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高一 Module 4
Unit 1
Unit 1 Women of achievement
What do you want to do
after you grow up?
Do you want to be a great
person?
?
What do you think is needed in
order to be a great woman?
intelligent
responsible
great woman
modest
determined
Do you know some great and
successful women around the
world or in the history?
Guess who they are….
She was an inventor and
a scientist from Poland.
She went to Paris and
studied physics and
chemistry there.
She was given the Nobel
Prize for Chemistry in 1911.
Madame Curie
(1867-1934)
She is the only woman
scientist who was awarded
Nobel Prize for two times.
In the year 1903,
she and another scientist
were awarded the Nobel
Prize in Physics for their
discovery of radium.
On July 4,1934, she
died in Paris, killed by
her own experiments.
She died of radiation
poisoning.
She was the only
female monarch (君主 )
of China.
She lived in Tang
Dynasty.
She ruled the empire
(帝国 ) for over half a
century.
Empress Wu Zetian
(624 - 705)
Wu Zetian was the only
woman who ever ruled
the Chinese empire in
her own right,her actions
have been a subject for
debate for more ten
centuries. She was the
most remarkable(非凡的),
influential (有影响的)and
mysterious(神秘的) woman
in Chinese history.
A Chinese saying goes:
Women can hold up
half of the sky.
Who are they?
A girl from the
countryside who dressed as
a man and went to fight for
the French and to drive the
English out of France. She
Joan of Arc
(1412-1432) was caught and put to
death by the English.
France
She was born in the small
village in France. She lived
at the time when there was a
war between England and
France called “The
Hundred Years War”. She showed the
French army how to win battles and
inspired them with the confidence
enough to defeat the English and send
them back to England for good.
AT that time it was considered wrong
for women to fight in the army.
Joan argued that God had
spoken to her and sent her
to help the army and
encouraged her to fight in
men’s clothes.
Elizabeth Fry was a
Quaker. She helped improve
prison condition and gave
prisoners work and
education. Her work helped
the Quakers get the Nobel
Elizabeth Fry Peace Prize in 1947.
(1780-1845), Britain
She was born in a Quaker family on
May 21, 1780. In 1812 she first visit
Newgate Prison in London and was very
shocked at the conditions there. From
then on she began to work to improve
prison conditions in Britain. In 1816, she
began her prison school.
In 1818, she and 11 other Quakers talked
to the leaders of Britain about life in
Prison. By the 1820s she and her work
had become well known .
Soong Chingling (1893-1981), China
In 1915, She married Dr
Sun Yet-sen, founder of the
Republic of China. After her
husband died in 1925, she
Soong
Qingling supported the Communist
Party even though most of her family
were members of the Kuomintang. She
was made an honorary vice-president of
the People’s Republic. She busied
herself with various welfare activities,
ranging from heading the Women’s
Federation to a number of committees
involving children.
Lin Qiaozhi
(1901-1983)
China
A doctor who became a
specialist in women’s
illnesses. She devoted all
her life to medical work
for Chinese women and
children. Her work
encouraged many other
women to become doctors.
She was born in Xiamen .
Her parents were Christians
and her father believed in the
education of women. At
elementary school one of her
teachers encouraged her to
become a doctor . In 1929, She graduated
from the University with a PhD degree in
gynecology.
In 1933, she studied in Vienna and
then returned to China to work for
women and children’s diseases.
She was very important in inspiring
women to become doctors
and was one of the
founders of modern
gynecology(妇科医学) in
China.
Jane Goodall went to
Tanzania and studied
chimps from 1960s. She
went with three African
Jane Goodall helpers to live in the Gombe
National Park in East Africa.
Her life was spent following and
recording the social life and
relationships of the chimps. Because
of her research, we now know that
chimpanzees hunt for meat, use tools,
and have different personalities.
In 1965, she earned her
PhD in Ethology from
Cambridge University.
Jody Williams helped
found an international
campaign to stop the use of
landmines. She worked hard
to make as many countries as
possible agree not to use them.
She and her organization
were given the Nobel Peace
Jody Williams
Prize in 1997.
(1950- ), USA
Name Ambition Problems Sacrifices
Joan of To drive Women
She lost
Arc
were not
the
her life.
English allowed to
fight like a
from
France. man.
Name Ambition Problems
Elizabeth to help
She was
Fry
improve criticized
prison
for
conditions. neglecting
her family
and
enjoying
fame.
Sacrifices
Less time
was spent
with her
husband
and
family.
Name
Ambition Problems Sacrifices
After her
To work forHer
Soong
Chingling civil rights, relatives husband
died, she
democracy held
and peace. political lived
opinions alone.
completely
different
from hers.
Name Ambition Problems
Women
Lin
To help
had
Qiaozhi women
greater
and
children difficulties
with their getting into
illness and medical
college and
health
getting
further
training
Sacrifices
She
never got
married
or had a
family of
her own.
Name Ambition Problems
Jane
To work She lived
Goodall with
a hard
animals
life in the
in the
wild.
wild.
Sacrifices
She gave
up the
comforts
of life to
study the
chimps.
Name Ambition
Problems
It isn’t easy to
Jody
To
work with
Williams prevent
groups in
the
different
making
and use of countries and
landmines. persuade
governments
to stop the
making and
use of
landmines.
Sacrifices
She has
lost her
own
personal
time
because
of the
demands
of the job.
Group work
active
unselfish
hard-working
intelligent
brave
determined
Personal
confident
generous
qualities
considerate
kind
of the great
helpful
modest
people
responsible
warm-hearted
honest
independent
broad-and-open minded
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 reputation?
Why do you admire her?
What are her contribution?
How would you describe her?
2. Is it harder for women to become
famous or get jobs in high positions?
Why?