Unit 1 Women of achievement

Unit 1 Women of achievement 高一年级徐兰英

Warming up Song Qingling

Lin Qiaozhi

Thinking What do they have in common? What makes them great?

Pre-reading Jane Goodall Jane Goodall is British. As a young girl, she always wanted to study animals. She went to Africa and studied chimps. Her research showed the connections between chimps and human beings. She works to protect chimps everywhere.

A student of African wildlife

Skim and answer questions • 1 ) Who is the student? • 2 ) What animals’ life was she studying? • 3) Where was she studying it, in the forest, or in a university?

Listening Get the main ideas of the four paragraphs.

A student of African wildlife Nobody before Jane fully understood chimp behaviour. Following Jane’s way of studying chimps, our group are all going to visit them in the forest. For forty years Jane Goodall has been outspoken about making the rest of the world understand and respect the life of these animals. She has achieved everything she wanted to do. Jane’s way to study chimps and her discoveries. Para 1 Para 2 Jane has achieved everything she wanted to do. (a short summary to her) Para 3 A whole day in the park. Para 4 Jane’s efforts and attitude to the animals.

Fast-reading 1. What did the group do first in the morning? 2. Why did Jane go to Africa to study chimps in the wild? 3. Jane was permitted to begin her work after ___. 4. The purpose of her study was to ___.

Choose the correct answers after reading the passage. 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

Choose the correct answers after reading the passage. 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 A

Choose the correct answers after reading the passage. • 3. Jane was permitted to begin her work after ___. • the chimp family woke up • she lived in the forest • C. her mother came to support her • D. she arrived at Gombe C

Choose the correct answers after reading the passage. • 4. The purpose of her study was to ___. • watch the wild chimps in cages • B. gain a doctor’s degree • C. understand and respect the lives of chimps • D. live in the forest as men can C

Careful-reading Read the text again and fill in the blanks. Try to find the key words and sentences to do the exercises.

Para1: Jane and her group are all going to visit chimps in the forest.

Para1: A day in the park 5:45am Time: ___________ Place: Gombe National Park _______________ People: ___________________________________ Event: Visit of the chimps in the forest: ① Watch a family of chimps _______________. ② Follow the family as they begin to ___________ into the forest. ③ Find that the chimps either ________ or _________ each other as a way of ______________ in their family. ④ See the mother chimp and her babies _________________ and go to sleep together in their _____________ for the night. Feeling of the visit : we feel very ________ and _________ by the afternoon, but the evening makes it all ______________. East Africa Jane Goodall and her group members wake up wander feed clean showing love play in the tree nest tired dirty worthwhile

Para2: Jane’s discoveries about chimps. How many discoveries are mentioned?

Para2: Jane’s discoveries about chimps . No 2: No 1: She discovered that chimps hunt and eat meat. She also discovered how chimps communicate with each other.

Para3: How Jane tries to protect the lives of chimps in their natural habitat?

Para3: Jane’s great efforts in protecting chimps True or false 1. She hopes that chimps can be left in the forest. 2. She argues that people should not use chimps for fun or ads. T T 3. She has been outspoken about making the British people understand & respect the life of the chimps. 4. She has help to set up many homes for the chimps to live in. F the rest of the world T

Para4: Jane’s achievement.

Para4: The achievements of Jane. Working ______with animals in their own environment. Gaining _______a doctor’s degree for her studies. Showing _______that women can live in the forest as men can.

Further thinking 1.Is Jane Goodall a great woman ? 2.What should we learn from her?

Discussion • 1.What is Jane’s idea about chimps? • 2.Do you agree with Jane’s idea? • 3.What is the best way to protect wildlife?

Summary bond chimps student forest 1 Jane is a ____ of African wildlife one day, following Jane’s way of studying_____,her group are all going to visit them in the_____. They realize that the______between members of a chimp family is as strong as in a human family. student 2 chimps 3 forest bond 4

Summary mother leading respect unusual When she first arrived in Gombe in 1960,it was _____for a woman to live in the forest. Jane was permitted to begin her work after her ____came to support her. The purpose of her study was to understand and ____the lives of chimps. She is _____a busy life. 5 unusual 6 mother 7 respect 8 leading

Summary women inspires 9 She shows that ____can live in forest as men can.She______ those who want to cheer the achievements of women. women 10 inspires

Jane is a (student) of African wildlife. one day, following Jane’s way of studying (chimps),her group are all going to visit them in the (forest).They realize that the (bond) between members of a chimp family is as strong as in a human family. When she first arrived in Gombe in 1960,it was (unusual) for a woman to live in the forest. Jane was permitted to begin her work after her (mother) came to support her. The purpose of her study was to understand and (respect) the lives of chimps. She is (leading) a busy life. She shows that (women) can live in forest as men can.She (inspires) those who want to cheer the achievements of women.

Homework • 1.Read the text again. • 2.Do wb exercises in Unit 1.

Unit 1 Women of achievement