必修四Unit-1warming-up-and-reading.pptVIP

Do you know them? Joan of Arc (1412-1431) 1. born in a village in France 2. lived at the time when British and France fought “the Hundred Years War” 3. encouraged the king crowned 4. showed the French army how to win the war Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) 1812 first visited Newgate Prison in London 2. 1816 began her prison school in Newgate Prison 3. 1823 New Prison Act: agreed to spend more money on prisoners 4. 1827 published a book about what she had seen in many prisons 5. 1832 gave evidence about prison conditions to the leaders She was one of the top leaders in modern China. Song Qingling (1893-1981) 1. born in shanghai 2. studied in America 3. married Sun Yat-sen 4. vice president of PRC 5. work for women and children welfare activities 6. head of the Women’s Federation Lin Qiaozhi(林巧稚) (1901-1983), China Lin Qiaozhi(1901--1983) Born in Xiamen in Fujian 1921 entered BJ University got a PhD degree in Gynecology 4. 1932 went to London for further study 5. 1933 studied at the Chicago University Medical School Returned to China as the Head of Gynecology and Obstetrics in 1940 7. 1949 went to study women’s diseases 8. 1983 died leaving her body for medical research She helped found an international campaign to stop the making of landmines (地雷). She also 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 Jane Goodall (1934- ), Britain As a young girl, she always wanted to study animals. She went to Africa and studied chimps instead of going to university. Her research showed the connections between chimps and human beings. She works to protect chimps everywhere. Women can hold up half of the sky. Personal qualities of the great people determined brave confident warm-hearted re