内容正文:
People of Achievement
Unit 1
Reading and Thinking
Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become a man of value.
——Albert Einstein
努力不是为了功成名就,而是为了成为有价值的人。
Who is the woman in the photo?
What is happening in the photo?
What’s the reaction of people present when this is happening? why?
Everyone present is standing up to show respect and admiration to her.
She is Tu Youyou.
She is being awarded the Nobel Prize.
Lead in
Pre-reading: How much do you know about Tu Youyou?
malaria 疟疾
artemisinin
青蒿素
Malaria
【reason】:mosquito
【symptoms】chill(着凉), fever(发热), sweat(出汗)
extract 提取物
sweet wormwood 青蒿
cure
Pre-reading
Skimming: Read the title and answer the questions.
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. Passages 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
To be more objective and more convincing.
3. Which two pieces of information were
not included in the passage?
A. A quote from Tu Youyou
B. The details of how artmisinin was discovered.
C. Tu Youyou’s important contributions other than the discovery of artmisinin.
D. Tu Youyou’s personal life.
E. Tu Youyou’s road to discovering artmisninin.
F. What Tu Youyou was awarded?
G. Why artmisinin is an important discovery.
Para.4
Para.3
Para.2&3
Para.1
Para.1
Skimming: skim the passage and answer the question.
Scanning:Match the main idea with each paragraph
Tu’s response to the award
The introduction of Tu Youyou and her team
The discovery of the artemmisinin
Tu Youyou won the Nobel Prize
Read for text structure
Divide the text into three parts
part1
part2
part3
The news
the research process
The significance
Read the text again and answer the questi