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Unit 1 A Chinese saying goes: Women can hold up half of the sky. Empress(女皇 ) Wu Zetian (624 705) in Tang Dynasty She was the only female monarch(君主 ) of China, and remains the most remarkable(非凡的 ), influential(有影響的 ) and mysterious(神秘的 ) woman in Chinese history. ? She was an inventor and a scientist from Poland. She went to Paris and studied physics and chemistry there. She is the only woman scientist who was awarded two Nobel Prizes. Marie Curie (18671934) On July 4,1934, she died in Paris, killed by her own experiments. She died of radiation poisoning(放射物中毒 ). Nightingale Helen Keller Elizabeth Fry Soong Qingling Jane Goodall Jody Williams Lin Qiaozhi What do these women have in mon? Do you still remember Nelson Mandela? What do you think makes a great man or woman? Personal qualities of the great people determined brave confident warmhearted responsible unselfish honest intelligent broadandopen minded generous kind modest hardworking considerate helpful active independent Group work: Brainstorm 1. Discuss in groups. ? Is it easy for women to succeed? ? What difficulties might women meet? * Do you think men have the same problems? Give reasons. Reading A Student of African Wildlife. After a glance at the title, what do you think the passage is about? Predicting Skimming 1. Who is the student? 2. What animals are observed? Jane Goodall. Chimps. 3. When did Jane Goodall arrive in Gombe? How old was she? 4. What was the purpose of her study of the chimps? She arrived in Gombe in 1960 when she was 26. Her purpose was to help the rest of the world (to) understand and respect the life of the chimps. A STUDENT OF AFRICAN WILDLIFE Reading First Reading ( ge