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1、Speaking,Unit5,Can you tell some great and successful women around the world or in the history?,What do you think is needed in order to be a great woman?,Thinking,?,willing to sacrifice,hard-working,modest,unselfish,insistent,perseverant,determined,intelligent,responsible,great woman,I will introduc
2、e some great women who are very famous to you.,She was an inventor and a scientist from Poland.,She went to Paris and studied physics and chemistry there.,She was given the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1911.,She is the only woman scientist who was awarded Nobel Prize for two times.,Madame Curie (186
3、7-1934),In the year 1903, she and another scientist were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of radium. On July 4,1934, she died in Paris, killed by her own experiments. She died of radiation poisoning.,Empress Wu Zetian (624 - 705),She was the only female monarch (君主 ) of China.,
4、She lived in Tang Dynasty.,She ruled the empire (帝国 ) for over half a century.,Wu Zetian was the only woman who ever ruled the Chinese empire in her own right,her actions have been a subject for debate for more ten centuries. She was the most remarkable(非凡的), influential (有影响的) and mysterious (神秘的)
5、woman in Chinese history.,A Chinese saying goes:,Women can hold up half of the sky.,Who are they?,A girl from the countryside who dressed as a man and went to fight for the French and to drive the English out of France. She was caught and put to death by the English.,Joan of Arc (1412-1432) France,S
6、he was born in a small village in France. She lived at the time when there was a war between England and France called “The Hundred Years War”. She showed the French army how to win battles and inspired them with the confidence,enough to defeat the English and send them back to England for good. At
7、that time it was considered wrong for women to fight in the army. Joan argued that God had spoken to her and sent her to help the army and encouraged her to fight in mens clothes.,Elizabeth Fry was a Quaker. She helped improve prison condition and gave prisoners work and education. Her work helped t
8、he Quakers get the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947.,Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845), Britain,She was born in a Quaker family on May 21, 1780. In 1812 she first visited Newgate Prison in London and was very shocked at the conditions there. From then on she began to work to improve prison conditions in Britain. I
9、n 1816, she began her prison school.,In 1818, she and 11 other Quakers talked to the leaders of Britain about life in Prison. By the 1820s she and her work had become well known.,Song Qingling (1893-1981), China,In 1915, She married Dr Sun Yet-sen, founder of the Republic of China. After her husband
10、 died in 1925, she supported the Communist Party even though most of her family were members of the Kuomintang. She was made an honorary vice-president of,Song Qingling,the Peoples Republic. She busied herself with various welfare activities, ranging from heading the Womens Federation to a number of
11、 committees involving children.,A doctor who became a specialist in womens illnesses. She devoted all her life to medical work for Chinese women and children. Her work encouraged many other women to become doctors.,Lin Qiaozhi (1901-1983) China,She was born in Xiamen. Her parents were Christians and
12、 her father believed in the education of women. At elementary school one of her teachers encouraged her to become a doctor. In 1929, She graduated from the University with a PHD degree in gynecology.,In 1933, she studied in Vienna and then returned to China to work for women and childrens diseases.
13、She was very important in inspiring women to become doctors and was one of the founders of modern gynecology (妇科医学) in China.,Jane Goodall went to Tanzania and studied chimps from 1960s. She went with three African helpers to live in the Gombe National Park in East Africa. Her life was spent followi
14、ng and recording the social life and,Jane Goodall,relationships of the chimps. Because of her research, we now know that chimpanzees hunt for meat, use tools, and have different personalities. In 1965, she earned her PhD in Ethology from Cambridge University.,Jody Williams helped found an internatio
15、nal campaign to stop the use of landmines. She worked hard to make as many countries as possible agree not to use them. She and her organization were given the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997.,Jody Williams (1950- ), USA,Great or not?,To drive the English from France.,Women were not allowed to fight like
16、a man.,She lost her life.,to help improve prison conditions.,She was criticized for neglecting her family and enjoying fame.,Less time was spent with her husband and family.,Her relatives held political opinions completely different from hers.,After her husband died, she lived alone.,To work for civil rights, democracy and peace.,To help women and children with their illness and health,Women had greater difficulties getting into medical college and getting further training.,She
