Great Great womenwomen

BrainstormBrainstorm

weetweet pen-heartedpen-hearted

smart sweet strict self-confident serious successful

energetic easy-going encouraging exciting educated excellent

able amusing active attractive admirable

wise willingwarm-hearted

optimistic open

ordinary

lively lovely loyal

humorous helpful honest healthy hard-working hopeful

achievement

talented

enterprising

responsible

generous

Song Qingling,second wife of the Chinese revolutionary leader Sun zhongshan. She became an influential Chinese political figure after her husband's death. In 1981 she was named honorary Chairman 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 (orphaned) children.

Song Qingling

(1893--1981)

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.

Madame Curie is known for her discovery of radium( 镭 ).

Madame Curie(1867---1934)

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 later taught English. From 1910 to 1914 she studied in America and then returned to China. In 1931 she wrote her best –known novel, The Good Earth(大地 ). She won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938.

Pearl S.Buck (1892-1973)

Mother Teresa

(1910-1997)

She was a world famous Catholic nun(天主教修女 ). 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.

1. It has been said that life is difficult as it is. For women it sometimes seems twice as difficult. Do you think so? Any examples?

physiology（生理）

houseworktake care of children & parents

prejudice(偏见 )

work

ListeningListening

1.What does Alice tell Lucy

about her old school friends?

Lily

serious smartfriendly helpful

maths

She’s now a teacher.

What was she like?

What was she good at?

What has become of her?

Rose

What was she like?

What was she good at?

What has become of her?

loyal

honest

fat

singing

She’s married &

has a daughter.

What was she like?

What was she good at?

What has become of her?

Jane

quiet warm

kind

painting

She works in a department store.

What was she like?

What was she good at?

What has become of her?

Sandra

pretty strong

hardworking

nothing

She has her own

company.

2.Fill in the blanks with the correct words:

1. At first Alice did not like Lily because she thought that she was very _________.

2. Sandra and Lily were like ______ and ______.

3. Jane and Rose could ______ _______ well.

4. Sandra ______ ________ a lot. She has her own __________, together with a _________ of hers.

serious

firewater

get along

has changedcompany

friend

SpeakingSpeaking

DescribeDescribe picturespicturesDescribeDescribe picturespictures

Positivestrong; smart;

honest friendly; warm; kind

Cheerful; popular generous;hard-workinghelpful; serious; loyalquiet; pretty;

Negativeweak; stupid; lazy mean; dishonest; tense; cold; unkind

unfriendly miserable

dull

Describe a person ,using the following words:

She seems to me to be the kind of woman who….

The impression she makes on me….

I think she is the kind of person…

She could…She might..People like her…

She looks as if…You can see that…She doesn’t seem…

Speaking( P30 )Picture 1

---There is a woman in an office.---She’s about middle-aged and dressed in a gray jacket.---The woman seems to be a hard-working person.---You can see that she is very careful, because she is listening attentively, and has a pen in her hand to make notes. ---But the impression she makes on me is that she may be a bit cold. She might be a manager or an office worker.

Picture 2

---There is a girl in the picture.

---She is using a mobile phone.

---She is wearing a red jacket.

---I can’t see her face very well.

---From the way she’s dressed, I think she is a cheerful and friendly girl.

---She might be a student.

Picture 3

---There is a mother and a baby in the picture.

---The mother is feeding her baby.

---The baby is sitting in a special chair.

---The impression that she makes on me is that she is kind, friendly, caring and warm .

Homework: A Chinese saying goes like this:于细微处见卓越 . What should we do as students desiring to be great ?Write a passage about 100 words according to the above topic.