unit 17 great women speaking

Unit 17 Great Women Speaking

Unit 17 Great Women Speaking

Lead-in

Wu Yi

She played an

important part in

leading people to

fight against

SARS.

Queen Diana

She always helped

the people who

have AIDS.

The Chinese Women’s Volleyball team

Anita Mei is a well-known pop star in Asia. Besides her entertainment(娱乐） activities, she often held concerts to collect money for the charity foundations (慈善机构） .

Secretary of the United States Condoleezza Rice

President of Haier

Yang Mianmian

Thatcher, Margaret Hilda撒切尔夫人

Zhang Haidi

Warming up

Song Qingling

宋庆龄(1893-1981)

Song Qingling is a famous

Chinese woman revolutionist. She

was born in 1893. She married Dr

Sun Zhongshan in 1915. She was

the vice-president of the People’s

Republic for many years. She

busied herself with various welfare

activities (福利事业 ), ranging from

heading the Women’s Federation to

a number of committees involving

children.

Madame Curie

(1867-1934)

Madame Curie is the greatest woman

scientist. She played an important role

in the development of modern physics.

Her discovery of radium opened the

treasure-house of atomic energy. In

1903 Madame Curie and her husband

Pierre Curie shared the Nobel Prize for

physics. After her husband’s death Curie

became the first woman professor in

France. In 1911 she was awarded a

second Nobel Prize. This is for her

discovery of radium and polonium.

Later she worked on the application of

radioactivity to medicine.

Pearl S. Buck

(1892-1973)

Pearl S. Buck is a famous

American woman writer. She was

born in the USA but grew up in

Zhejiang Province after her parents

moved to China in 1895. She first

learnt Chinese and was in America

and then returned to China. In 1931

she wrote her best-known novel, The

Good Earth. She won the Nobel Prize

for Literature in 1938.

Mother Teresa

(1910-1997)

She was a world-famous Catholic

nun. From the age of 18 she worked

in India to help the poor. For more

than 30 years she took care of

people who were often mentally or

physically disabled. She was

awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in

1979. In 2003, she was honoured with

the name of Blessed Teresa.

Homework

Describe a person, using the

following words.

weak stupid

lazy mean

dishonest tense

cold unkind

unfriendly

miserable dull

Negativestrong smart

honest friendly

warm kind

cheerful popular

generous

hard-working

helpful serious

loyal quiet pretty

Positive

Useful expressions

She sees to me to be the kind of

woman who … The impression she makes on me is

… I think she is the kind of person who

…

She could be … She might … People like her … She looks as if … You can see that … She doesn’t seem …

HomeworkHomework

1. Describe a person whom you are

familiar with.

2. Remember the useful expressions

on P30.

3. Recite new words and expressions

of this unit.