Here you can listen to parts of two interviews she gave to Terry Gross (Fresh Air, NPR) in 1993 and 1999 where she talks about how she managed to make a career for herself to become the world-leading chimpanzee expert with no previous scientific training but with a passion for wild animals, starting in the 1950's as a secretary to palaeontologist Louis Leaky in Tanzania. She also talks about the complex social interactions of chimpanzees she observed and the similarities she found to human behaviour: how chimps communicate, how they make their own tools, how they bring up their infants, how they make war against rival groups etc. This long interview (37') has a script, so it can be recommended for C1 students and above, who will come across interesting expressions to learn or to activate like: a conservationist, groundbreaking [observations], mating [patterns], a host of [awards], to tackle [problems], offspring, to charge, bristling [hair], to drag [branches], to stamp [on me], to push, a baboon, a bush pig, dull [eyes], to get on with their lives, to lean [away from the microphone], striking, to embrace, to pat (one another on the back) to swagger, to tickle, a Band-Aid, Epsom salts, the undergrowth, a queer (white-skinned ape), to run off, oil [nut] palm, to groom, to peer, involvement, a wimp, a [return] fare, to be impressed, a gorge, a track, a trail, a scheme, to tramp [off], the bush, to stamp, to snort, to be charged [by a buffalo], a close call, a bully, rugged [ground], to knock [me] over, to charge, to drag, to crack [open] [my head], [to get] mad [at him], to squat, a twig, [to seem] unlikely, a mound, to crunch [them] [up], uproar, mothering, attentive, supportive, harsh, a toddling [child], a raid, a splinter [group], to twist, a limb, a prey, [primate] heritage.
For further information, you can watch the following National Geographic documentary (1h:30') Jane Goodall, an Inside Look, by Brett Morgen on YouTube, which can be watched with subtitles and is recommended for B2 students and above: