Unit 1 People of Achievement Learning about Language Build up your vocabulary 课件-2023-2024学年高二英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册

Unit 1 People of Achievement —Learning about Language Build up your vocabulary By the end of the class, we will be able to ✮recognize the words concerning people of achievement; ✮learn about the profile (简介) of a great person; ✮apply the topic-related words to new situations. Learning Objectives Tu Youyou Who is she? 1. Born in Ningbo, China in 1930, she was a devoted and patient scientist. 2. She was awarded with the 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of a vital new treatment, artemisinin(青蒿素). Tu Youyou 1. Born in Ningbo, China in 1930, she was a devoted and patient scientist. 2. She was awarded with the 2015 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery of a vital new treatment, artemisinin. honored committed crucial “It’s my great ______ to have the opportunity to be here”, Tu Youyou said. She is ________ for an entirely new anti-malarial treatment, artemisinin. She is _________ with the 2015 Nobel Prize or Medicine. honor honored honored (a good name or reputation given for someone’s outstanding performance) Tip 1: English definitions 1. honor (n.) & (v.) Guess the meaning of the underlined words. Then fill in the blanks with their proper forms. (Individual work) She is so __________ to the research that she spares no effort to find the solution. She ________ herself to limitless chemical experiments. It is her _____________ that makes the discovery possible. commits commited commitment adj.-->v. commit v.-->n. commitment Tip 2: derivation(派生词)-----the process to add a prefix or suffix to an already existing form to create a word 2. committed give all your time or effort to your work With the objective of finding a new treatment, her team examined 2,000 old medical texts and evaluated 280,000 plants. Despite the bad results, she still didn’t acknowledge defeat. After failing 190 times, they finally succeeded in obtaining the pure substance(物质). They ev