新课程标准高中英语必修四 Unit 1 Women of achievement

　　Period 1第一课时 精读课 学案

　　　　　　　　　　Warming up, pre-reading and reading

一．学习目标

　1．初步掌握本课时出现的重难点单词、短语和句型。

2．运用好略读、细读，归纳内容等阅读技巧，了解文章的内容。

二．学习重难点

　1．学习重点：运用好略读、细读，猜单词等阅读技能，理解文章内容。

　2．学习难点：从整体上把握课文内容。

三．知识背景

　唯有了解，我们才会关心；Only if we understand can we care.

唯有关心，我们才会采取行动；Only if we care will we help.

唯有行动，生命才会有希望。Only if we help shall all be saved.

--珍·古道尔 Jane Goodall

　Jane Goodall is one of the most well-known scientists in the world. She has spent most of her career studying wild chimpanzees in a protected area of Tanzania called Gombe National Park. Over the past fifty years, she has made very important discoveries about the social behavior of chimpanzees.

　Today, Jane Goodall spends most of her time traveling around the world speaking about wildlife protection and working to build support for her foundation. She recently wrote a book about endangered animals.

四．课前预习

翻译下列单词和短语

1．成就 ______________ 2．运动；战役______________

3．举动；表现vt./vi.__________ ___ 4．值得的______________

5．观察；观测______________ 6．直言的；坦诚______________

7．尊敬；尊重______________ 8．讨论；辩论______________

9．款待；娱乐______________ 10．鼓舞；激发______________

11．支持；拥护______________ 12．致力于______________

13．代替______________ 14．人类______________

15．而不是______________ 16．离开；启程______________

17．了解；计算出______________ 18．建立；安排______________

19．过着......的生活______________ 20．（想法，问题等）涌上心头________

五．阅读任务

Task 1 Do you know some great women in China and in the world?

Task 2 Fast reading

Read warming-up quickly and answer the following questions.

1) Who are mentioned in the part?

2) What makes them great?

Task 3 Fast reading

Read the passage fast then fill in the blanks.

The text is about_____,who observed_____ in _____in East Africa.

Task 4 Careful reading

Read the passage carefully and finish the following.