READINGTASK,ElizabethFry(1780-1845),In1780ElizabethGurneywasborninNorwichintoarichQuakerfamily.,Elizabethwaswelleducated,whichwasunusualforagirlinthosedays.,ShefirstvisitedNewgatePrisonin1813andwashorrifiedbywhatshesaw.,Later,althoughElizabethhad11children,shecontinuedtodohercharitywork.,In1817ElizabethorganisedagrouptohelpfemaleprisonersatNewgateprison.,Shestartedaprisonschoolforthechildrentogivethemsomethingtodo.,The1823GaolActwaspassedbyParliament,andsomeimprovementsweremade.,In1818ElizabethwasaskedtospeaktopeopleinParliamentabouttheprisons.,Shewroteabookaboutprisonconditions.,ElizabethvisitedprisonsalloverBritainandarguedforimprovements.,ElizabethFrycontinuedtohelpothersuntilshediedon12October1845.,ElizabethFryBorndiedin1845.,Shetaughtthewomentosew,knitandmakegoods.,Readthepassageandthenfillthechartbelow.,Sheprovidedfood,cleanclothesandstrawforbeds.,Shebeganaprisonschoolforthechildren.,Nowimaginewhateachofthesepeoplemighthavesaid.,Thereareplentyofpeopletolookafterthem,buttheseprisonershaveonlymetocareaboutthem.,Iagreewithwhatmywifedoes.Weshouldhelpthoselessfortunatethanourselves.,Beforeshecamewehadnohopeandnochancetochangeourlife.Nowwehavethepossibilityofanewstart.Shehasmadeagreatdifference.,Languagepoints,However,Elizabethwasnotcontentwithhereasylifeandhergrowingfamily.但是伊麗莎白并不滿足于她的自在的生活和日益興盛的家庭。becontentwithsthbecontenttodosth.Heiscontenttoeatsimplefood.,2.SothefirstthingElizabethdidwastoprovidefood,cleanclothesandstrawforbeds.thefirstthing是主語,Elizabethdid是定語從句,修飾先行詞thing,從句的引導(dǎo)詞that因在句中作賓語而被省略。was是系動(dòng)詞,toprovide.beds是動(dòng)詞不定式短語作表語。,3.Ofcourseshedidnotdoalltheworkonherown.當(dāng)然她并非僅靠自己去做所有這一切工作的。ononesown1)withouthelp靠自己Icansolvethisproblemonmyown.我能自己解決這個(gè)問題。,2)alone獨(dú)自,獨(dú)立地Imonmyowntoday.相關(guān)短語:callsth.onesown聲稱某物為自己所有comeintoonesown得到自己應(yīng)得的東西,holdonesown堅(jiān)持住;支持住;堅(jiān)守住;不被打敗ofonesown屬于某人自己的e.g.Th