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Lesson 1 A Medical Pioneer
UNIT 6
THE ADMIRABLE
By the end of this period, students will be able to:
read and talk about Tu Youyou, a medical pioneer;
read for general understanding;
read for specific information and write a summary of the text.
CONTENTS
Pre-reading
I
While-reading
II
Post-reading
III
Sentences analysis
IV
Lead-in
What do you know about malaria?
Malaria is a mosquito-borne and infectious disease. The word “malarial” comes from the Latin word for “bad air”.
People suffer from high fever,serious vomiting and terrible headaches when they have the disease.
Malaria kills over 1,000,000 people a year—more people than any disease apart from AIDS.
The drug with artemisinin has proved to be the most effective cure. There is currently no effective vaccine against malaria.
疟疾
传染的
呕吐
艾滋病
青蒿素
疫苗
Pre-reading
Share with a partner what you know about Tu Youyou. You can use the phrases below.
a medical researcher
a Nobel Prize winner
a female scientist
to find a cure for malaria
to discover a life-saving drug called
artemisinin
Who made great contributions to defeating malaria?
1. Where would you most likely find this passage?
A. In a website.
B. In a novel.
C. In a letter.
D. In a newspaper.
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While-reading
2. What do you expect to read in a news article about Tu Youyou?
A brief introduciton of her.
What is her achievement?
How did she make the achievement?
...
1. What does the passage mainly talk about?
The passage is mainly about ____________ _______________________________________________.
the first Chinese female scientist to win the Nobel Prize
Tu Youyou,
Activity 1 Fast-reading for main ideas
2. Match the main ideas with each part.
Basic information of Tu Youyou and her scientific work
Attitudes
The Nobel Prize Award ceremony
Activity 2 Careful-reading for details
1. Complete the mind map below.
when
The Nobel Prize
on 7 Dec, 2015
who
Tu Youyou
what
the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
why
the discovery of artemisinin
Ac