Unit 1 People of Achievement Reading and Thinking 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册

People of Achievement 1. Where are these people probably? The Stocknolm Concert Hall 2. What’s happening in this photo? Tu Youyou, a famous scientist was being awarded the Nobel Prize 3. Look at the people in the hall, why are they all standing? How do they feel? Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become a man of value. ---Albert Einstein Is Tu Youyou a person of success or a person of value? Reading and Thinkng Learning Objectives Figure out the main structure of the news report by calssfying and organizing the key information. Learnign about Tu Youyou’s life and the process of discovering artemisinin. Identify the qualities of Tu Youyou to make her a person of great achievement. 1. Pre-readnig 2. While-readnig 3. Post-readnig Contents Pre--reading Before you read, discuss these questions in groups. 1. What kind of person makes great discoveries? 2. Which is more important for making discovery, talent or effort? While--Reading Activity1: Read the whole passage and the question. 1. Look at the title and the pictures on page 2. Where would you most likely read this passage？ A In a blog B In a book C In a letter D In a newspaper 2. What do you think will be talked about? Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of artemisin. 3. Why is passive voice often used in a news report? To be more objective 4. Why does it contain more facts than personal opinions? To be more objective and more convincing 4. Which two pieces of information were not included in the passage? A .A quote from Tu Youyou. B .The details of how artemisinin was discovered. C .Tu Youyou’s important contributions other than the discovery of artemisinin. D. Tu Youyou’s personal life. E .Tu Youyou’s road to discovering artemisinin. F. What Tu Youyou was awarded. G. Why artemisinin is an important discovery. Key: C; D Activity 2: Scan Paragraph 1 to find the two adjectives describing the discovery of artemisinin. Key: crucial, vital Activity 3: Read para2 and fill in the chart below. Name : _________________ Identity: ________________ Birthplace: ______________ Birthday: ________________ University: _______________ Discoverity: ______________ Award:_______________ Who is Tu Youyou? Tu Youyou committed scientist Ningbo, China 30 December 1930 Peking University Artemisinin Nobel Prize Activity 3: Read Paragraphs 2 and 3 to sort out the process of discovering artemisinin. Tu Youyou’s team examined old medical texts , and evaluated plants for their medical properties. They found a medical text suggesting using the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever. They tested a collection of dried wormwood leaves but found no effect . They tried boiling fresh wormwood, and using the liquid obtained from this to treat malaria , but this did not work either. They used a lower temperature to draw out the sweet wormwood extract. They tested the medicine on themselves to see if safe. They tested the medicine on malaria patients. The medicine became a standard treatment for malaria . Activity 4: Read Paragraph 4 and fill in the table below. The discovery of artemisinin Reason 1 Reason 1 According to Tu Youyou, the discovery of artemisinin was a team effort.Upon hearing that she had awarded the The Nobel Prize, she said,“The honour is not just mine. there is a team behind me, and all the people of my country.The success proves the great value of traditional Chinese medicine It is indeed an honour for China’s scientific research and Chinese medicine to be spread around the world.” Team effort The great value of traditional Chinese medicine Post--Reading Nobel prize for Physiology or Medicine award sb sth=award sth to sb a crucial treatment fro malaria hundreds of thounds die from be thought to a committed and patient scientist the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine 诺贝尔生理学或医学奖 授予某人某物 至关重要的抗疟疾药物 成千上万 死于 被认为 坚定有耐心的科学家 中国中医 科学院 with the object of in the begining medical properties show promise in the fight against malaria no effect get stuck acknowledge defeat by chance 以....为目标 开始 药用性 有望战胜疟疾 没有效果 陷入僵局 认输 偶然 draw out insist on doing sth medical properties test the medicine on sb make sure that upon hearing that the great value of scientific research 提取 坚持做某事 以....为目标 在某人身上测试药物 确保...... 一听到...... ......的巨大价值 科学研究 1.Tu Youyou’s research led to the ______________(discover) of artemisinin. 2. Artemisinin ____________(think) to save 100,000 lives a year in Africa alone. 3. Tu Youyou was among the first researchers _____________(choose). 4.Tu Youyou decided to review ancient Chinese medical texts __________(find) traditonal botanical treatments for the disease. 5. They used the liquid ___________(obtain) from wormwood to treat malaria. 6. After ___________(fail) more than 190 times, the team fianlly succeeded in 1971. 7. Later, the medicine was tested on malaria patients, most of ________ recovered. 8. Unpon _________(hear) that she had been awarded the Nobel Prize, she said:“The honor is not just mine. ” 重点知识点回顾与反思 discovery is thought chosen to find obtained failing failing hearing $$