Unit 1 Women of achievement

Reading
1. Retell the story about
Jane Goodall.
study chimps in Africa, showed the connections between chimps and human beings, protect chimps
I. Pre-reading
Pre-reading
2. Discuss in groups.
Why do you think Jane Goodall went to
Africa to study chimps rather than to university?
Do you think she was right? Give your reasons.
Can you think of the possible difficulties that Jane Goodall might meet doing her research without training?
3. Prediction
Look at the title and the pictures. Then answer the following questions.
1) What do you think the passage will tell us?
2) What is Jane Goodall doing in the picture on the top
right?
3) What is Jane Goodall doing in the picture on the
bottom left?
Pre-reading
4. Vocabulary matching.
_____ close connection that people have with
each other
_____ to fill sb with feelings or aims
_____ (of thoughts, questions, etc) to fill one’s
mind
_____ the period of time when someone is a child
_____ giving opinions openly and honestly
_____ to move away from a place; to leave
_____ task that requires a lot of time and effort
_____ to watch carefully
bond
inspire
crowd in
childhood
outspoken
move off
project
Pre-reading
observe
1. Fast reading
Skim the passage and underline the basic
information: what, who, why, where, when,
how.
II. Reading
Reading
2. Underline the topic sentence in each paragraph.
Following Jane’s way of studying chimps, our group are all going to visit them in the forest.
Nobody before Jane fully understood chimp behaviour.
For forty years Jane Goodall has been outspoken about making the rest of the world understand and respect the life of these animals.
She has achieved everything she wanted to do.
Reading
3. Summarize the main idea of each paragraph.
Reading
4. Ask questions.
Make up questions within your group based on the reading. Each group chooses a best question and the other groups compete to answer it.
Reading
What Qs?
What’s the main idea of the first paragraph?
When did Jane first arrive in Gombe?
What do we know about Jane’s personality from the second
paragraph?
Which part is the summary of the reading?
General
Detailed
make an inference
Writing skills
Reading
5. Answer my questions.
In which way has Jane helped people? (behave)
What did we do before we followed the chimps wandering into the forest? (shade, move off)
What did the writer think of the evening?
(worthwhile)
What did the writer realize after a day’s watching?
(bond)
Reading
How did Jane discover the society of chimps? (observe )
How did Jane try to protect the lives of chimps in their
natural habitat? (be outspoken about, respect, argue)
When did Jane want to work with animals in their own
environment? (childhood)
What about Jane’s life now? (lead a busy/meaningful
life)
Reading
1. In your group retell the text using the following questions and words as a support.
What did the writer do? (behave, shade,
worthwhile, bond)
What did Jane Goodall do and find out about chimps? (observe, discover)
What did Jane Goodall do to protect the chimps?
(be outspoken about, respect, argue)
What about her achievements?
III. Post-reading
2. Discuss in groups.

Reconsider the title. Do you understand it
differently? Discuss with your partners.
Do you think it is more important to study
chimps in the wild rather than in a zoo? Give
reasons.
Do you think you would go if you are asked to
study animals in the wild? Why or why not?
Post-reading
IV. Summary and homework
Remember the following words and expressions.

behave, shade, move off, worthwhile, nest, bond, behaviour, observe, childhood, be outspoken about, respect, argue, entertainment, lead a busy life, crowd in, inspire
2. Finish Exercises 1 and 3 ( p. 3) and Exercise 3 (p. 4).
3. Interview your mother or grandmother based on the questions on page 46.