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。
She is the winner of the Nobel Prize.
What do you know about Tu Youyou?
She discovered artemisinin to treat malaria.
Learning objectives
1. know the process of how Tu Youyou and her team discover artemisinin.
2. know waht kind of person Tu Youyou is.
C. Tu Youyou’s attitude to honour
B. The news about Tu winning the Nobel Prize and the significance of her discovery
A. The process of discovering artemisinin
Paragraph 1
(news)
Paragraphs 2 and 3
(story)
Paragraph 4.
(news)
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.
1. Why is the discovery of artemisinin important?
2. What was the key to getting a good extract from the wormwood?
3. What numbers are mentioned in the text? What do they suggest?
4. Why is Tu Youyou considered a great person?
1. Why is the discovery of artemisinin important?
Artemisinin has saved hundreds of thousands of lives and has improved the health for millions of people.
2. What was the key to getting a good extract from the wormwood?
Using a lower temperature to draw out the extr