S4-unit I  women of achievement

The first period: Reading (1)

I. Warming up: Read the massage on students’ book page 1, answer the questions in The New Teaching Design. (page 104 A)

II. Reading.
1.Read the passage quickly, and finish off the questions on the students’ book. (page 3 ex. 1 and 2)
    2. Read the passage again, and choose the best answers 
1). The text is mainly about _____.
A. the life of many wild animals   B. Goodall’s life in protecting the wildlife
C. Goodall’s life              D. the situation where the wildlife lives
2) Most of the time, chimps either feed or clean each other because _____.
A. the are hungry        B. they are dirty  
C. they are friendly to each other   D. they have nothing to do
3) Which of the following statements is true according to the text?
A. Jane had to work with animals in their own environment because she wasn’t able to study at a university.
B. Thanks to Jane’s work, people know a lot more about the wildlife than before.
C. Jane agreed that the animals could be left in the wild and could be used for entertainment and advertisements.
D. Though she worked hard with animals in their own environment, she didn’t get a doctor’s degree.
4). What does “ the family ” in the sentence “Then we follow as the family begins to wander off into the forest ” mean?
A. Jane’s family.        B. Some family in the forest.
C. The Chimp family.    D.  A Gonbe family.
5) We can conclude from the text that ______
A. Jane spent more than 40 years helping people understand her work.
B. although without any university training, she had achieved what she wanted.
C. she was not sad when she saw the wild chimps in cages or in laboratories
D. although everybody is tired and dirty, it is worthwhile

III. Challenge youself
  Answer the following questions.
  1. Do you agree with Jane’s ideas? Why or why not?
 
  2. What do you think is the best way to protect wildlife?
 
IV. Homework.
1. Prepare the words and expressions.
2. Reread the passage carefully again.

S4-unit I women of achievement

The second period: Reading (2)

I. Revision
1. New words and expressions.
2. Retell the first passage.

II. Read the passage on page 6 of the students’ book, and finish off the following questions.
  1. The text tells us that _______.
    A. how the writer chose her major at college
    B. what Lin Qiaozhi did helped a lot of people who needed medical service
    C. Lin Qiaozhi has a lot of good quality to be famous
    D. why Lin Qiaozhi decided to study medicine
  2. The small book explaining how to cut the death rate is intended for ____.
    A. the women who will give birth to a baby  B. the person who wants to keep healthy
    C. the women who live in countryside      D. the women who couldn’t reach a doctor
  3. ______ made Lin Qiaozhi famous.
    A. Hard work and determination   B. Good nature   C. Her delivering a baby
    D. Her kindness and consideration to all her patients
  4. After reading the information about Lin Qiaozhi, the writer decided to study __ at college.
    A. English    B. biology   C. chemistry      D. medicine
  5. From the text we can know that _______.
    A. Lin Qiaozhi never got married
    B. in the early 20th century, women had the same right as men in education
    C. if a poor family couldn’t pay her, she wouldn’t deliver a baby for the family
    D. Lin Qiaozhi was cleverer than her classmates and as a result, she became a specialist

III. Read the passage again, write down three of Lin Qiaozhi’s achievements.
   1. _________________________________________________
   2. _________________________________________________
   3. _________________________________________________

IV. Homework.:
   1. Read the passage again and preview the language points.
   2. New words and expressions.
Add: Country road
almost heaven/west Virginia/blue ridge mountain/ Shenandoah river/life is old there/older than the trees/younger than the mountains/growing like a breeze/country roads/ take me home/to the place/ I belong/west Virginia/ mountain mama/take me home/ country roads/ all my memories/ gather round her/ miners lady/stranger to blue water/dark and dusty/ painted on the sky/  misty taste of moonshine/teardrops in my eyes/country roads/ take me home/to the place/I belong/ west Virginia/mountain mama/take me home/ country roads/ I hear her voice in the morning hours  she calls me/the radio reminds me of my home far away/and driving down the road/I get a feeling  that I should have been home yesterday/ yesterday/country roads/take me home/to the place
I belong  west Virginia  mountain mama  take me home,country roads  country roads , take me home  to the place i belong  west Virginia  mountain mama  take me home,country roads
take me home,country roads  take me home,country roads