人教新课标必修4教案 Unit1 Women of achievement[Period 1]

普通高中课程标准实验教科书(人教版)英语必修4教案

Unit 1 Women of achievement
Teaching goals:
1. to talk about some women of great achievement, their experiences, and their special qualities.
2. to practise describing people and master some words and sentences about describing people.
3. to learn to use the Subject-verb agreement.
4. to learn about communication skills.
Teaching key points and difficult points:
1. to know about something about Jane Goodall and the achievements of Lin Qiaozhi.
2. learn to use the Subject-verb agreement.
3. master some words and expressions.

The First Period
(Warming up)
Teaching aims:
To introduce six great women and their achievements.
Teaching key points and difficult points:
To explain some words: Quaker, China Welfare Institute, campaign, etc.
Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Lead-in
1. Do you know any great people or important people? (Show some pictures to Ss)
2. What qualities make a great person?
(clever, brave, determined, confident, hard-working, unselfish, kind, active, generous…)

Step 2 Warming up
1. Pictures and Questions (Page 1)
Ask Ss read the introduction of six women and answer the following questions:
Elizabeth Fry: What did she do to help the prisoners?
Soong Qingling: Who is she? What’s her great achievement?
Jane Goodall: What’s her achievement in the study of Chimps?
Jody Williams: What did she get in 1997?
Joan of Arc: Do you know the name of the girl in ancient China whose experience was similar to her?    
Lin Qiaozhi: What’s her major?

Step 3 Talking
1. Which of these women do you think is a great woman?
2. To be a great woman, what qualities do you think should she have? Look at the list of qualities that were discussed when we examined a great man. Are there any other qualities that you would like to add?
 (intelligent, determined, generous, kind, modest, unselfish, hard-working, brave, confident, 
 considerate, thoughtful, energetic, imaginative, honest, decisive, sensible…)

Step 4 Discussion
1. Do you know a woman who really inspires (encourages) you? Describe her and explain why.
Tips: What does she look like?          Why did she choose to …?
      What do you think about..?        What are her reputations?
      Why do you admire her?          What are her contributions?
      How would you describe her?
2. Is it harder for women to become famous or get jobs in high positions? Why?

Step5 Language points
1. achieve  vt./vi.
1) to get sth. done by working hard / as the result of an action or effort 完成；实现
  The reason I achieve good results is because I work hard—and so could you.
我取得好成绩的原因是因为我学习努力。你也能够做到。
2) vi. succeed  成功；达到
  He achieved because he was a hard worker.  他成功是因为他工作努力。
△achievement  n.
As we climbed the final few metres, we felt a sense of achievement.
当我们爬完最后几米时，我们感到一种成功感。
2. condition  n. [C/U] 条件；状况
  The astronauts soon got used to the condition of weightlessness.
  宇航员们很快就适应了失重的状态。
  My computer’s a few years old, but it’s in really good condition.
  我的电脑用了好几年了，但是性能还是很好。
3.concern onself with sb./sth. 关心某人/某事；为…担忧/烦恼
A teacher should love his students, and concern himself with their needs and desires.
  老师应该爱护学生，关心他们的需求。
4. connection  n.联系
  connection between A and B  A与B 的联系
  Is there a connection between smoking and lung cancer? 吸烟和肺癌有联系吗?
  connection with / to sth.  与…有联系
  His failure has no connection with the quality of his work.他的失败与他的工作性质没有联系。
5. drive… out (of) : to force someone or something to leave  把…赶出去
  The Chinese fought hard for 8 years and drove the Japanese aggressors out of China.
  中国人民抗战八年,把日本侵略者赶出中国。
6. campaign  n.战役；（政治或商业性）活动；运动
  The plan of campaign had been made long before the war broke out.
作战计划早在战争爆发前就制定好了。
Bush’s campaign succeeded and he won the election again.布什竞选成功，再次当选总统。
Europe has started a campaign to stop people smoking.欧洲发起了一场戒烟运动。
△war, campaign, battle, fight/fighting 都与战争有关，但其规模排序为：war >campaign >battle >fight/fighting
  Gulf War  海湾战争                 Huaihai Campaign  淮海战役   
  Pingxingguan Battle 平型关大战       Battle of Waterloo  滑铁卢战役
△campaign, movement, activity 都与“活动”有关。campaign指为了达到某一目的而采取的一项或一系列积极有力的措施。如：an election campaign 竞选活动。
  movement指社会或政治运动，如：the movement for national liberation 民族解放运动。 还指移动、动作、姿势等。

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