人教版英语必修四Unit 1 Women of achievement 重难点Teaching goals 教学目标1.Target language 目标语言a. 重点词汇achieve, achievement, condition, welfare, institute, connection, campaign, organization, specialist, behave, behavior, worthwhile, nest, observe, observation, respect, argue, entertainment, inspire, support, devote ... tob. 重点句子Watching a family of chimps wake up is our first activity of the day. P2Everybody sits and waits while the animals in the group begin to wake up and move. P2But the evening makes it all worthwhile. P2... we see them go to sleep together in their nest for the night. P2Only after her mother came to help her for the first few months was she allowed to begin her project. P2For forty years Jane Goodall has been helping the rest of the world understand and respect the life of these animals. P22.Ability goals 能力目标a. Learn Warming Up, and know how to tell the great women and the famous women.b. Learn the way to describe a person from what the person did, what she/he looks like and so on.3.Learning ability goals 学能目标Teach Ss how to describe a person.Teaching important points 教学重点a. By reading A protector of African wildlife, students can learn from Jane Goodall in at least two aspects: one is what is the humane way to study animals; the other is that it was her great personality - universal love and mercy(博爱与慈悲)that made her successful. If everyone had such kind of heart, they would give everything benefit for all living things. Then our world will be full of love and peace, without any war and starvation.b. Ask students to answer these questions:1) What made her a great success?2) What should we learn from Jane Goodall?Teaching difficult points 教学难点Let everyone believe that all of us can become Jane Goodall.【词汇用法和解析】1.achieve v. 完成,达到;实现,获得e.g He will never achieve anything if he doesn’t work hard.The company has achieved a 100% increase in profitability.achievement:un. 完成;达到cn. 成绩;成就e.g We felt a great sense of achievement when we reached the top of the mountain. He has broken two world records in one day, which is quite an achievement. 2.connection:1). cn./ un. 联系;关系(with/between)e.g There is a strong connection between smoking and heart disease.The company has a connection with a number of Japanese firms.2). cn. 连接物e.g This town has very good road and railway connections with the coast.3). Un. 连接,联结e.g The connection of the popes to the main water supply only took a few minutes.4). cn. Pl. 亲属;亲戚She ‘s English but she has Irish connections.in connection with: 有关e.g In connection wi th your request of March 3, we are sorry to tell you that we can’t give you a reply until the manager comes back next week.3.devote… to …devoted: adj. 忠实的devotion: n. 热爱,忠诚e.g He has devoted his life to helping blind people.He is my devoted friend. He is also devoted to his wife.4.behave: v. behavior :n.e.g She has been behaving rather oddly.Behave yourself.5.worthwhile : adj.e.g We had a long wait, but it was worthwhile because we got the ticket.Worthwhile: 值得花时间/精力/金钱Worth: 值得尊敬的/重视的be worth+ n. /doingWorthy: (表语形容词)值得的be worthy of +n./being done;Be worthy to be done1). This vase was _____ five hundred francs at the most.2). Everybody has roots. It is _______ to search for his roots.3). She proved herself a _______ successor of the former champion.4). This book is well _______ reading and it is ______ of being read a second time. Keys: 1). Worth 2). Worthwhile 3). Worthy 4). Worth; worthy 6.observe: v. 看到,注意到;遵守/奉行Observe sb. do/doing sth.Observe that…e.g I observed a stranger going into the house.Do you often observe the speed limit?7.respect: n. v.e.g We should respect each other.Respectful: 恭敬的,对人有礼的Respectable; 受/被人尊重e.g He is a respectful student. He respects the teachers.He is respectable teacher. He is respected by all his students.8.argue v. argue with/over/aboute.g He often argues with me.极力说服;劝告e.g She argued him into/out of leaving his job.Argument: n.e.g His argument doesn’t hold wat er.9.inspiree.g He tried to inspire them to greater efforts.inspired / inspiring : adj.inspiration: n.inspire sb. to doeg. His speech inspired us greatly.The teacher inspired us to make greater efforts.The memory of his childhood inspired his first novel(促成;赋予灵感) inspired 有灵感的inspiring激励人心的10.support : v. 承受;支撑;抚养,资助;赞成,支持;e.g do you think those shelves can support so many books?She needs a high income to support such a large family.Do you support their demands of independence?Supporter: n.e.g I’m a strong supporter of women’s rights.11.deliver: v. 传送;把..踢向;发表,宣布;给…接生e.g Letters are delivered every day.She delivered a hard kick to his knee.The doctor delivered her baby.Delivery: n.12.mean的用法Mean doing sth. …意味着做…eg.Doing such a thing means wasting time.mean to do sth… 打算做某事eg. Do you mean to go without money?13.wander的用法1)可以解释为漫步,逛,常与about搭配e.g We love wandering about the hills2)还可以解释为脱离,迷失e.g Don’t wander off the point13.worthwhile adj. 值得做的,值得花时间(金钱)的It is worthwhile to do/ doinge.gIt was worthwhile to visit Paris. = The visit to Paris is worthwhile. 去巴黎访问是值得的.It’s worthwhile discussing/ to discuss the question again. 这个问题值得再讨论一下。