浙江省诸暨市草塔中学高中英语（人教版）必修4课件：Unit 1 Reading task.pptVIP

Read the article quickly and find the answers to these questions: 1. How did the women prisoners live? They were being 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 receiving an education. 2. What did Elizabeth Fry do to help them? She provided food, clean clothes and straw for beds. Later she began a prison school for the children and taught the women to sew, knit and make goods to sell. And later she was asked to go to the leaders of Britain to discuss how to improve the conditions for prisoners. 3. What’s the result of her effort? There are three results. One is that the women prisoners got some self-respect and improved their conditions for themselves. The second is that her deeds influent some other women to join in the activity to help the women prisoners. The last one and also the most important one is that in 1947, after she died long time, the Quakers were given the Nobel Peace Prize. Elizabeth Fry’s suggestions. Notes on English prisons in the nineteenth century She taught the women to sew, knit and make goods. Read the story of Elizabeth Fry and fill in the form below. The women were treated like animals. * * Check the answers of the textbook. Exercise 2 on P42 kindness/ consideration, consideration/ kindness, emergency, deliver, intended, came across, sickness, audience 1. It’s worthwhile to improve the working conditions for the factory workers. 2. Her behaviour inspire others to carry on the fight for wildlife protection. 3. As a student, you should be modest and not look down upon the classmates who don’t know as much as you do. zxxk P42 Ex.3 4. If human beings go on behaving like this, we will be short of energy soon. 5. Many of the young generation enjoy foreign music and films. 6. If you want to know how to translate this sentence, you’d better refer to a dictionary. 7. When the parade moved off from the square, the people crowded in. Readin