.

Joan of Arc

国际禁雷组织代表、诺贝尔奖获得者乔迪 · 威廉斯

（左）向阿富汗过渡政府外交部长阿卜杜拉表示祝贺

In 1992 she began to organize the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. She was working with groups in different countries but by 1997 more than 1,000 groups from over 60 countries had joined ICBL.In 1997 ICBL was given the Nobel Peace Prize and the work of Jody Williams was recognized and rewarded. She still works for ICBL today.

Lin Qiaozhi

She was born in Xiamen . Her parents were Christians and her father believed in the education of women. At elementary school one of her teachers encouraged her to become a doctor . In 1929, She graduated from the University with a PhD degree in gynaecology. In 1933, she studied in Vienna and then returned to China to work for women and children’s diseases. She was very important in inspiring women to become doctors and was one of the founders of modern gynaecology in China.

A protector of African wildlife

Jane Goodall

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. In 1965, she earned her PhD in Ethology from Cambridge University.

Jane Goodall

http://www.ph-freiburg.de/Projekt-ILL/Frauen/goodall/jane_goodall.htm

Pre -reading

2.Would Jane Goodall have done such interesting work if she had gone to university before going to Africa?

1.Why do you think Jane Goodall went to Africa to study chimps rather than to a university?

3.Do you think her work is important? Why?

Comprehending

1. What did the group do first in the morning? They_______.

A. went into the forest slowly

B. left the chimp family of chimps wake up

C. observed the family of chimps wake up

D. helped people understand the behaviour of the chimps

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

C

A

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

4. The purpose of her study was to ____________.• Watch the wild chimps in cages• Gain a doctor’s degree• Understand and respect the lives of chimps• Live in the forest as men can

Comprehending

C

C

True or False

1. The chimps show love in their family by feeding or touching each other.

2. Without any university training, she has achieved what she wanted.

3. She hopes that chimps can be left in the forest.

4. She supposes that people should not use chimps for entertainment.

5. She has spent more than forty years helping people understand her work.

6. She has built many homes for the wild animals to live in.

T

T T

T

T

T

Post reading

1. How did Jane Goodall do her research?

2.What were the difficulties of her daily life?

3.Will she continue to help wild chimps?

Discussion What do you think is the best way to protect wildlife?

A protector of African wildlife

① │ 　A day in the park

↓②

│ Jane’s way to study chimps and her achievement

③

　 │　Her attitude to the animals

↓

　 │　　　　　　　　　　She has achieved everything she wanted to.

④

A goodA goodexample example for me for me

A doctor who became a specialist in women’s illnesses. She devoted all her lift to medical work for Chinese women and children. Her work encouraged many other women to become doctors.

Lin Qiaozhi

(1901-1983), China

A Good Example For Me

Fast reading

Main idea of the passage:

This reading is about _________and _________ of a famous Chinese doctor - _______________ . She was important for women in China because she was the first woman doctor to specialize in _______________and the problems of ________________.

the lifecareer

Lin Qiaozhi

women’s illnesseshaving babies

lead-in A good example

the main idea of each part:

Part 1

Part 2 Lin Qiaozhi’s achievements

Fast reading

Three of Lin Qiaozhi’s achievements

1. _________________________________

2. ________________________________

3. ________________________________ ________________________________

She became a specialist in women’s diseases.

She got a medical training for her career.

She had made sure that about 50,000 babies were.safely delivered to their mothers.

Answer the following questions1. For whom and for what purpose did Lin

Qiaozhi write a small book about how to look after babies?

She wrote a small book for mothers in the countryside who were not able to get to a hospital easily. It was to help them look after their babies properly.

2. Which period did Lin Qiaozhi live in?

She lived in the early 20th century.

3. Was it easy for a woman to get medical education at that time? It was not easy for women to get medical education at that time, particularly medical care that was concerned with women and children. Education was for men first and women second.

4. Why do you think the write chose to study at medical college?

She chose to study at medical college because she wanted to help other women./ carry on Lin Qiaozhi’s work.

Post reading

What do you think are the important qualities a good doctor should have?

I think a good doctor should be kind, competent, committed/devoted, careful,considerate

Language points

1.Watching a family of chimps wake up is our….. 今天我们的第一件事是

2.This means going back …. 由定语从句修饰的 place 做 go 的宾语

3.Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months was she allowed to begin her project.

Only in this way can we learn English better.

4.But the evening makes it all worthwhile

Difficult sentences

1. mean 的用法mean doing sth

意味着做……e.g Doing such a thing means wasting time.

mean to do sth

打算做某事e.g Do you mean to go without money?

2. leave sb. doing 让某人做某事e.g They went off and left me sitting there all by myself.3. wander 的用法

可以解释为漫步，逛，常与 about搭配

e.g We love wandering about the hills.

还可以解释为脱离，迷失

e.g Don’t wander off the point.

4. worthwhile adj.

值得做的 , 值得花时间 ( 金钱 ) 的

去巴黎访问是值得的 .

这个问题值得再讨论一下。

那是一本值得一读的书 .

It is worthwhile to do/ doingIt was worthwhile to visit Paris.

= The visit to Paris is worthwhile.

It’s worthwhile discussing/ to discuss the question again.

It is a worthwhile book.

5. observe观察；注意到

她很感兴趣地观察他的行动．

他的邻居看到了一个陌生人进入他的家．

She observed his actions with interest.

His neighbour observed a stranger go into his house.

6. “Only + 状语”　开头的句子要用倒装．Only in this way can we learn English better.

Only then did I realize my mistake.

直到那时我才知道我的错误．Only you understand me.

I met her only yesterday.

7.work outI can’t work out the meaning of the poem.

（理解，说出）Things have worked out badly. ( 发展，进行 )

Work out his income( 算出）

Work out a plan( 制定，拟订 )

8. have/ has been doing现在完成进行时，表示动作从过去就已开始，一直持续到现在，可能还会继续下去．

今早起，他一直在看书．He has been reading since this morning.

He is very tired; he has been working hard all day.

He has been writing a letter.

He has written a letter.他一直在写信．

他已写过信了．

9. argue争论；辩论；说服

argue for / argue against主张／反对

argue about sth.argue with sb.argue sb. into doing sth.说服某人做某事．

10. inspire sb. to do鼓励某人做某事

His speech inspired us greatly.

The teacher inspired us to make greater efforts.

The memory of his childhood inspired his first novel.促成；赋予灵感

inspired 有灵感的inspiring 　激励人心的

Exercises

2. 她很感兴趣地观察他的行动。

She _________ his actions with interest.

1. 值得下工夫去学习一门外语 .

It’s ______ ________ a foreign language.worthwhile learning

observed

3. 老师的表扬鼓励了全班同学

The teachers praise ____________ the class.inspired

4. 你应该自食其力。

You should _____________ yourself.support