【新人教版英语必修4|新人教版英语必修4 unit1 Reading 课件】1、READING TASK,Elizabeth Fry(1780 - 1845,In 1780 Elizabeth Gurney was born in Norwich into a rich Quaker family,Elizabeth was well educated, which was unusual for a girl in those days,She first visited Newgate Prison in 1813 and was horrified by what she saw,Later, although Elizabeth had 11 children,。

2、she continued to do her charity work,In 1817 Elizabeth organised a group to help female prisoners at Newgate prison,She started a prison school for the children to give them something to do,The 1823 Gaol Act was passed by Parliament, and some improvements were made,In 1818 Elizabeth was asked to spe 。

3、ak to people in Parliament about the prisons,She wrote a book about prison conditions,Elizabeth visited prisons all over Britain and argued for improvements,Elizabeth Fry continued to help others until she died on 12 October 1845,Elizabeth FryBorn died in 1845,She taught the women to sew, knit and m 。

4、ake goods,Read the passage and then fill the chart below,She provided food, clean clothes and straw for beds,She began a prison school for the children,Now imagine what each of these people might have said,There are plenty of people to look after them, but these prisoners have only me to care about。

5、them,I agree with what my wife does. We should help those less fortunate than ourselves,Before she came we had no hope and no chance to change our life. Now we have the possibility of a new start. She has made a great difference,Language points,However, Elizabeth was not content with her easy life a 。

6、nd her growing family. 但是伊丽莎白并不满足于她的自在的 生活和日益兴盛的家庭 。
be content with sth be content to do sth . He is content to eat simple food,2. So the first thing Elizabeth did was to provide food, clean clothes and straw for beds. the first thing是主语, Elizabeth did 是定语从句, 修饰先行词thing, 从句的引导词that因在句中作宾语而被省略 。
was是系 。

7、动词, to provide . beds 是动词不定式短语作表语,3. Of course she did not do all the work on her own. 当然她并非仅靠自己去做所有这一切工作的 。
on ones own 1) without help 靠自己 I can solve this problem on my own. 我能自己解决这个问题,2) alone 独自, 独立地 Im on my own today. 相关短语: call sth. ones own 声称某物为自己所有 come into ones own 得到自己应得的东西,hold ones own 坚持住;
支持住;
坚守住;
不被打败 of ones own 属于某人自己的 e.g. The soldier is holding his own. 那个士兵还能坚持 。
They all think that she has a mind of her own. 他们都认为她是一个有主见的人,Thank you 。

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