Reading A Student of African Wildlife

Warming Up Guessing Game 4

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. Empress Wu Zetian (624-705)

A girl from the countryside who dressed as a man and went to fight for the French. She helped drive the English out of France. She was caught and put to death by English. Joan of Arc (1412-1431) France

She 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

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.

Reading--A Student of African Wildlife

Task 1 Skimming: (4min) 1. Who is the student? Jane Goodall. Chimps. 2. What animal are observed? 3. When did Jane Goodall arrive at Gombe？ How old was she? She arrived at Gombe in 1960 when she was 26. 4. What was the purpose of her study of the chimps? Her purpose was to help the rest of the world to ________________________ the life of the chimps. understand and respect

Get the main idea of each paragraph by locating the topic sentence. Task 2 Scanning: (3min) Get the main idea of each paragraph by locating the topic sentence. topic sentence Para 1 Following Jane’s way of studying … Nobody before Jane fully understood chimp behavior. Para 2 For forty years Jane Goodall has been out- spoken about …understand and respect… Para 3 Para 4 She has achieved everything she wanted to do. 5

Para 1 How Jane tries to protect the lives of animals. Jane has achieved everything she wanted to. Para 2 Jane’s way to study chimps and her discoveries . Para 3 Para 4 A day in the park.

The whole day of the chimps Task 3 Detailed Reading Para. 1 A day in the park The whole day of the chimps Most of the day, they wonder into the forest/feed and clean each other. The worthwhile evening: The mother chimp and her babies play in the tree. The first activity of the day: At night, A family of chimps wake up and move off. Go to sleep together in their nest.

Follow me.Let's move off. They wonder into the forest The mother chimp and the baby chimp play together. Chimp family sleep together at night

The second paragraph She spent years and chimps’ daily life. following recording Way She discovered that chimps meat. hunt and eat as a group She observed chimps hunting a monkey and then eating it. Discoveries She also discovered how chimps each other. communicate with

Mum, I want chicken We are family!!!

how she protect animals The third paragraph: how she protect animals True or false: She hopes that chimps can be left in the forest. (True) She considers that people should not use chimps for entertainment. (True) She has spent more than forty years helping people understand her work--chimps. (True) She has built few homes for the wild animals to live in. (False)

The achievements of Jane The fourth paragraph 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

Summary We set out at 5:45 am to ____ the chimps in Gombe _______ Park. We watched a ______ of chimps wake up in the morning and followed them wandering ____the forest. Jane had been there _________and recording chimps’ daily _________ for _____ years, she had been helping the world to understand and _______ the life of these animals. Jane is indeed a woman of ___________ and a good example for us all. She _______ those who want to ______ the achievements of women. visit National family into observing activities forty respect achievement inspires cheer

Discussion and Report What qualities do you think a great woman should have? 1. In 4 large groups. 2. Each group lists as many words as possible. 3.Group leaders report them.

As for describing a person… You could refer to(参考)the following words and sentence structures ------ Words: intelligent, unselfish, outspoken, energetic, considerate, confident, brave, determined … Sentence structures: It is generally believed that women of achievement should be _____, _____ and _____. In my mind, ____ is great because …… Q3: What kind of women can be considered great? Discuss in groups.

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What qualities do you think a great woman should have? generous active intelligent hard-working determined Personal qualities of the great women brave kind confident warm-hearted independent independent selfless honest responsible considerate insistent

Homework 1.Compulsory: finish the English Weekly Vocaulary part. 2.Optional: Introduce a famous woman you like best to the class.