Women of achievement
青田中学 舒 影
A Student of African Wildlife
Jane Goodall
Hello!
chimps
Main ideas (fill in the blanks with nouns)
Para 1:
Para 2:
Para 3:
Para 4:
Jane’s ______of studying
and her ____________ .
Jane’s towards chimps.
Jane’s .
A _______ in the park.
day
way
discoveries
attitude
achievements
First
Then
t_____ and
d______
w________
Most of time
While
The evening
How did Jane and the group work?
tired
dirty
worthwhile
Para 1
The bond is as strong as that of a human family.
A. existence B. connection C. responsibility D. difficulty
What did they find after a day’s watching?
“ Jane warns us that our group is going to be very tired and dirty by the afternoon and she is right.”
What can you infer from this sentence?
A. Jane Goodall has a clever brain than us.
B. Jane Goodall speaks in a rude way.
C. Jane Goodall knows it well because she has worked there for many years.
Thinking
1. How did Jane do her research?
2. What’s her dream when she was a little girl?
3. What did she discover?
Para 2
observing
recording
She spent years (in)
She wanted to work with animals in their own environment.
Thinking
What difficulties do you think Jane had to overcome during years of researching in the forest?
What did she discover?
Chimps hunt and eat meat.
How chimps communicate.
What’s her attitude towards the chimps?
What has she done for these animals?
understand
respect
She is leading a busy life.
argue …
set up …
Para 3
Once I stop, it all comes crowding in…
What does “it” mean here ?
Thinking
It means her love to the chimps.
It means her dream of protecting chimps.
It means all the efforts that she has made for chimps.
It means the sufferings and the freedom of chimps.
…
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
inspire others to
Para 4
What are Jane’s achievements?
In 1965, she earned her PhD (博士学位) in ethology
(动物行为学).
In 2002, she was appointed
peace messenger (联合国和平
使者) of the United Nations.
Discussion
What qualities does Jane Goodall have?
Why?
2. Why didn’t the author use “ specialist, scientist ” or some words like them instead of “student” in the title?
Assignment
Write a passage entitled
“The person I admire most” to describe Jane Goodall and your comments on her within 120 words.
Everybody has someone in his heart that he admires very much, who may be a scientist, a writer or a musician, or a movie super star. As for the one I admire most, ...
If your life were a book, you would be the unique author to accomplish it.
Thank you !
Module4 Unit1 Writing
I. Writing tips:
Part 1: A topic sentence of an introduction of the person.
Part 2: Supporting details:
1) What’s her attitude towards work?
2) What’s her special way of working?
3) What difficulties has she overcome?
4) What are her achievements?
Part 3: A conclusion(comment):
1) What do you think of her?
2) What can you learn from her?
II. Useful words and expressions:
1. dream:
be fond of ...from her childhood
2. qualities：
determined，gentle, optimistic, easy-going, warm-hearted, hard-working, responsible , generous, patient, strong-willed, wise ...
3. stories：
devoted oneself to doing sth., with great determination and perseverance,
make up one’s mind to do sth., overcome many difficulties, spend … (in) doing
4. comments：
set a good example to ..., ... is the pride of ...,
make great contributions to (doing) ..., be regarded as ...
5. sentence patterns:
1）Despite the fact that ..., she devoted herself to (致力于)...
2）As far as I know, nobody before Jane…
3）Observing and recording …are her daily….
4）Though she is leading a busy life, …
5) Only by learning her story did I realize that …
6) It’s high time that we should …
7) Her wonderful career inspires many people to believe that success and happiness in life are within reach for everyone.
You can practice here:
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III. Assignment
请以“The person I admire most”为题写一篇作文。作文内容应简述Jane Goodall的生平，贡献,成就以及你的评论和感想。字数120词左右。文章的开头已给出，不计入词数。
The person I admire most
There is no doubt that nobody can achieve a lot without efforts.
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