新人教必修4教案 Unit1 Women of achievement[全套教案]

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.

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