Bethany Hamilton, an American surfer

1. What happened to her? 2. What is her attitude towards life? 3. What impresses you most? 4. What can we learn from her?

Optimism, strong will, determination, diligence, perseverance…

Unit 17 Great WomenUnit 17 Great Women

1. What has happened to her? 2. What is her attitude towards life? 3. What impresses you most? 4. How can you describe her? 5. What quality should we learn from her?

Answer the following questions:

Madame Curie

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Zhang Haidi

4 Helen Keller

1. What are these great women famous for? 2. Which of them do you admire most? Why?

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Sang Lan

1. What makes them famous?

2. What do they have in common?

Their special experience, strong personality, great achievements.

Positive attitude towards life, great determination, strong will, self-confidence, diligence and perseverance.

Learn to describe people, especially women:

Positive Negative lovely beautiful attractive friendly kind clever wise smart unselfish cheerful gentle honest helpful popular caring strong generous devoted diligent determined inspiring successful responsible open-minded perseverant

unkind ugly lazy mean dishonest unfriendly cruel selfish stupid silly unpopular weak tense dull careless miserable unsuccessful

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How would you describe these women?

The impression she makes on me is … She seems to be …/looks as if …

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1. Describe one of your friends and ask others to guess who it is.

2. Can you describe your mother/one of your women teachers?

My Teacher Miss Moore

There’s a teacher Miss Moore,

who is lovely and thirty-four.

Always encouraging us to try,

She leads us to a world of “why”.

We all admire her more and more.

Listen to the song “Mama in the candle light” and think of the happy time you have spent with your mother and what you can do to repay her love.

Mama, I want to tell youBut I stop as the words are on lipsMama, I want to smile to youBut get choked with tears in my eyes

Oh, mama,Mama in the candle lightI can see your hair has gone gray Oh, mama, Mama in the candle lightOn your cheeks there is still so much tender care

Mama in the candle light

Oh, mama, mama in the candle lightI can see no more your straight figure I can see your hair has gone gray Mama, mama in the candle lightWhy aren’t your eyes as bright as ever?

Mama, your daughter has grown upI don’t want to go through four seasons relying on you any more

Oh, mama, believe meI’ve got my own way to reward you

Homework :

Choose one of the following titles to write a composition with about 150 words.

1. A fan letter

2. The woman I admire

3. A Letter to my dear mother