内容正文:
People of Achievement
Unit 1
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Who is the woman in the photo?
What is happening in the photo?
She is Tu Youyou.
She is being awarded the Nobel Prize.
Tu Youyou
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Pre-reading
Reading and Thinking
pre reading
Where would you most likely find this passage?
The title
The date
The illustrations
In a newspaper
News story
A. in a blog. B. in a book.
C. in a letter D. in a newspaper.
Passage like this are most often written in and .
A the active voice / offer many opinions
B the first person / talk about feelings
C both active and passive voices / mostly contain facts
Reading and Thinking
fast reading
Read for structure & main idea (2 mins)
Structure
Para 4: The news again
The news about Tu Youyou winning the award and the significance of discovering artemisinin.
Tu’s life experience and the research process of discovering artemisinin.
Tu’s comments and feelings
Para 1: The news
Para 2&3: The story
Reading and Thinking
detail reading
This year's Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to TU Youyou (Co-winner), whose research led to the discovery of artemisinin, a crucial new treatment for malaria. Artemisinin has saved hundreds of thousands of lives, and has led to improved health for millions of people. Over 200 million people around the world get malaria each year, and about 600,000 die from it. Artemisinin has become a vital part of the treatment for malaria, and is thought to save 100,000 lives a year in Africa alone.
NEWS:
When, Who, What, Why, Where, How......
when
what
who
why
Para 1
Read for details
What do the numbers suggest?
The numbers tell us
malaria
artemisinin
A serious disease carried by mosquitoes, which causes periods of fever & shivering .
A crucial new treatment for malaria.
Summarize the news in Para. 1
Yesterday, has been awarded this year's for the discovery of , a new treatment for