高一英语人教版必修4课件：Unit1WomenofachievementReadingtask.pptVIP

1. However, Elizabeth was not content with her easy life and her growing family. 然而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. 对……满足 e.g. Are you content with your present living condition? He is content to eat simple food. 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 动词, to provide ... beds是动词不定式短 语作表语。 2. So the first thing Elizabeth did was to provide food, clean clothes and straw for beds. 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的工作。 on one’s own 1) without help 靠自己 e.g. 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 e.g. I’m on my own today. 相关短语: call sth. one’s own 声称某物为自己所有 come into one’s own 得到自己应得的东西 hold one’s own 坚持住, 支持住; 坚守住, 不被打败 of one’s 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。 Elizabeth Fry?(1780 - 1845) Elizabeth Fry was a Quaker (贵格会教徒, 属 于基督教派, 废除礼仪, 反对暴力和战争) who became famous for her work to reform the prison system in Britain in the early nineteenth century. By her example she inspired other women to play a fuller role in society: it was unusual for women to have a voice outside the home. It was also unusual for a Quaker to be so prominent, because at that time the Quaker movement was going through a quietist phase, and was very inward looking. In 1780 Elizabeth Gurney was born in Norwich into a rich Quaker family. Elizabeth was well educated, which was unusual for a girl i