Unit 1 women of achievement[下学期]

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普通高中课程标准实验教科书(人教版)英语必修4
Unit 1 Women of achievement
（共9节时）
Teaching goals:
1. to talk about some women of great achievement, their experiences, and their special qualities.
2. to practise describing people and master some words and sentences about describing people.
3. to learn to use the Subject-verb agreement.
4. to learn about communication skills.
Teaching key points and difficult points:
1. to know about something about Jane Goodall and the achievements of Lin Qiaozhi.
2. learn to use the Subject-verb agreement.
3. master some words and expressions.
The First Period
(Warming up)
Teaching aims:
To introduce six great women and their achievements.
Teaching key points and difficult points:
To explain some words: Quaker, China Welfare Institute, campaign, etc.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Lead-in
1. Do you know any great people or important people (Show some pictures to Ss)
2. What qualities make a great person
(clever, brave, determined, confident, hard-working, unselfish, kind, active, generous…)
Step 2 Warming up
1. Pictures and Questions (Page 1)
Ask Ss read the introduction of six women and answer the following questions:
Elizabeth Fry: What did she do to help the prisoners
Soong Qingling: Who is she What’s her great achievement
Jane Goodall: What’s her achievement in the study of Chimps
Jody Williams: What did she get in 1997
Joan of Arc: Do you know the name of the girl in ancient China whose experience was similar to her
Lin Qiaozhi: What’s her major
Step 3 Talking
1. Which of these women do you think is a great woman
2. To be a great woman, what qualities do you think should she have Look at the list of qualities that were discussed when we examined a great man. Are there any other qualities that you would like to add
(intelligent, determined, generous, kind, modest, unselfish, hard-working, brave, confident,
considerate, thoughtful, energetic, imaginative, honest, decisive, sensible…)
Step 4 Discussion
1. Do you know a woman who really inspires (encourages) you Describe her and explain why.
Tips: What does she look like Why did she choose to …
What do you think about.. What are her reputations
Why do you admire her What are her contributions
How would you describe her
2. Is it harder for women to become famous or get jobs in high positions Why
Step5 Language points
1. achieve vt./vi.
1) to get sth. done by working hard / as the result of an action or effort 完成；实现
The reason I achieve good results is because I work hard—and so could you.
我取得好成绩的原因是因为我学习努力。你也能够做到。
2) vi. succeed 成功；达到
He achieved because he was a hard worker. 他成功是因为他工作努力。
△achievement n.
As we climbed the final few metres, we felt a sense of achievement.
当我们爬完最后几米时，我们感到一种成功感。
2. condition n. [C/U] 条件；状况
The astronauts soon got used to the condition of weightlessness.
宇航员们很快就适应了失重的状态。
My computer’s a few years old, but it’s in really good condition.
我的电脑用了好几年了，但是性能还是很好。
3.concern onself with sb./sth. 关心某人/某事；为…担忧/烦恼
A teacher should love his students, and concern himself with their needs and desires.
老师应该爱护学生，关心他们的需求。
4. connection n.联系
connection between A and B A与B 的联系
Is there a connection between smoking and lung cancer 吸烟和肺癌有联系吗
connection with / to sth. 与…有联系
His failure has no connection with the quality of his work.他的失败与他的工作性质没有联系。
5. drive… out (of) : to force someone or something to leave 把…赶出去
The Chinese fought hard for 8 years and drove the Japanese aggressors out of China.
中国人民抗战八年,把日本侵略者赶出中国。
6. campaign n.战役；（政治或商业性）活动；运动
The plan of campaign had been made long before the war broke out.
作战计划早在战争爆发前就制定好了。
Bush’s campaign succeeded and he won the election again.布什竞选成功，再次当选总统。
Europe has started a campaign to stop people smoking.欧洲发起了一场戒烟运动。
△war, campaign, battle, fight/fighting 都与战争有关，但其规模排序为：
war >campaign >battle >fight/fighting
Gulf War 海湾战争 Huaihai Campaign 淮海战役
Pingxingguan Battle 平型关大战 Battle of Waterloo 滑铁卢战役
△campaign, movement, activity 都与“活动”有关。
campaign指为了达到某一目的而采取的一项或一系列积极有力的措施。如：an election campaign 竞选活动。
movement指社会或政治运动，如：the movement for national liberation 民族解放运动。 还指移动、动作、姿势等。
activity多指消遣活动或教育活动，如：
Too many out-of-class activities take up too much of our precious time for study.
7. devote vt. to use all or most of your time, effort, etc. 献身；致力于；专心于
devoted adj. [to] loyal; caring a great deal; fond of 忠诚的；挚爱的
△devote sth. to sth. / doing sth. 献身于/致力于/专心于（做）某事
devote oneself to sth./ doing sth.
be devoted to sth. / doing sth.
△be devoted to sb. 对某人忠诚/喜爱某人
Soong Chingling devoted all her life to the Chinese revolution and construction.
宋庆龄一生致力于中国的革命和建设事业。
a devoted wife / friend / father 忠诚的妻子/忠实的朋友/关怀备至的父亲
Step 6 Assignments
1. Revise the new words.
2. Discuss the two questions in “Pre-reading”.
3. Preview “Reading”.
The Second and Third Period
(Reading & Comprehending)
Teaching aims:
1. to know about the experiences of Jane Goodall and her achievements.
2. to promote the Ss’ abilities of reading comprehension.
3. to grasp the language points in the passage.
Teaching key points and difficult points:
Let the Ss know more about Jane Goodall and know why she wanted to do research in the wild.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Revision
1. Read the words in “Warming up” together.
2. Put the following sentences into English.
1)这会帮助我们实现现代化。This will help us achieve modernization.
2)他全身心帮助艾滋病患者。He devoted all his time to helping people with AIDS.
3)我们必须关心环境保护。We must concern ourselves with environmental protection.
4)超市把许多小商店赶出这个地区。The supermarket has driven many small shops out of the area.
Step 2 Pre-reading
1. Teaching the new words.
2. Show the pictures of Jane Goodall and introduce her and her achievements.
Step 3 Reading
1. Fast reading
1)Read the text quickly and answer the following questions:
①Who is the protector ( Jane Goodall) ②What animals are observed (chimps)
2) What’s the main idea of the text
The passage is mainly about how Jane Goodall worked with chimps in their environment and helped people understand and respect the life of these animals.
2. Careful reading
1) Read the text carefully and do Ex1 of Comprehending. (keys: C A C C)
2) Find out the main ideas of each paragraph.
P1: a day in the park
P2: Jane’s way to study chimps and her achievements
P3: Her attitudes to the animals
P4: She has achieved everything she wanted to.
3) Read each paragraph in details while listening
●Paragraph 1: find out what Jane observed during a day.
Watching a family of chimps wake up
Wander off into the forest (feed, clean each other)
The mother chimp and her babies play in the tree
Come into mother’s chimp arms, go to sleep together in their nest
●Paragraph 2: find out what Jane discovered.
The first thing She discovered that chimps hunt and eat meat
The second thing She observed chimps as a group hunting a monkey and then eating it
The third thing She also discovered how chimps communicate with each other
●Paragraph 3: do Ex 2 on Page 3. (All of them are true.)
●Paragraph 4: sum up the achievements of Jane Goodall.
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
Step 4 Discussion
1. Do you agree with Jane’s ideas Why or Why not
(Yes. The chimps should live in the wild or they may die out.)
2. What do you think is the best way to protect wildlife
(Do not eat them, do not use their furs to make clothes and try to love them and give help to them.)
Step 5 Language points
1. behave behavior n.
1) vi. 行为；举止 The boy behaved very well last night. 昨天晚上那个男孩表现很好。
2) vt. 守规矩；举止有礼 Did you behave yourself at the party 你在聚会上举止得体吗？
2. mean doing sth. 意味着
mean to do sth. 打算做某事…
Doing such a thing means wasting time. 做这样的事情意味着浪费时间。
Do you mean to go without money 你打算不带钱就走吗？
3. leave +宾语+doing/adj. 让…保持某种状态或做某事
They went off and left me sitting there all by myself. 他们离开了，留下我独自坐在那里。
His illness has left him weak. 他的病使他身体很弱。
4. worthwhile adj. 值得做的；值得出力的
a worthwhile experiment 值得做的实验
It isn’t worthwhile going there now. 现在去那儿不值得了。
5. spend vt. to pay money or to use time, etc. 花钱；花时间
spend sth. on sth. 花钱/时间在…上面 spend sth. (in) doing sth. 花钱/时间做…
He spent all his savings on a new car. 他将全部积蓄花在一辆新车上。
He spent his whole life looking after the poor. 他毕生的时间都花在照顾穷人上。
6. observe vt. to see and notice; watch carefully 看到；注意到；观察；监视
She observed his actions with interest. 她很感兴趣地观察他的行动。
7. …, it was unusual for a woman to live in the forest.
句型：It is / was + adj./n. + (for/of) sb. to do sth.
It is necessary for you to read English aloud in the morning. 你在早上朗读英语是有必要的。
It is very kind of you to help me.
8. Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months was she allowed to begin her project. 她的母亲头几个月来帮过她的忙；这才使她得以开始自己的计划。
“Only+状语/状语从句”放在句首，句子或主句部分要用倒装，即将助动词、情态动词或连系动词置于主语之前。
Only in this way can we learn English better 只有这样；我们才能学好英语。.
Only then did I remember that I had left my cell phone in the restaurant.
到那时我才记起我把手机留在餐馆了。
Only when Mum is sick will she stay in bed. 只有生病的时候妈妈才会躺在床上。
9. work out
I can’t work out the meaning of the poem. (理解,说出) work out his income (算出)
Things have worked out badly. (发展,进行) work out a plan (制定,拟订)
10. For forty years Jane Goodall has been helping the rest of the world understand and respect the life of these animals. 40年来，简·古多尔帮助世人了解并尊重这些动物的生活。
1) 本句谓语动词用的是现在完成进行时，表示“帮助”这一行为从过去就已开始，一直持续到现在, 可能还会继续下去。例如：
He has been reading since this morning. 今早起，他一直在看书。
现在完成进行时的特点是强调“动作的持续性”， 但也有可能已经终止。例如：
He is very tired; he has been working hard all day. 他很累；他整天都在努力工作。
试比较这三个句子：
He has been writing a letter. 他一直在写信。
He has written a letter for half an hour. 他已写了半个小时的信。
He has written a letter. 他已经写过信了。
2) the rest of
它之后可以接不可数名词或可数名词，但要注意含义，以便决定后面动词的单复数形式。
The rest of the money was given to his son.
The rest of the apple was thrown away.
The rest of the apples were sent to the nursing home.
11. argue v.
1) vi.& vt.争论；辩论
He argued with Mary about the best place for a holiday. 他和玛丽为哪里是度假的好去处而争论。
2) vt. 说服
They argued the park into lowing the price. 他们说服公园降了价。
She argued Jim out of leaving his job. 她说服吉姆放弃离职。
3) vt. 坚持；主张
He argued that more members should be admitted to the club.
他坚持认为应该允许更多的会员加入俱乐部。
△ argue with sb. about /over sth. 与某人争论某事
argue sb. into / out of doing sth. 说服某人做/不做某事
argue + that从句… 坚持…
△ argument n. arguable adj. arguably adv.
12. inspire vt. inspiration n.
1) 鼓舞;激励 A teacher should know how to inspire his students to greater efforts.
2) 激起;唤起 Robson’s first task will be to inspire his team with some confidence.
Step 6 Assigments
1. Finish Exx 1—4 in “Discovering useful words and expressions”.
2. Finish Exx 1—2 , Page 42.
3. Put the following sentences into English.
1) 我本来打算去商店里买鸡蛋的，但是我忘了。(mean)
2) 他老是和妻子为如何花钱而争吵。(argue)
3) 努力改善这个工厂工人们的劳动条件是值得做的事。(worthwhile; condition)
4) 她的精神鼓舞了许多人将他们一生都奉献给自己的事业。(inspire, devote… to…;career)
5) 如果你继续那样做，就不可能在这个学科取得很大成就。(behave; achievement)
I had meant to go to the shop to buy eggs, but I forgot it.
He is always arguing with his wife about how to spend money.
It is worthwhile to improve the working conditions for the workers of this factory.
Her spirit inspired many people to devote themselves to their own career.
If you go on behaving like that, it will be impossible for you to make any achievements in this field.
4. Preview “Discovering useful structures”.
The Fourth Period
(Discovering useful structures)
Teaching aims:
To learn Subject-verb Agreement.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Revision
1. Revise the vocabulary of “Warming up” and “Reading”.
2. Check the homework.
Step 2 Discovering useful structures
1. Show two sentences to the Ss and ask them to observe the difference between them.
Our group are all going to visit the chimps in the forest.
Our group includes six boys and five girls.
2. Explain the difference between these two sentences.
3. 在下列情形，动词的单、复数取决于主语的意思：
用法 例句
1 N and N + 单数动词 →表示同一人物或观点 A poet and novelist has visited our school.一位诗人兼小说家参观了我们学校。
N and N + 复数动词 →表示不同人物或观点 A poet and a novelist have visited our school.一位诗人和一位小说家参观了我们学校。
2 class / family / audience... + 单数动词→ 表示整体 His family is a big one.他的家族是个大家族。
class / family / audience... + 复数动词→ 表示个体 His family are all well.他的家人都很好。
3 The + adj. + 单数动词 →表示抽象 The beautiful is the true.美就是真。
The + adj.+ 复数动词 →表示该类全体 The rich are not always happy.有钱的人未必是快乐的。
（详见课本P89—91页 主谓一致）
Step 3 Practice
1. Do Exx 1—2, Page 5.
2. Do Ex1, Page 43.
Step 4 Assignments
1. Do Ex2, Page 44.
2. Preview “A Good Example for Me”.
The Fifth Period
( Reading on Page 6)
Teaching aims:
1. Let the Ss read the passage and comprehend it
2. Know something about Lin Qiaozhi and her achievements.
3. Grasp the language points in the passage.
Teaching key points and difficult points:
1. It seemed that Lin Qiaozhi had been very busy in her chosen career.
2. It struck me like lightning how difficult it must have been for women to get a medical training so long ago.
3. It was not her success at university that had made her famous.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Revision
1. Check the homework.
Step 2 Reading
1. Fast reading
Read the passage quickly and get the main idea.
This reading is about life_and career of a famous Chinese doctor – Lin Qiaozhi. She was important for women in China because she was the first woman doctor to specialize in women’s illnesses and the problems of having babies.
2. Careful reading
1) Sum up the main idea of each part:
Part 1 (Para 1) Lead-in: a good example ① She got a medical training for her career.
Part 2 (Para 2-4) Lin Qiaozhi’s achievements ② She became a specialist in women’s diseases.
③ She had made sure that about 50,000 babies were safely delivered to their mothers.
2) Answer the following questions:
1 From whom and for what purpose did Lin Qiaozhi write a small book about how to look after babies
(She wrote a small book for mothers in the countryside who were not able to get to a hospital easily. It was to help them look after their babies properly.)
2 Which period did Lin Qiaozhi live in (She lived in the early 20th century.)
3 Was it easy for a woman to get medical education at that time
(It was not easy for women to get medical education at that time, particularly medical care that was concerned with women and children. Education was for men first and women second.)
4 Why do you think the writer chose to study at medical college
(She chose to study at medical college because she wanted to help other women.)
3. Post reading
What do you think are the important qualities a good doctor should have
(I think a good doctor should be kind, competent, committed/devoted, careful, considerate.)
Step 3 Language points
1. I did not realize that my homework was to change my life.
1) was to change属于“be+不定式”的结构，此处表示“不可避免的，命中注定的事”。
We were sure then that he was to become a very important person.
2)还可以表示计划，打算。We are to go to town this afternoon.
3)还可以表示命令，意为“必须，不得不”You are to do your homework before you watch TV.
2. It seemed that Lin Qiaozhi had been very busy in her chosen career…
= Lin Qiaozhi seemed to have been very busy in her chosen career…
It seems / seemed that…是主语从句, it是形式主语, 真正的主语是that从句。
It seemed it was going to rain in the afternoon. 看起来下午好像要下雨。
= It seemed to rain in the afternoon.
3. catch one’s eye 引起某人的注意
The child tried to catch the teacher’s eye. 那个小孩想吸引老师的注意。
4. It was a small book explaining how to cut the death rate from having and caring for babies…
这是一本小书，介绍如何在妇女怀孕到护理婴儿的过程中降低死亡率…
1)explaining为-ing形式作定语，修饰book。-ing形式作定语常表示与谓语动词同时的行为，相当于谓语动词为进行时或一般时的定语从句，有时也可以表示一个与谓语不同时的行为。例如：Who is the man sitting (who is sitting) in the corner 坐在角落；的那个人是谁？
Women caring (who care) for patients in hospitals are called nurses.
医院里照料病人的妇女叫护士。
2)care for
1 喜欢 I don’t really care for tea. I like coffee better.
2 照顾；照料；抚养 He’s good at caring for sick animals.
5. be intended for sth. 打算供…使用；打算送给…
The dictionary is intended for the beginners. 这本词典是为初学者编的。
6. It struck me like lightning how difficult it must have been for a woman to get a medical training so long ago…在那久远的年代，一个女子去学医一定是相当困难的，这想法闪电般的划过我的脑海…
1)it在此处作为形式主语，真正的主语为how引导的从句。struck在此处解释为“给予…感觉,在心灵上产生某种效果,造成某种印象”。
2) must have been 表达对过去的事情进行推测,解释为 “一定……”,只用于肯定句,在否定句或疑问句中用can或could。
*表示对过去的事情进行推测的结构：
must have done 必定做过…
may / might have done 可能/也许做过…
can’t / couldn’t have done 不可能做过…
They must have spent years and years building the Great Wall.
他们修筑万里长城一定花了许多许多年的时间。
-What was that noise -It might have been a cat.
The man you saw last night couldn’t/can’t have been Robert.你昨晚看见的那个人不可能是罗伯特。
7. But it was not her success at university that made her famous.
但是她之所以成名并不是因为她在大学里的成绩好。
强调句：It is / was + 被强调部分（主语、宾语或状语）+ that + 句子其它部分（陈述句）
被强调部分指人时，可用who或that；被强调部分指物、时间、地点时，用that。
一般疑问句结构：Is / Was + it + 被强调部分 + that + 句子其它部分？
特殊疑问句结构：疑问词+is / was + that + 句子其它部分？
I met an old friend in the park yesterday.
It was I who / that met an old friend in the park yesterday.
It was an old friend who / that I met in the park yesterday.
It was in the park that I met an old friend yesterday.
It was yesterday that I met an old friend in the park.
8. show / give consideration to sb./sth. 体谅/考虑某人（某事）
Jane is a thoughtful girl who always shows / gives considerations to others.
简是一个体贴人的女孩，总是先考虑别人。
9. deliver a baby 接生 deliver a speech 发表讲话
10. can’t wait to do sth. 迫不及待要做某事
As he’s got the first place in the English contest, John can’t wait to tell his mother the good news.
当约翰在英语竞赛中获得第一名时，他迫不及待地要把这个好消息告诉妈妈。
11. of one’s own: belonging to oneself and no one else 属于自己的
Children need toy of their own. 孩子们需要属于自己的玩具。
Step 4 Assignments
1. Revise what we’ve learned in the text.
2. Put the following sentences into English.
1) 做为专家你也要谦虚一些，不要看不起那些请求你帮助的人。(specialist; modest; look down upon)
2) 这个学院的院长支持这项研究，并且就此发表了重要的讲话。(institute; support; deliver)
3) 去年他一定赚了一大笔钱。(must have done sth.)
4) 看起来我们明天得早点动身。(It seems that…)
5) 这部电影只供大人观看。(be intended for..)
6) 我迫不及待地想拥有自己的电脑。 (can’t wait to do sth.; of one’s own)
As a specialist you should be modest and not look down upon those who ask for help.
The head / president of the institute supported the research and delivered an important lecture on /about it.
He must have earned a large amount of money last year.
It seems that we will have to start early next morning.
This film is intended for adults.
I can’t wait to have a computer of my own.
2. Preview “Reading task” (Page 45).
The Seventh Period
(Listening)
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Revision
1.Revise the vocabulary of this unit.
Step 2 Reading task
1. Ask the Ss to listen to the tape and try to understand the text.
2. Check the exercise together
3. Explain some difficult sentences.
Step 3 Listening
1. Do Listening Exercise on Page 7.
2. Do Listening Exercise on Page 41.
3. Do Listening Task on Page 44.
Step 4 Assignments
1. Do Ex 1—2 on Page 42.
2. Preview “Speaking and Writing” on Page 7-8.
The Eighth Period
(Speaking & Writing)
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Revision
1. Dictation.
2. Check the homework.
Step 2 Speaking
1. Let the Ss know the difference between personality and character.
personality: what you are like.
character: how you behave in your work, or towards others, etc.
2. Discuss the ways of describing a person with Ss.
3. Encourage the Ss to describe a special woman they know or a person they are familiar with.
Step 3 Writing
1. Ask the Ss to use the notes they have made in the “Speaking” about the appearance, personality, and character of their chosen woman.
2. Write down a topic sentence at the beginning.
3. Ss should add the general opinion of those who know her in their writing.
4. Check some Ss’ writings.
Step 4 Assignments
1. Finish “Summing up” (Page 8).
2. Finish “Checking yourself” (Page 47).
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