内容正文:
PEOPLE OF ACHIEVEMENT
TU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE
Learning objectives
To read to know about Tu Youyou and her achievements.
To read for specific information and understanding words in context.
To talk about what greatness means and how it is achieved.
Look and discuss:
1. Who is the woman in the photo?
2. What is happening in this photo?
(who? what? where?)
Pre-reading
Tu Youyou received her 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine(诺贝尔生理学或医学奖) in Sweden.
Sweden (瑞典)
How gaily call the deer,
While eating southernwood.
——Xu Yuanchong
Sweet wormwood
artemisinin
extract
treatment
Some basic information you need know before reading
Malaria
【reason】mosquito
【symptoms】chill, fever, sweat
treatment
Look at the layout and predict.
1. Where would you most likely find this
passage? A. In a blog B. In a book
C. In a letter D. In a newspaper
2. What is the text type?
√
The title
The date
The lead
导语
The illustrations 插图
A news story.
Task 3
Scan the text and find descriptive words about Tu Youyou.
Find descriptive words:
Pay attention to the descriptive words in a passage. These will help you form a better impression of the subject described in the passage.
committed
patient
Skim the passage and match the main idea to each paragraph.
The process of discovering artemisinin by Tu Youyou and her team.
The news about Tu Youyou winning the Nobel Prize and the significance of discovering artemisinin.
Tu Youyou’s attitude to honour.
Paragraph 1
(The news)
Paragraphs 2 and 3
(The story)
Paragraph 4
(The news)
the structure of a news report
Inverted pyramid (倒金字塔)
01
Who-What-When-Where-Why-How
This should all be included in the first paragraph and include the date and location.
Lead (5W1H)
02
This is where you list the second most important information. Go into more details about the event, product, human interest story, or a second quote.
Body
Lesser details.
03
End
—— the most important to the least important
name
picture
reporter
date
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