Unit 1 Book 4 Women of achievement

1. Unit 1 Book 4 Women of achievement Women of achievement Topic------- Sociology: important women & great women

2. What qualities make a great person ? selfless make contributions to his /her country serve the people whole-heartedly unselfishly give up something to achieve his/her goal make great inventions to improve people’s life Great or Important ? great--- of excellent quality or ability important--- powerful or having influence Most of the great people are also important people. But important people may not also be great people.

3. How Can We Tell If An Important Person Is A Great Person ? 1.Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canada (GREAT) He fought against the German Nazis and Japanese invaders during World War 2. He worked in China as a doctor and saved many Chinese soldiers. He gave up his career in Canada and died helping the Chinese army as a doctor in World War 2.

4. 2.Sun yat-sen (1866-1925), China (GREAT) He founded the first Republic in China in 1911 after many years’ fighting. He strongly believed in the three principles: nationalism; people’s rights; people’ livelihood. He was the first President of the Chinese Republic. He worked hard for the revolution when he could have lived a happy and successful life as a doctor.

5. 3.Neil Armstrong (1930- ),USA (IMPORTANT) He landed on the moon in July 1969. He was the first man on the moon. But he did not sacrifice anything to do this.

6. 4.Nelson Mandela (1918- ), South Africa He fought for the black people and was in prison for thirty years. He helped the black people to get the same rights as white people. He fought for equality for black people in South Africa. (GREAT)

7. It has often been said that life is difficult as it is. For women it sometimes seems twice as difficult. In this unit we’re going to read some stories about great or important women.

8. Talking In pairs discuss the qualities that you think a great woman needs. Look at the list of qualities that were discussed when we examined a great man. intelligent determined generous kind modest unselfish hard-working brave confident considerate Are there any other qualities that you would like to Add ? ______________________________________ ______________________________________ thoughtful energetic imaginative decisive(果断) sensible(明智) honest

9. Warming Up In pairs discuss the six women on Page 1. Which of these women do you think is a great woman ? Give reasons for your choice. Before you decide, think about the following questions: 1.Did she follow her ideas and sacrifice anything so that her ideas could be realized ?/Did she unselfishly give up anything to achieve her goal ? 2.Did she go through struggles and difficulties ?/ Did she suffer for her ideas ?

10. Find words that mean the same from Warming Up. _________--- a person who has special interests or skills in a limited field of work or study; expert _________--- help with living conditions, social difficulties, etc. __________--- a group of people with a special purpose ___________--- the state of being connected; relationship eg. Is there a _________ between the sun and the seasons ? _________--- a state of being or existence eg. Yang Li-wei has got used to the __________ of weightlessness. _________--- a society formed for a special purpose specialist welfare organization connection connection condition condition institute

11. campaign __________--- a connected set of actions intended to obtain a particular result in politics or business eg. The __________ succeeded and he won the election. __________--- give wholly or completely to eg. He has __________ his life to helping blind people. campaign devote devoted