1、by the afternoon and she is right.However,the evening makes it all worthwhile.We watch the mother chimpand her babies play in the tree.Then we see them go to sleep together in their nest for the night.We realize that the bond between members of a chimp family is as strong as in a human family. Nobod
2、y before Jane fully understood chimp behaviour.She spent years observing and recording their daily activities.Since her childhood she had wanted to work with animals in their own environment.However,this was not easy.When she first arrived in Gombe in 1960,it was unusual for a woman to live in a for
3、est.Only after her mother came to helpher for the first few months was she allowed to begin her project.Her work changed the way people think of chimps.For example,one important thing she discovered was that chimps hunt and eat meat.Until then every thought chimps only eat fruit and nuts.She also di
4、scovered how chimps communicate with each other,and her study of their body language helped her work out their social system. For forty years Jane Goodall has beenoutspoken about making the rest of the world understand and respect the life of these animals.She has argued that animals should be left
5、in the wild and not used for entertainment or advertisements.She has helped to set up special places where the can live safely.She is leading a busy life but she says: “Once I stop,it all comes crowding in and I remember the chimps in laboratories.Its terrible.It affacts me when I watch the wild chi
6、mps.I say to myself,Arent they lucky?And then I think about small chimps in cages though they have done nothing wrong.Once you have seen that you can never forget“ She has achieved everything she wanted to do:working with animals in their own environment,gaining a doctors degree and showing that wom
7、en can live in the forest as men can.She inspires those who want to cheer the achievements of women. WHY NOT CARRY ON HER WORK? I enjyed English ,biology,and chemistry at school,but which one should I choose to study at university ?i did not know the answer until one evening when I sat down at the c
8、omputer to do some research on great women of China. By chance I came across an article about a doctor called Lin Qiaozhi, a specalist in womens diseases.She lived from 1901 to 1983 .It seemed that she had been very busy in her chosen career ,travling abored to study as well as writing books and art
9、icles.One of them caught my eye. It was a small book explaining how to keeping babies clean,healthy and free from sickness.Why did she write that?Who were the women that Lin Qiaozhi thought needed this advice?I looked carefully at the text and realize that it was intended for women in the countrysid
10、e.Perhaps if they had an emergency they could not reach a doctor. Suddenly it hit me how difficult it was for a woman to get medical training ata that time.That was a generation when girls education was always placred decond to boys.Was she so much cleverer than anyone else?Further reading made me r
11、ealize that it was hard work and determination as well as her gentle nature that got her into medical school.What made her succeed later on was the kindness and consideration she showed to all her patiens.There was story after story of how Lin Qiaozhi, tired after a days work,went late at night to d
12、eliver a baby for a pool family who could not pay her. By now I could not wait to find out more about her . I discovered that Lin Qiaozhi had devoted her whole life to herpatiens and had chosen not to have a family of her own.Instead she made sure that about 50,000 babies were safely delivered.By th
13、is time I was very excited.Why not study at medical college like Lin Qiaozhi and carry on her good work?It was still not too late for me to improve my studies,prepare for the university entrance examinations , and ELIZABETH FRY When the Quaker Elizabeth married Joseph Fry,it seemed as if her life wo
14、uld be comfortable and peaceful.However,Elizabeth was not content with her easy life and her growing family.She saw many poor people living near her and she wanted to help them. One day she was asked to visit a prison .At first the prison officers did not want to let her visit the women prisoners be
15、cause they feared the prisoners would attack her,but Elizabeth was not afraid.She realized that the prisoners behave badlly because they were treated like animals.They had no beds,clean clothes,food or heating.Any child born in prison had to stay there and had no chance of an education.This meant th
16、ey would probably have to beg or steal when they grew up and then would return to prison.So the first thing Elizabeth did was to provide food,clean clothes and straw for beds.Later she began a prison schoolfor the chilldren and taught the women to sew,knit and make goods to sell.In this way they abl
17、e to make a little money for themselves and gain some self-respect.Her lindnesshelped her gain the friendshipof prisoners and they began to try to improve their conditions for themselves.Later Elizabeth was asked to go to the leaders of Britain to discuss how to improve the conditions for prisoners。
18、 Of course she did not do all the work on her own.Other Quaker women helped her and went around the country raising money for her wprk.Some people did not like her ideas and quarrelled with her.They said that she should spend more time with her family.Other people said she enjoyed being famous toomu
19、ch.However,her husband,Joseph,supported and encouraged her,so she continued working to help improve the lives of poor prisoners tillshe died.Her ideas did not disappear after her death and her work was remembered in 1947 when the Quakers were given the Noble Peace Prize. Unit 2 A pioneer for all peo
20、ple Although he is one of Chinas most famous scientists, Yuan Longping considers himself a farmer, for he works the land to do his research. Indeed, his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers, for whom he has struggled for the past fice de
21、cades. Dr Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid rice. In 1974, he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow Rick that has a high output. This special strain of Rick makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. Now more than 60% of the rice pr
22、oduced in China each year is from this hybrid strain. Born into a poor farmers family in 1930, Dr Yuan graduated from Southwest Agricultural College in 1953. Since then, finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. As a young man, he saw the great need for incresing the rice output. At tha
23、t time, hunger was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside. Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields. In 1950, Chinese farmers could produce only fifty million tons of rice. In a recent harvest, however, nearly two hundred million to
24、ns of rice was produced. These increased harvests mean that 22% of thwart worlds people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in China. Dr Yuan is now circulating his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other less developed countries to increase their rice harvests. Thanks to his research, farmers a
25、re producing harvests twice as large as before. Dr Yuan is quite satisfied with his life. However, he doesnt care about being famous. He feels it gives him less freedom to do his research. He would rather keep time for his hobbies. He enjoys listening to volin music, playing mah-jong, swimming and r
26、eading. Spending money on himself or leading a comfortable life also means very little to him. Indeed, he believes that a person with to much money has more rather than fewerby the afternoon and she is right.However,the evening makes it all worthwhile.We watch the mother chimpand her babies play in
27、the tree.Then we see them go to sleep together in their nest for the night.We realize that the bond between members of a chimp family is as strong as in a human family. Nobody before Jane fully understood chimp behaviour.She spent years observing and recording their daily activities.Since her childh
28、ood she had wanted to work with animals in their own environment.However,this was not easy.When she first arrived in Gombe in 1960,it was unusual for a woman to live in a forest.Only after her mother came to helpher for the first few months was she allowed to begin her project.Her work changed the w
29、ay people think of chimps.For example,one important thing she discovered was that chimps hunt and eat meat.Until then every thought chimps only eat fruit and nuts.She also discovered how chimps communicate with each other,and her study of their body language helped her work out their social system.
30、For forty years Jane Goodall has beenoutspoken about making the rest of the world understand and respect the life of these animals.She has argued that animals should be left in the wild and not used for entertainment or advertisements.She has helped to set up special places where the can live safely
31、.She is leading a busy life but she says: “Once I stop,it all comes crowding in and I remember the chimps in laboratories.Its terrible.It affacts me when I watch the wild chimps.I say to myself,Arent they lucky?And then I think about small chimps in cages though they have done nothing wrong.Once you
32、 have seen that you can never forget“ She has achieved everything she wanted to do:working with animals in their own environment,gaining a doctors degree and showing that women can live in the forest as men can.She inspires those who want to cheer the achievements of women. WHY NOT CARRY ON HER WORK
33、? I enjyed English ,biology,and chemistry at school,but which one should I choose to study at university ?i did not know the answer until one evening when I sat down at the computer to do some research on great women of China. By chance I came across an article about a doctor called Lin Qiaozhi, a s
34、pecalist in womens diseases.She lived from 1901 to 1983 .It seemed that she had been very busy in her chosen career ,travling abored to study as well as writing books and articles.One of them caught my eye. It was a small book explaining how to keeping babies clean,healthy and free from sickness.Why
35、 did she write that?Who were the women that Lin Qiaozhi thought needed this advice?I looked carefully at the text and realize that it was intended for women in the countryside.Perhaps if they had an emergency they could not reach a doctor. Suddenly it hit me how difficult it was for a woman to get m
36、edical training ata that time.That was a generation when girls education was always placred decond to boys.Was she so much cleverer than anyone else?Further reading made me realize that it was hard work and determination as well as her gentle nature that got her into medical school.What made her suc
37、ceed later on was the kindness and consideration she showed to all her patiens.There was story after story of how Lin Qiaozhi, tired after a days work,went late at night to deliver a baby for a pool family who could not pay her. By now I could not wait to find out more about her . I discovered that
38、Lin Qiaozhi had devoted her whole life to herpatiens and had chosen not to have a family of her own.Instead she made sure that about 50,000 babies were safely delivered.By this time I was very excited.Why not study at medical college like Lin Qiaozhi and carry on her good work?It was still not too l
39、ate for me to improve my studies,prepare for the university entrance examinations , and ELIZABETH FRY When the Quaker Elizabeth married Joseph Fry,it seemed as if her life would be comfortable and peaceful.However,Elizabeth was not content with her easy life and her growing family.She saw many poor
40、people living near her and she wanted to help them. One day she was asked to visit a prison .At first the prison officers did not want to let her visit the women prisoners because they feared the prisoners would attack her,but Elizabeth was not afraid.She realized that the prisoners behave badlly be
41、cause they were treated like animals.They had no beds,clean clothes,food or heating.Any child born in prison had to stay there and had no chance of an education.This meant they would probably have to beg or steal when they grew up and then would return to prison.So the first thing Elizabeth did was
42、to provide food,clean clothes and straw for beds.Later she began a prison schoolfor the chilldren and taught the women to sew,knit and make goods to sell.In this way they able to make a little money for themselves and gain some self-respect.Her lindnesshelped her gain the friendshipof prisoners and
43、they began to try to improve their conditions for themselves.Later Elizabeth was asked to go to the leaders of Britain to discuss how to improve the conditions for prisoners。 Of course she did not do all the work on her own.Other Quaker women helped her and went around the country raising money for
44、her wprk.Some people did not like her ideas and quarrelled with her.They said that she should spend more time with her family.Other people said she enjoyed being famous toomuch.However,her husband,Joseph,supported and encouraged her,so she continued working to help improve the lives of poor prisoner
45、s tillshe died.Her ideas did not disappear after her death and her work was remembered in 1947 when the Quakers were given the Noble Peace Prize. Unit 2 A pioneer for all people Although he is one of Chinas most famous scientists, Yuan Longping considers himself a farmer, for he works the land to do
46、 his research. Indeed, his sunburnt face and arms and his slim, strong body are just like those of millions of Chinese farmers, for whom he has struggled for the past fice decades. Dr Yuan Longping grows what is called super hybrid rice. In 1974, he became the first agricultural pioneer in the world
47、 to grow Rick that has a high output. This special strain of Rick makes it possible to produce one-third more of the crop in the same fields. Now more than 60% of the rice produced in China each year is from this hybrid strain. Born into a poor farmers family in 1930, Dr Yuan graduated from Southwes
48、t Agricultural College in 1953. Since then, finding ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. As a young man, he saw the great need for incresing the rice output. At that time, hunger was a disturbing problem in many parts of the countryside. Dr Yuan searched for a way to increase rice harvests
49、 without expanding the area of the fields. In 1950, Chinese farmers could produce only fifty million tons of rice. In a recent harvest, however, nearly two hundred million tons of rice was produced. These increased harvests mean that 22% of thwart worlds people are fed from just 7% of the farmland in China. Dr Yuan is now circulating his knowledge in India, Vietnam and many other less developed countries to increase their rice harvests. Thanks to his research, farmers are producing harvests twice as large
