Loading... Please wait...Unit 1 Women of achievement
Teaching aims:
1．Topic
Sociology; important; women and great women
2．Useful words and expressions:
Nouns: achievement, condition, welfare, institute, connection, campaign, organization, specialist, behavior, nest, observation, respect, entertainment, support, communication, strike, career, article, rate, determination, kindness, consideration, personality
Verbs: achieve, behave, observe, respect, argue, inspire, support, strike, explain, deliver
Adjectives: worthwhile, medical, modest, considerate
Prepositions: upon
Expressions: devote…to, look down upon/on, care for, deliver a baby
3．Functional items:
Describing people
What does she look like?
What do you think about…?
What are her strengths?
What are her weaknesses?
How would you describe her?
How do her friends describe her?
She is intelligent/ determined/ generous/ kind/ helpful/ honest/ unselfish/ hard-working/ brave / confident / energetic/ modest /considerate/….
4. Grammar
Subject-verb agreement
Our group are all going to visit the chimps in the forest.
Our group includes six boys and five girls.
Nobody before has fully understood chimp behaviour.
Teaching procedures
Period 1 Reading
Step 1. Warming up
Discuss:
1．Do you think women are as important and equal as men? Give some examples to explain the
situation.
2．Who do you admire most of all the great and successful women in the world? Why?
学习资料卡：
单元相关词语：
Titles or positions for women:
Woman/female scientist, woman/female worker, nurse, women/female doctor, girl student, actress, queen, heroine, hostess, waitress, saleswoman, headmistress
Characters or personalities for women:
Honest, hard-working, energetic, shy, determined, intelligent, unselfish, modest, kind, considerate, quiet, lively, friendly, helpful, brave, gentle…
Step 2. Reading
Task 1: Ss discuss and answer the following questions:
1．What is the passage mainly about?
2．When did Jane Goodall arrive in Gombe and how old was she?
3．What was the purpose of her study of the chimps?
Task 2: Ss read and finish Ex 2 on page 3
Task 3: Ss read and make choices:
1．Where did Jane Goodall suggest the chimps be left?
A. In the wild B. In the zoo C. In cages D. In Africa
2．The chimps show love in their family by _____ each other.
A. touching B. feeding
C. feeding or cleaning D. feeding or touching
3．Which of the following is true according to the text?
A. Jane Goodall is the first person to understand chimps’ behaviour fully.
B. Nobody had studied the chimps before Goodall.
C. Goodall’s duty is to watch chimps wake up in the morning.
D. Goodall has been helping the world to understand and respect great women.
4．What can we infer from the text?
A. Jane Goodall’s mother lived with her?
B. Jane Goodall loves animals and tries to protect them.
C. Jane Goodall looks down upon men.
D. Jane Goodall didn’t like to work with other women of her
Step 4. After- reading
Task 4: Ss in groups and discuss:
1．What have you learned from the text?
2．Is it easier or more difficult for a woman to be successful? Why?
Period 2. Language learning
Step 1. Revision
Ss retell the text.
Step 2. Language points
1．achieve v. 完成，达到；实现，获得
He will never achieve anything if he doesn’t work hard.
The company has achieved a 100% increase in profitability.
achievement： un. 完成；达到
cn. 成绩；成就
We felt a great sense of achievement when we reached the top of the mountain.
He has broken two world records in one day, which is quite an achievement.
2．connection:
1). cn./ un. 联系；关系 (with/between)
There is a strong connection between smoking and heart disease.
The company has a connection with a number of Japanese firms.
2). cn. 连接物
This town has very good road and railway connections with the coast.
3). Un. 连接，联结
The connection of the popes to the main water supply only took a few minutes.
4). cn. Pl. 亲属；亲戚
She ‘s English but she has Irish connections.
in connection with: 有关
In connection with your request of March 3, we are sorry to tell you that we can’t give you a reply until the manager comes back next week.
3．devote… to …
devoted: adj. 忠实的
devotion: n. 热爱，忠诚
He has devoted his life to helping blind people.
He is my devoted friend. He is also devoted to his wife.
4．behave: v. behavior :n.
She has been behaving rather oddly.
Behave yourself.
5．worthwhile : adj.
We had a long wait, but it was worthwhile because we got the ticket.
Worthwhile: 值得花时间/精力/金钱
Worth: 值得尊敬的/重视的 be worth+ n. /doing
Worthy: （表语形容词）值得的 be worthy of +n./being done;
Be worthy to be done
1). This vase was _____ five hundred francs at the most.
2). Everybody has roots. It is _______ to search for his roots.
3). She proved herself a _______ successor of the former champion.
4). This book is well _______ reading and it is ______ of being read a second time.
Keys: 1). Worth 2). Worthwhile 3). Worthy 4). Worth; worthy
6．observe: v. 看到，注意到；遵守/奉行
Observe sb. do/doing sth.
Observe that…
I observed a stranger going into the house.
Do you often observe the speed limit?
7．respect: n. v.
We should respect each other.
Respectful: 恭敬的，对人有礼的
Respectable; 受/被人尊重
He is a respectful student. He respects the teachers.
He is respectable teacher. He is respected by all his students.
8．argue v. argue with/over/about
He often argues with me.
极力说服；劝告
She argued him into/out of leaving his job.
Argument: n.
His argument doesn’t hold water.
9．inspire
He tried to inspire them to greater efforts.
inspired / inspiring : adj.
inspiration: n.
10．support : v. 承受；支撑；抚养，资助；赞成，支持；
n.
do you think those shelves can support so many books?
She needs a high income to support such a large family.
Do you support their demands of independence?
Supporter: n.
I’m a strong supporter of women’s rights.
11．deliver: v. 传送；把..踢向；发表，宣布；给…接生
Letters are delivered every day.
She delivered a hard kick to his knee.
The doctor delivered her baby.
Delivery: n.
Step 3 Learning about language
1．Ss do part 1 of the discovering useful words and expressions。
2．Ss finish part 2, 3 and 4.
Step 4. Practice
1．Ask the Ss to do Ex. 1 and 2 on page 42.
2．Do Ex 3 on page 43.