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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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Unit 17 Great Women Speaking
Unit 17 Great Women Speaking
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Lead-in
Wu Yi
She played an
important part in
leading people to
fight against
SARS.
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Queen Diana
She always helped
the people who
have AIDS.
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The Chinese Women’s Volleyball team
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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) .
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Secretary of the United States Condoleezza Rice
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President of Haier
Yang Mianmian
Thatcher, Margaret Hilda撒切尔夫人
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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
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activities (福利事业 ), ranging from
heading the Women’s Federation to
a number of committees involving
children.
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Madame Curie
(1867-1934)
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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
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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.
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Pearl S. Buck
(1892-1973)
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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
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she wrote her best-known novel, The
Good Earth. She won the Nobel Prize
for Literature in 1938.
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Mother Teresa
(1910-1997)
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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
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1979. In 2003, she was honoured with
the name of Blessed Teresa.
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Homework
Describe a person, using the
following words.
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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
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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
…
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She could be … She might … People like her … She looks as if … You can see that … She doesn’t seem …
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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.