Women of achievement
I will describe some people to
you, please guess who they are
according to my description.
She was an inventor and a
scientist from Poland.
She went to Paris and
studied physics and chemistry
there.
She is the only woman
scientist who was awarded
two Nobel Prizes.
Empress Wu Zetian
(624 - 705)
the only female monarch
(君主 ) of China.
lived in Tang Dynasty.
ruled the empire (帝国 )
for over half a century.
one of the
founders of modern
gynecology(妇科医学) in
China.
Lin Qiaozhi
(1901-1983)
China
a Chinese doctor
work for women and
children’s diseases.
She was Dr Sun Yat-sen’s wife.
She was one of the top leaders
in modern Chinese history.
Soong Chingling
(1893-1981), China
She dressed as a man and
went to fight for the French
and to drive the English out
of France.
She was caught and put to
death by the English.
Joan of Arc
(1412-1432), France
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
(1934- ), Britain
Personal
qualities
of the great
women
determined brave
confident
warm-hearted responsible
unselfish
honest
intelligent
broad-and-open minded
generous
kind
modest
hard-working
considerate
helpful
active
independent
Brainstorm : What qualities do you think a
great woman should have?
A Chinese saying goes:
Women can hold
up half of the sky.
Can you predict the main idea of the text?
Where are the photos taken?
Gombe National Park in East Africa
What do you think of when you see the
pictures?
Reading A Student of African Wildlife
Jane Goodall chimps
Task 1 Skimming:
1. Who is the protector?
2. What animal are observed?
3. When did Jane Goodall arrive at Gombe?
How old was she?
4. What was the purpose of her study of the
chimps?
Jane Goodall.
Chimps.
She arrived at Gombe in 1960 when she was26.
Her purpose was to help the rest of the world
to ________________________ the life of the
chimps.
understand and respect
Task 2 Scanning
• What did the group do in the morning
in the forest?
They watched the chimps wake up in
the morning in the forest
2.Where did Jane Goodall suggest that
the chimps be left?
She suggested the chimps should be
left in the wild.
3. What did she achieve?
She discovered that chimps hunt and eat
meat, how chimps communicate with each
Other and worked out their social system.
A student of African wildlife
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Task 3 Read the text quickly to get the main
idea of each paragraph.
A day in the park.
Jane’s way to study chimps
and her achievements.
Jane’s attitude and feeling
to the animals.
Jane has achieved everything
she wanted to do. (a short
summary to her)
The whole day
A family of
chimps
wake up
and move
off.
Wander
into the
forest(feed,
clean each
other)
The mother
chimp and
her babies
play in the
tree
Go to sleep
together in
their nest
The first paragraph
Task 4 Details-reading
The bond is as strong as in a human family.
1. How do the chimps behave?
2.What did the group do in the morning
in the forest?
3.How do chimps show love in their family?
Detailed reading Para1.
They watched a family of chimps wake up.
They behave like human.
Chimps either feed or clean each
other as a way of showing love in their
family.
discoveries
She discovered that chimps
hunt and eat meat.
She observed chimps as a
group hunting a monkey and
then eating it.
She also discovered how chimps
communicate with each other.
The second paragraph
way: She spent years following and
recording chimps’ daily life.
1. What did Jane spend many years doing?
She spent many years observing and
recording chimps’ daily activities.
2. Why did Jane go to Africa to study
chimps in the world?
Because she was determined to work
with them in their own environment.
Para2.
True or false:
She hopes that chimps can be left in
the forest.
Once she stop working, all the
scenes of chimps in the laboratories
will appear in her mind.
She has spent about forty years
helping people understand her work.
She has helped build many homes
for the wild animals to live in.
(True)
(True)
(True)
(True)
Working with animals in their own
environment.
Gaining a doctor’s degree.
Showing that women can live in the
forest as men can.
The fourth paragraph
Jane’s achievements:
Jane Goodall has studied the _____ for
many years in Africa who helped people
_______ how much they ______ like
human. She spent many years _______
and _________ their daily activities. For
40 years, Jane has been _____ the rest
of the world understand and _______the
life of these animals. She ______ that
the wildlife shouldn’t be used for
___________.She ______ those who
want to _____ the achievements of
women.
respect
chimps
understand behave
observing
recording
making
inspires
cheer
entertainment
argued
Jane’s achievement:Para4.
Birthplace
Prefer...to...
Working place
Time spent in the forest
Get help from
How to study chimps
Difficulties or troubles
The purpose of her study
Achievements
born in Britain in 1934
study chimps in Africa,not go to
university
in the forest
25 years
her mother, other people
studied by observing and
recording their daily activities
lead a busy life,tired,dirty
animals in the wild, not used
for entertainment or
advertisement
everything: working with
animals, a doctor's degree, live
in the forest as men can
Summary
fill in the chart
1..What should we learn from Jane
Goodall?
2.What do you think is the best way to
protect wildlife?
1.What should we learn from Jane Goodall?
wisdom and courage
deeply love to the animals.
her consideration
her hard work
.Protect the wild environment that the
animals live in.
.Not to use wild animals for entertainment
and advertisement.
.Prevent people from hunting wild animals.
.Call on the whole society to stop selling
products made from animals.
.Set up natural protection zones.