Great Women

1. Great Women

2. Words of Unit 17 • Madame Curie 居里夫人 champion n.冠军,得胜者, • Pearl S.Buck 赛珍珠 the South Pole 南极 • Mother Teresa 特丽萨麽麽 the North Pole 北极 • inspire vt.鼓舞,感动,激发,启示 polar adj.两极的,极地的 • admire vi.钦佩,赞赏 Antarctica n.南极洲 • generous adj. 慷慨的,大方的 solo adj.单独的 • cheerful adj. 愉快的,高兴的 • mean adj.卑鄙的,吝啬的 • tense adj.紧张的,拉紧的 • dull adj.迟钝的,无趣的,呆滞的 • dishonest adj.不诚实的

3. 吴仪 She played an important part in leading people to fight against SARS.

4. Wu Zhetian a great woman in Tang Dynasty

5. Qiong Yao

6. Liu Hulan

7. Women’s volleyball team of China They made their dream come true in Athens

8. Helen Thayer She was the first woman to solo any of the World’s Poles .

9. Warming up Do you know other great women in the world ? Is there a woman that really inspires (encourages) you?

10. Song Qingling(1893-1981) She married Dr Sun Zhongshan in 1915. She was the vice-president of the People’s Republic for many years. She busied herself with various welfare(慈善) activities, ranging from heading the Women’s Federation(联盟) to a number of committees(委员会) involving children.

11. Madame Curie(1867-1934) She was born in Poland, moved to Paris and studied chemistry and physics there. She married Pierre Curie and together they studied radioactive(放射性的) materials and discovered radium. In 1911 she received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Her death in 1934 was almost certainly due to radiation in her work.

12. Pearl S.Buck(1892-1973) 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 then returned to China. In 1931 she wrote her best-known novel, The Good Earth. She won the Nobel Prize For Literature in 1938.

13. Mother Teresa(1910-1997) She was a world-famous Catholic(天主教的) nun. From the age of 18 she worked in India to help the poor. For more than 30 years she took care of people who were often mentally or physically disabled. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. In 2003, she was honored with the name of Blessed(神圣的) Teresa.

14. Is it more difficult for women to become famous or great ? What qualities should they have?

15. hard-working courageous smart strong-willed generous ……

16. Question: Who is the greatest woman in your eyes? ( Maybe she is a common person in our daily life.)

17. Mum is the greatest woman in everybody’s eyes.

18. Speaking • Use the following words and useful expressions to describe your mum or the great women you admire,and explain why you admire her.

19. Positive: • strong smart honest friendly kind cheerful generous warm-hearted hard-working popular loyal beautiful optimistic self-confident generous self-improvement brave

20. 2. Useful expressions • She seems to me to be the kind of woman who… • The impression she makes on me is… • I think she is the kind of person who… • She could be… • She might.. • People like her… • She looks as if… • She can see that… • She doesn’t seem…

21. Listening: friendly fat hardworking helpful honest kind loyal quiet pretty serious smart strong warm Lily Rose Jane Sandra

22. She works in a department store. • She has her own company. • She’s now a teacher. • She’s married and has a daughter. Lily • nothing • singing • maths • painting Rose Jane Sandra

23. Exercise 2: Fill the blanks with correct words. • At first Alice did not like Lily because she thought that she was very _________. • 2. Sandra and Lily were like ____ and ______. • 3. Rose and Jane could ____ ______ well. • 4. Sandra ____ _______ a lot. She has her own_________ together with a ________ of hers. serious fire water along get has changed company friend

24. HOmework Write a passage about the great woman you admire,and tomrrow I will ask you to discribe her.

25. Thank you! Bye Bye!