Unit 1 Women of achievement

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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 was given the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1911.
She is the only woman scientist who was awarded Nobel Prize for two times.
Madame Curie (1867-1934)
In the year1903, she and another scientist were awarded the Nobel
Prize in Physics for their discovery of radium.
On July 4, 1934, she died in Paris, killed by her own experiments.
She died of radiation poisoning.
Pearl S. Buck
She was born in the USA but grew up in Zhenjiang province after her parents moved to China in 1895.
She first learnt Chinese and
was later taught English.From
1910 to 1914 she studied in America and returned to China.
In 1931 she wrote her best-known novel ,The Good Earth.
She won the Nobel prize for literature in 1938.
Pearl S.Buck
(1892-1973)
She was born in the USA but
grew up in Zhejiang Province after
her parents moved to China in 1895. She first learnt Chinese and was later taught English. From 1910 to 1914 she studied in America and then returned to China. In 1931 she wrote her best-known novel, The Good Earth. She won the Nobel Prize For Literature in 1938.
Mother Teresa(1910-1997)
worked in India to help the poor
2. took care of the disabled people
3. In 1979, won the Nobel Peace Prize
4. In 2003, honored with the name of Blessed Teresa.
Mother Teresa
(1910-1997)
She was a world-famous
Catholic nun. From the age of 18 she worked in India to help the poor. For more than 30 years she took care of people who were often mentally or physically disabled. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. In 2003, she was honored with the name of Blessed Teresa.
Mother Teresa
Pearl S. Buck
Madame Curie
A Chinese saying goes:
Women can hold up half of the sky.
Unit 1
Personal
qualities
of the great
people
Determined
Brave
Confident
Warm-hearted
Responsible
Unselfish
Honest
Intelligent
Broad-and –open minded
generous
kind
modest
Hard-working
considerate
helpful
active
independent
Group work: Brainstorm
Who are they
Name Ambition Problems Sacrifices
Elizabeth Fry
Soong Chingling
Jane Goodall
to help improve prison conditions
To work for civil rights, democracy and peace
To work with animals in the wild
She was criticized for neglecting her family and enjoying fame
Her relatives held political opinions completely different from hers.
She lived a hard life in the wild.
Less time was spent with her husband and family.
After her husband died, she lived alone.
She gave up the comforts of life to study the chimps.
Joan of Arc
Lin Qiaozhi
To prevent the making and use of landmines
To drive the English from France
To help women and children with their illness and health
It isn’t easy to work with groups in different countries and persuade governments to stop the making and use of landmines.
women were not allowed to fight like a man.
Women had greater difficulties getting into medical college and getting further training
She has lost her own personal time because of the demands of the job.
She lost her life.
She never got married or had a family of her own.
She was born in a Quaker family on May 21, 1780. In 1812 she first visit Newgate Prison in London and was very shocked at the conditions there. From then on she began to work to improve prison conditions in Britain. In 1816, she began her prison school.
In 1818, she and 11 other Quakers talked to the leaders of Britain about life in Prison. By the 1820s she and her work had become well known .
Elizabeth Fry
Soong Qingling
(1893-1981)
born into a rich Christian family which played an important role in Chinese politics in the first half of the 20th century.
She and her two sisters had a good education.
3. She spent her later years working for welfare activities
4. head of the Women’s Federation
Soong Qingling
In 1915 ,She married Dr Sun
Yet-sen,founder of the Republic
of China. After her husband died
in 1925, she supported the communist Party even though most of her family were members of the Kuomintang. She was made an honorary vice-president of the People’s Republic. She busied herself with various welfare activities, ranging from heading the Women’s Federation to a number of committees involving children.
Jane Goodall went to Tanzania and studied chimps from 1960s. She went with three African helpers to live in the Gombe National Park in East Africa.
Her life was spent following and recording the social life and relationships of the chimps. Because of her research, we now know that chimpanzees hunt for meat, use tools, and have different personalities.
In 1965, she earned her PhD in Ethology from Cambridge University.
Jane Goodall
She was born in the small village in France. She lived at the time when there was a war between England and France called “The Hundred Years War”. She showed the French army how to win battles and inspired them with the confidence enough to defeat the English and send them back to England for good.
AT that time it was considered wrong for women to fight in the army.
Joan argued that God had spoken to her and sent her to help the army and encouraged her to fight in men’s clothes.
Joan of Arc
国际禁雷组织代表、诺贝尔奖获得者乔迪·威廉斯（左）向阿富汗过渡政府外交部长阿卜杜拉表示祝贺
In 1992 she began to organize the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. She was working with groups in different countries but by 1997 more than 1,000 groups from over 60 countries had joined ICBL.
In 1997 ICBL was given the Nobel Peace Prize and the work of Jody Williams was recognized and rewarded.
She still works for ICBL today.
Lin Qiaozhi
She was born in Xiamen . Her parents were Christians and her father believed in the education of women. At elementary school one of her teachers encouraged her to become a doctor . In 1929, She graduated from the University with a PhD degree in gynaecology.
In 1933, she studied in Vienna and then returned to China to work for women and children’s diseases.
She was very important in inspiring women to become doctors and was one of the founders of modern gynaecology in China.
Do you know a woman who really inspires (encourages) you Describe her and explain why.
Tip:
What does she look like Why did she choose to …
What do you think about.. What are her strengths
Why do you admire her What are her weaknesses
How would you describe her
How do her friends describe her
2. Is it harder for women to become famous or get jobs in high positions Why