Unit 1

Women of achievementReading

Who is she?

She is kissing the chimp.

She is shaking hands with a small chimp.

It seems that they’re talking with each other.

Why can she get along well with the chimp?

—Jane Goodall

Only if we can

understand can

we care;

Only if we care

will we help;

Only if we help

shall all the life

is hopeful.

简 · 古多尔 (Jane Goodall, 1934—) 生于伦敦。自幼即对动物行为极感兴趣。18 岁离开学校 , 到赴非洲为止 , 她曾先后担任过秘书以及影片制作助理。此后 , 她在非洲担任古生物学家路易斯 · 利基的助手 ,

与利基的合作经验使她能于 1960 年在贡贝溪动物保护区设立一个营区 , 得以观察该地黑猩猩的行为。

1965 年获剑桥大学动物行为学博士学位。

1977 年她建立了“简 · 古多尔人、动物与

环境研究所”。 1991 年 , 她倡议并成立了

“ 根与芽”组织 , 目的是使从幼儿园到大学

的年轻一代都能够行动起来 , 为了环境、

动物和他们自己的社区创造一个更加美好

的世界。 1995 年 , 被英国女王授予勋爵士。

In 1960, Jane arrived in

East Africa to study

the area’s chimpanzee.

Jane’s work in

Tanzania would prove

more successful than

anyone had imagined.

Jane Goodall: An Extra ordinary life

Why can she get along well with the chimp?

She is Chimp’s mother.

Pre-reading

1. Why do you think Jane Goodall went to Africa to study chimps rather than to university?Do you think she was right? Give your reasons.2. Look at the title and the pictures of the passage and predict the content. Then skim the passage and check if you were right.

1.What animal are Jane Goodall. observed? 2. When did Jane Goodall arrive at Gombe? How old was she?

Chimps.

She arrived at Gombe in 1960 when she was 26.

Answer the questions.

3. What was the purpose of her study of the chimps?

Her purpose was to help the rest of the world to understand and respect the life of the chimps.

4. What did the group do in the morning in the forest?

They watched the chimps wake up in the morning in the forest

5. Where did Jane Goodall suggest that the chimps be left?

She suggested the chimps should be left in the wild.

6. What did she achieve?

She discovered that chimps hunt and eat meat, how chimps communicate with each other and worked out their social system.

7. What made her a great success?

We think that there are two points that

mad her successful. One is her way to

study chimps, and the other is her true

love to the animals. The first one is

facile, because it is only a way.

Everyone can do it. But for the second

one, it is more easily said than done.

As a woman, she gave up everything,

went to the forest to study the

chimps and devoted all her love to

these animals. It is really not easy.

What we cannot understand is that

how she has such great personality.

8. What should we learn from Jane Goodall?

wisdom and courage

deeply love to the animals.

her consideration

her hard work

9. What do you think is the best way to protect wildlife?

We should call for all the citizens to love wildlife, protect their living conditions, forbid hunters to kill them freely, build more natural reserves for them and we shouldn’t disturb them. The national wildlife protection parks shouldn't be open to the tourists. Make people aware of the importance of wildlife protection.

True or false?

1.The chimps show love in their family

by talking each other.

2. She has built many homes for the

wild animals to live in.

3. She hopes that chimps can be left in

the forest.

F

T

T

4. She supposes that people should not

use chimps for entertainment.

5. With university training, she has

achieved what she wanted.

6. She has spent less than forty years

helping people understand her work.

F

T

F

1. What did the group do first in the morning? They ____.A. went into the forest slowlyB. left the chimp family sleeping in a treeC. observed the family of chimps wake upD. helped people understand the behaviour of the chimps

C

Choose the correct answers.

2. Why did Jane go to Africa to study chimps in the wild? Because she wanted _____.A. to work with them in their own environmentB. to prove the way people think about chimps was wrongC. to discover what chimps eatD. to observe a chimp family

A

3. Jane was permitted to begin her

work after ___.

A. the chimp family woke up

B. she lived in the forest

C. her mother came to support her

D. she arrived at Gombe

C

4. The purpose of her study was to ___.

A. watch the wild chimps in cages

B. gain a doctor’s degree

C. understand and respect the

lives of chimps

D. live in the forest as men can

C

What did Jane do after she came to Africa?

Fill in the chart.

1. Studied chimps in their natural environment2. Lived in the forest so she could observe the chimps and record their activities3. Found what chimps eat and their social system4. Tried to make people aware that it is wrong to use chimps for entertainment or advertisements

What did she achieve?

1. Helped to set up special places where

chimps can live safely in the wild

2. Got a doctor’s degree

3. Showed that women can live in the

forest to study wild animals as men can

4. Inspired others who wanted to cheer

the achievements of women

The main ideas of each paragraph

Paragraph 1: How the group followed Jane’s way of studying chimps in the wildParagraph 2: What Jane discovered about chimpsParagraph 3: How Jane tries to protect the lives of chimps in their natural habitatParagraph 4: Jane’s achievements

A student of African wildlife ↓ ⑴ ⑵ ⑶

↓ ⑷

A day in thepark

Jane’s way to study chimps and her achievement.

Her attitude to the animals

She has achieved everything she wanted to do.

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

Para 1The whole day

Details of Para 1:1. ________: our group are

all going to visit the _______

in the forest.

2. First activity:

____________________

3. We sit and wait ______ the animal begin to ________ and move.

4. Then we follow ______

_______________ into the forest.

5. _______________: Jane

______ us that everything

will be tired and dirty.

6. But the evening _____________________.

7. ___________: we ____ them

_________________in their nest.

5:45am

chimps watching … wake up

while wake up

family …wander

as the

By the afternoon

warn makes it worthwhile

The evening see

go to sleep together

Para 2

The first thing

The second thing

The third thing

She discovered that chimp

s hunt and eat meat.

She observed chimps as a g

roup hunting a monkey an

d then eating it.She also discovered how ch

imps communicate with ea

ch other.

Discoveries:

True or false

She hopes that chimps can be left in

the forest.

She supposes that people should not

use chimps for entertainment.

Para 3

T

T

She has spent more than forty years

helping people understand her work.

She has built many homes for the wil

d animals to live in.

T

T

Para 4

Working with animals in their own env

ironment.

Gaining a doctor’s degree for her studi

es.

Showing that women can live in the for

est as men can.

The achievement of Jane:

The passage is mainly about how Jane

Goodall worked with

_____________________________

and help people _____________________

__________ of these animals.

chimps in their environment

understand and respect

the life

1. Why do you think Jane is called a

student of African wildlife?

Because she studied animals and lear

ns from them in their own habitat.

Discussion

2. What did Jane have to give up when she went to live in the forest?

She had to give up friends, a social life,

boyfriends, fun, going to the cinema,

seeing her friends, parties, shopping, etc.

3. Do you think it is important to study

chimps in the wild rather than in a zoo?

Give reasons.

Yes, because it is only in their natural

environment that chimps will behave

naturally.

We have a choice to use the gift

of our lives to make the world

a better place.

-----Jane Goodall

2. behave 1) vi. 行为 ; 举止她表现出了很大的勇气。She behaved with great courage.

他对顾客的态度不好。He _______________ to the customers.

2) vt. & vi. 举止适当或有礼你应该学会举止得体。You should learn to behave.

behaved badly

3) vi. ( 指事物 ) 有某种作用我的摄像机自从修好后一直很正常。My camera has been behaving well since

it was repaired.

【拓展】behaviour n. 举止 ; 行为behave oneself 守规矩behave well / badly 行为好 /不好

根据汉语提示完成英语句子。1) 你今天在晚会上守规矩了吗 ?

Did you ______________ at the party

today?

2) 这孩子在校行为良好。The child ____________ at school.

behave yourself

behaved well

3. Watching a family of chimps wake up

is our … 今天我们的第一件事是 ......

动名词作主语主语是由不定式、动名词、从句构成的 ,

谓语动词采用单数。

Working with you is pleasant.

Seeing is believing.

4. This means going back to a place where we left the chimp family sleeping in a tree the night before.

1) leave+ 宾语 +doing “ 让某人做某事”keep, find, notice, have, feel, hear, see, leave...等动词后常用 V-ing 形式作宾语补足语。如：We found the old lady lying in bed. 我们发现那老太太躺在床上。Don’t leave her waiting outside in the rain. 不要让她在外面雨中等待着。

5. But the evening makes it all worthwhile.

1) worthwhile: adj. 值得 ( 花精力、时间、 金钱做 ) 的 a. 表语： Mandela’ struggle is very worthwhile.

b. 定语： That was a worthwhile trip.

那是很有价值的旅行。 c.It’s worthwhile doing/to do sth.

2) worth: adj. 值得的

这个博物馆 ( 非常 ) 值得参观。The museum is (well) worth visiting.

be (well) worth + n. / doing sth.

3) worthy: adj. 值得的be worthy to be done

be worthy of + being done / n.

e.g. He is worthy of our praise.

6. we watch the mother chimp and her

babies play in the tree.

我们看到黑猩猩妈妈跟她的幼子们在树上 玩耍。

in the tree 指树本身以外的事物或人

附着在树上 , 如鸟等动物 ; on the tree

指树本身生长出来的东西 , 如果实、花等。

2) observe

① vi. & vt. 观察注意到 observe + n./pron./sb. doing/do sth/that 从句

我看到一个陌生人正在进办公室。I observed a stranger go/going into the office.

② vt. 遵守 , 顺从我们必须遵守交通规则。We must ______________________.③ vt. 举行 (仪式等 ), 庆祝 (节日等 )你们国家的人庆祝圣诞节吗？Do you ______________________ in yourcountry?observe 用作被动语态时 , 作主语补足语的不定式须带 to 。 She was observed to enter the bank.有人注意到她走进银行。

observe the traffic rules

observe Christmas Day

8. Only after her mother came to help her

for the first few months was she allowed to

begin her project.

Only +状语 ( 从句 ), 放在句首时 , 主句要用部分倒装 , 即把助动词 do 、 does 或 did/

动词 /系动词 be 提到主语前面。只有这样 , 我们才能学好英语。Only in this way can we learn English better.

Only then did we get to know each other better.

如果句子为主从复合句 , 则主句倒装 , 从句不倒装。Only after new China was founded was he

able to go to school.

但当 only 在句首修饰句子的主语时 , 不用倒装语序。Only you understand me. 只有你了解我。Only Mary and Tom failed in the exam.

I failed in the final examination last term

and only then ____ the importance of

studies.

A. I realized B. I had realized

C. had I realized D. did I realize

D

9. She also discovered how chimps communicate

with each other and her study of their body

language helped her work out their social system.

1) I can’t work out the meaning of

the poem.

2) Things have worked out badly.

3) Work out his income.

4) Work out a plan.

( 理解 , 说出 )

( 发展 , 进行 )( 算出 )

(制定 , 拟订 )

10. For forty years Jane Goodall has been

outspoken about making the rest of the world

understand and respect the life of these animals.

1) outspoken adj. 直言不讳的As a former schoolmaster, he has always been

outspoken on education issues and a firm

supporter of traditional learning methods.

作为前任校长 , 他总是就教育问题坦率地发表意见 , 坚定地支持传统的学习方法。

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。e.g. 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.

3) respect在句中用作动词 , “表示 尊重 ; ”尊敬 。

e.g. He is a man whom I believe we should

respect. 我相信他是个我们应当尊敬的人。

I do not respect him because he often

tells lies. 我不尊敬他 , 因为他经常撒谎。

【拓展】

respect还可用作名词 , “表示 尊敬 ; ”敬重 。

e.g. They have a great respect for his ability.

他们十分尊重他的才能。

常见短语 :

show respect for ……对 表示尊敬have respect for 尊敬 ; 重视give ones respects to ……向 问候根据汉语提示 , 完成下列句子。1) All the students ______________ (尊敬 )

their history teacher.

2) The professor is a specialist in the research

of ancient literature and we all ______________

( ……对 表示尊敬 ) him.

have respect for

show respect for

11. She has argued that wild animals should be

left in the wild and not used for entertainment

or advertisements.

argue (vi.) +with sb. about/over sth.

同某人辩论某事他们正在和同学争论这个问题的解决方法。They are arguing with their classmates

about the solution to the problem.

他们正在争执战争是否正当。They are arguing with each other about

the justice of the war.

argue for/against 为争取 /反对……而辩论工人们为争取罢工的权力而辩论。The workers argued for the right to strike.

一些人为反对自由贸易辩论。Some people argue against free trade.

argue sb into / out of doing sth 说服某人做 (不做 )某事

12. lead a …life 表示“过着……的生活”

e.g. My parents are retired and now lead a

quiet life.

我的父母都退休了 , 现在过着安静的生活。

lead to 导致

lead up to 引导到 ; 把……一直引到

lead the way 带路

If we want to lead a peaceful life, we

cannot help but object to war.

如果我们要过和平的生活 , 一定要反对战争。We hope to lead a happy life.

我们希望拥有幸福的生活。

13. inspire v. 鼓舞 ; 激发 ; 启示 inspired adj. 有灵感的 inspiring adj. 激励人心的 inspiration n.

She was an ___________ to all of us.

The president made an _________

speech at the meeting yesterday.

I am _________ by this book.

inspiring

inspired

inspiration

He was an ____ poet at that time and

his ____ poems spread through all the

country.

A. inspired; inspired

B. inspiring; inspired

C. inspired; inspiring

D. inspiring; inspiring

D

Finish the exercises in Page 4

and Page 5. Make some preparations

for the next class.

Homework