1、Period 1Reading Comprehension1.了解世界著名女性的生平故事,认识到伟大女性对推动历史发展所起的重要作用。2.能根据文章题目和插图预测文章的主要内容。3.初步掌握英文人物传记的写作方法,学习按照时间线索,通过人物行为和语言独白刻画人物形象的写作手法。1.通过纸质图书、网络、同学等资源、渠道了解伟大女性的个人事迹。2.学习人物传记的写作技巧,学会介绍人物的多种方式。重点句式Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months was she allowed to begin her projec
2、t.速读课文和“背景材料阅读”,回答问题1.What is the text mainly about?【答案】The text mainly tells us how Jane Goodall works with chimps and manages to make people understand and respect the life of animals.2.Why does the author call Jane Goodall “A STUDENT OF AFRICAN WILDLIFE”?【答案】Because Jane Goodall has devoted all h
3、er life,love and passion to the research on wildlife and she has made great achievements.Fast reading:Answer the following questions after reading the text.1.Which continent does the Gombe National Park belong to?2.What is our first activity for the day?3.How about the bond between members of a chim
4、p family?4.How long did Jane stay in Gombe?5.What did Jane achieve?【答案】1.East Africa.2.Watching a family of chimps wake up.3.It is as strong as in a human family.4.About forty years.5.She has achieved everything she wanted to do: working with animals in their own environment, gaining a doctor⣺
5、11;s degree and showing that women can live in the forest as men can. .Careful reading:1.Decide whether the following sentences are true (T) or false (F).()(1)Visiting chimps is not worthwhile because it is very tiring.()(2)Jane Goodall began her project without anyones help.()(3)People ha
6、d fully understood chimp behavior beforeJane.()(4)Human beings dont keep chimps in cages any more.()(5)Jane Goodall called on people to understand and respect chimps.【答案】(1)F(2)F(3)F(4)F(5)T2.Read the text again and fill in the following form.Chimps inGombe NationalParkThe family of chimps
7、 wake up and (1) in the morningChimps either (2) or clean each other to show loveThe mother chimp and her babies (3) in the treeChimps sleep together in their (4) for the nightThe (5) between members of a chimp family is as strong as in a human familyJanes studyon chimpsShe spent years (6)
8、 and recording chimps daily activitiesShe observed chimps as a group hunting a (7)and then eating it and discovered chimps hunt and eat meatShe also discovered how chimps (8) with each otherShe studied their body language, which helped her (9) their social systemJanes view on chi
9、mpsShe believes we should understand and (10) chimpsShe has (11) wild animals should be left in the wild and not used for (12) or advertisementsJanes achievementsHelping to (13) special places for chimps to live in safelyWorking with animals in their own (14)Gaining a doctors deg
10、reeShowing women can live in the (15) as men can【答案】(1)move off(2)feed(3)play(4)nest(5)bond(6)observing(7)monkey(8)communicate(9)work out(10)respect(11)argued(12)entertainment(13)set up(14)environment(15)forest.Post reading:1.Retell the text by filling the following blanks.My group and I are doing s
11、ome research on (1).Following Janes way of studying chimps, our (2)are all going to visit them in the forest.(3)a family of chimps wake up is our first(4) of the day.Most of the time, chimps(5) feed or clean each other as a way of showing love in their family.We realize that the(6) between
12、 members of a chimp family is as strong as in a human family.Jane Goodall spent years(7) and recording their daily activities.She has(8) that wild animals should be left in the wild and not used for(9) or advertisements.She is leading a busy life but she has(10) everything she wanted to do.【答案】(1)ch
13、imps(2)group(3)Watching(4)activity(5)either(6)bond(7)observing(8)argued(9)entertainment(10)achieved2.Read the following sayings and express your opinion about any one or all of them. (1)It is at our mothers knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest, but there is seldom any mo
14、ney in them.(Mark Twain)(2)Life is not easy for any of us. We must work, and above all we must believe in ourselves. We must believe that each one of us is able to do something well, and that, when we discover what this something is, we must work hard at it until we succeed. (Madam Curie)(3)Only if
15、we can understand can we care. Only if we care will we help. Only if we help shall all be saved.(Jane Goodall)【答案】略Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months was she allowed to begin her project.她母亲头几个月来帮她的忙,这才使她得以开始自己的计划。该句为only修饰状语,位于句首而引起的倒装句。only置于句首修饰作状语的副词或介词短语时,句子要倒装。only
16、置于句首修饰状语从句时,主句要用倒装语序,从句不用倒装语序。(1)只有那时,他才认识到在吸烟和肺癌之间存在着联系。(2)只有用这种方法,我们才可以解决这个问题。【答案】(1)Only then did he realize that there was a connection between smoking and lung cancer.(2)Only in this way can we solve the problem.单项填空Only after all the fish died in the river how serious the pollution was.A.did t
17、he villagers realize B.the villagers did realizeC.the villagers realizedD.had the villagers realize【答案与解析】A句意:直到河里所有的鱼都死了,村民们才意识到污染是多么严重。考查“only +状语”置于句首时引起的倒装。翻译句子1.他们正在为了工人的生活状况而发起运动。(campaign)2.那个男孩已被告知要举止得体。(behave oneself)3.我们都应该遵守学校的规章制度。(observe)4.他因为努力工作而受到人们的尊敬。(respect)5.你们打算什么时候动身?(move off)【答案】1.They are campaigning for the workers living conditions.2.That boy has been told to behave himself.3.All of us should observe the school rules.4.He is respected by the people for his hard work.5.When are you going to move off?温馨贴士本课时为阅读课,介绍的是伟大女性简古道尔的故事,知识结构图解如下: