A Student of African Wildlife Reading 第二课时 Module 4 Unit1 A Student of African Wildlife Reading 第二课时 温州市第八高级中学 叶海燕

A student of African wildlife Jane Goodall Chimps

a student From what aspects(方面） did the writer write about Jane as a student? a student her discoveries and attitude her achievements her daily activity

our first activity of the day while Then Most of the time However Retell her daily activity according to the key words. our first activity of the day while Then Most of the time However We realize that watch wake up move off follow wander feed or clean watch play see go to sleep bond What can we conclude from Jane’s daily activity? What is Jane’s way of studying chimps? Why did the writer describe Jane’s daily activity? What kind of person is Jane?

What she discovered was that… What did Jane discover after she spent so many years observing and recording ? What she discovered was that… chimps hunt and eat meat. chimps hunt a monkey as a group. Was her discovery important? She also discovered how chimps communicate with each other, and her study of their body language helped her work out their social system. (line23, para2) How do you understand “work out”?

Which “work out” means the same as the one in the passage? I work out at a gym or swim twice a week. B. It took me some time to work out what was causing this. C. It is proving hard to work out the math problem. D. Things just didn’t work out as planned. do exercises understand solve develop

further understanding Was it easy for her to make these discoveries? Only after her mother came to support her for the first few months was she allowed to begin her project. Only + 时间状语 +部分倒装 People can fully understand chimp behavior. (Only after Jane did the research…) We realize that the bond between chimps is as strong as humans. ( Only after we followed Jane’s way of studying chimps…) What can you infer from the sentence?

Possible difficulties she may have had in her research. ＊ unusual for a woman to live in the forest ＊ hard living conditions / environment ＊ difficult to get permission from local authorities ＊ carry out all the work alone ＊ difficult to approach and win trust of the chimps ＊ possible danger ＊ …

her attitude What did she say for chimps? Once I stop, it all comes crowding in and I remember chimps in laboratories. It’s terrible. It affects me when I watch the wild chimps… What does “it” refer to? Why did she argue for chimps? Why did the writer use Jane’s quotation（引言）?

Discussion How do you understand the title “A Student of African Wildlife”? Is the word “student” well used in the title? Why or why not? What words and expressions are related to the description of Jane as a student? Is Jane a successful student? Why? As a student, what can you learn from her? (from the following aspects: attitude, study method, How to overcome difficulties, achievements)

What made Jane successful is her dertermination and her hard work as well as her persistence. In all life, she devoted most of her life and energy to doing the research on the chimps in their own environment. Learning from Jane, we can know that perseverance and persistence are of vital importance in achieving goals. It has been said that genius is simply a matter of perseverance and the refusal to give up. It takes a person with a very strong will to persevere in the face of mounting difficulties. I believe we do need to have the philosophy of never giving up.

Homework Make comments on Jane, your comments may include: What is Jane’s daily activity like? What difficulties did she meet with? What discovery did she make? What can you learn from Jane?