Welcome to my class! 六盘山高中 陈建华 Unit 1 Women of Achievement

Warming up and Lead-in Enjoy a video: A dance ---The Thousand-handed Goddess of Mercy 1. What do you think of the dance? Who is the lady in the front of the team? Is she a woman of achievement? 2. Do you know any other women of achievement?

Which of them do you think is a great woman? Give your reasons . What makes them great ? What do they have in common? Elizabeth Fry (1780 --l845), Britain Soong Chingling (l893 --l98l ), China Jane Goodall (l934-- ), Britain Jody Williams (l950 -- ), USA Joan of Arc (l412--l43l), France Lin Qiaozhi (l90l--l983), China

Group work common qualities of the great women kind Discuss the qualities that you think great women need. selfless creative generous hard-working intelligent courageous common qualities of the great women determined confident kind considerate helpful modest responsible warm-hearted independent honest broad-and-open minded I think great women should be…

Reading A Student of African Wildlife

Predicting After a glance of the title and pictures, what do you think the passage is about?

It is about a women studying African wildlife.

Who is she? She is Britain . 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. Jane Goodall (l934-- ), Britain

Do you know anything about how Jane studies the chimps? A video about Jane’s research

Skimming 1. Who is the student? Jane Goodall. 2. What animal is observed? Chimps. 3.Where was she studying it, in the forest, or in a university? In the forest.

Listen to the tape and match the main ideas with the four paragraphs. Jane’s discoveries about chimps helped people have a better understanding of the behavior of chimps. Para. 1 Para. 2 How our group followed Jane’s way of studying chimps in the forest for a whole day. Para. 3 Jane’s achievements. What Jane has done to protect the chimps. Para. 4

A STUDENT OF AFRICAN WILDLIFE Careful-reading Read the text again carefully and finish the following tasks one by one. A STUDENT OF AFRICAN WILDLIFE

Para. 1 Studying the chimps The whole day, we… observe Four verbs watch a family of chimps wake up. follow as they wander into the forest. watch mother chimp and her babies play in the tree. see them go to sleep together in their nest for the night.

Para. 2 Jane’s discoveries about chimps The 1st thing The 2nd thing The 3rd thing She discovered that chimps hunt and eat meat. She also discovered how chimps communicate with each other. She worked out chimps’ social system by studying their body language.

Para. 3 What Jane has done to protect the chimps. Choose the best answers “ She has argued that wild animals should be left in the wild and not used for entertainment or advertisements.” What does “argued” mean in this sentence? A. quarreled B. fought C. talked D. strongly believed or suggested

2. What has Jane done to protect the chimps? She strongly suggests that chimps should be left in the forest. B. She believes that people should not use chimps for entertainment or advertisement. C. She has helped to build many special places for the wild animals to live in. D. All the above.

3. What was the purpose of Jane’s study? A. To watch the wild chimps in cages. B. To gain a doctor’s degree. C. To make people understand and respect the lives of chimps. D. To live in the forest as men can.

Para. 4 The achievements of Jane. Working with animals in their own environment; 2. Gaining a doctor’s degree for her studies; 3. Showing that women can live in the forest as men can.

Summary: Our group followed Jane to study the chimps. We watched the family of chimps wake up and ______ in the morning. Most of the time, chimps either ____or clean each other to show love. We were lucky to see the mother chimp and her babies ______ in the tree. At last, we saw chimps sleep together in their _____ for the night. We realized that the ______ between members of a chimp family is as strong as in a human family. Jane spent years ______and recording chimps’ daily activities. She discovered chimps hunt and eat meat. She also discovered how chimps ______with each other. By studying their body language, she ____ their social system. Jane believes we should understand and____ chimps. She has ______ wild animals should be left in the wild and not used for _____ or advertisements.

Our group followed Jane to study the chimps Our group followed Jane to study the chimps. We watched the family of chimps wake up and ______ in the morning. Most of the time, chimps either ____or clean each other to show love. We were lucky to see the mother chimp and her babies ______ in the tree. At last, we saw chimps sleep together in their _____ for the night. We realized that the ______ between members of a chimp family is as strong as in a human family. move off feed play nest bond

Jane spent years ________and recording chimps’ daily activities Jane spent years ________and recording chimps’ daily activities. She discovered chimps hunt and eat meat. She also discovered how chimps ____________with each other. By studying their body language, she ________ their social system. Jane believes we should understand and______ chimps. She has ______ wild animals should be left in the wild and not used for ___________ or advertisements. observing communicate work out respect argued entertainment

Discussion Work in groups of four and discuss the questions below. 1. What made her a great success? 2. Why is Jane called “a student” of African wildlife?

deeply love to the animals; her consideration; her hard work; What made her a great success? Her way of studying chimps: observing and recording; wisdom and courage; deeply love to the animals; her consideration; her hard work; and her strong faith in her ambition.

Faith can move mountains! There can be miracles when you believe.

Women are able to do more than men. 备用 3. Debate (argument) Women are able to do more than men. Women are not able to do more than men.

Creative Homework: 1. Oral homework Who is the great woman in your mind? (Prepare a report about her. ) 2. Writing Write a poster to call on people to protect wildlife.

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Next , let’s have a discussion In this passage, we can learn some ideas of Jane Goodall on protecting wildlife---“ She argued that wild animals should be left in the wild and not used for entertainment or advertisement. She has set up special places where they can live safely. ” Do you agree with her ideas? What other ways can you think of to protect animals ? And what do you think is the best way to protect wildlife?

Ways to protect wildlife Forbid hunters to kill them freely Let the animals live in the wild Do not use animals for entertainment or advertisements. Set up some nature reserves(保护区) to protect wildlife. The national wildlife protection parks shouldn't be open to the tourists. Call for all the citizens to love wildlife Make people aware of the importance of wildlife protection.

Only if we can understand can we care Only if we care will we help Only if we help shall all the life is hopeful ---Jane Goodall

Tips: 1. What is her background? 2. What does she look like? 3. Why did she choose to …? 4. Why do you admire her? 5.What are her achievements? 6. How would you describe her? 1. Background 2. Appearance 3. Hobbies 4. Qualities 5. Achievements 6. Over all evaluation

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