内容正文:
Reading and Thinking
Unit 1
People of Achievement
Try to become not a man of success, but rather a man of value.
---Albert Einstein
Part 01
Lead-in
Hua Tuo was a renowned surgeon during the Eastern Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms era of China. The Book of Later Han records Hua Tuo as the first person in China to use anesthesia(麻醉) during surgery.
Li Shizhen was a famous medical scientist in Ming Dynasty. He wrote a famous book Compendium of Materia Medica(本草纲目), which is a collection of Chinese herbs . He visited mountains, tasted different kinds of herbs and even did experiments on himself .
They are both Chinese doctors who used herbs(草药) for treatment in ancient times.
Part 02
pre-reading
Where would you most likely find this passage?
A. In a blog.
B. In a book.
C. In a letter.
D. In a newspaper.
Pre-reading
If you were a journalist, what aspects would you write about according to the title?
Pre-reading
Who is Tu Youyou?
Why did she try to find artemisinin?
What did she do to win the Nobel Prize?
…
Part 03
while-reading
Read for structure
Headline: 新闻的题目,是对最有新闻价值的内容的浓缩、概括和提炼。
Lead: 简要叙述报道的核心内容 (时间、地点、人物和事件)
Body: 消息的主要部分交代事件发生的主要细节(过程及结果)
Ending: 对该事件进行简要的总结和评价。
Read for main ideas
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Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
The process of discovering artemisinin by Tu Youyou and her team.
The news about Tu Youyou winning the Nobel Prize and the significance of discovering artemisinin.
Tu Youyou's comment when hearing the news.
Careful- reading:
This year's Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to TU Youyou (Co-winner), whose research led to the discovery of artemisinin, a crucial new treatment for malaria. Artemisinin has saved hundreds of thousands of lives, and has led to improved health for millions of people. Over 200 million people around the world get malaria each year, and about 600,000 die from it. Artemisinin has become a vital part of the treatment for malaria, and is thought to save 100,000 lives a year in Africa alone.
Para 1
1. Underline the lead (导语) of the news report.
2. Circle the numbers in this paragraph. What do they suggest?
the damage of malaria;
good effects of artemisinin;
_______ on 30 Dec. 1930. Ningbo, China
was born
Read Para 2 & 3 and make a timeline of Tu Youyou
_________ from Peking University
graduated
_________ to be the first researchers to...
was chosen
became the ______ of the project in Beijing
head
_________ in discovering artemisinin
succeeded
____________ the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
was awarded
1930
1955
1967
1969
1971
2015
Complete the flow chart of discovering artemisinin.
Tu’s team examined ______________
_____________, and evaluated _______ _________________________________
They discovered and tested __________ ______________________________
They tested _______________________
_________________________________
They tried ________________________
_________________________________
but______________________________
They used a _____________________
_______the sweet wormwood extract.
They found one medical text
suggesting _____________________
______________________________
They tested the medicine _____________ to see if safe.
They tested the medicine on___________.
The medicine became _______________ ___________ for malaria.
over 2,000 old
280,000
380 distinct
using the extract from
sweet wormwood to treat a fever.
a collection of dried
boiling fresh wormwood and using the liquid obtained from it
this didn’t work either.
lower temperature to draw
on themselves
malaria patients
a standard
medical texts
plants for their medical properties.
ancient Chinese medical treatments
wormwood leaves but found no effect
treatment
out
Para 4:
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“The honor is not just mine. There is a team behind me, and all the people of my country. This 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.”
What kind of person is Tu Youyou according to her quote?
Suggested answer:
She is modest, patriotic and thinks little of fame and money…
Careful reading---Para. 4
According to Tu Youyou, the discovery of artemisinin was a team effort. Upon hearing that she had been awarded the Nobel Prize, she said, “The honour is not just mine. There is a team behind me, and all the people of my country. This 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.”
Part 04
post-reading
What kind of person is Tu Youyou? And state your reasons.
Discussion
尽心尽力的;坚定的
锲而不舍的
坚持的
determined
persistent
scientific spirits
patient
committed
perseverant
1. What do you think contributes to the discovery of artemisinin?
2.Why could Tu Youyou achieve great success?
The support of government
Relentless efforts of Tu and her team and their personal characteristics
Professional knowledge of Tu and other excellent scientists
Inspiration from Chinese traditional medicine
Discussion
Part 05
Language
Points
insist意为“坚持说;坚决认为”时,后面的宾语从句不用虚拟语气。
insist on sth. 坚称某事;坚决要求某事
insist on/upon doing sth. 坚持要做某事
练习:They insisted that we _____________ (send) to the countryside to work as practice teachers.
(should) be sent
insist
vital
absolutely vital 至关重要
vital importance/information/interests/organs/role/signs
至关重要/关键信息/切身利益/重要器官/重要的作用/生命体征
It is vital that.../to do sth ……很重要
vitally adv. 极其;绝对
练习:隐私和信任极其重要。
Privacy and trust are __________ ____________.
vitally important
distinct
distinctive adj.特别的,独特的
distinctly adv.清楚地;非常
distinction n.区别;卓越
clear/sharp distinction 明显的不同
make/draw a distinction between A and B 区别A和B
练习:He ___________ (distinct) remembered the day his father left.
distinctly
1.distinct---adj.“not indentical, not the same”“clearly perceptible by sense”
所以,distinct作为形容词一般是两个用法:
There are four distinct types.有四种完全不同的类型。
The outline of the ship became more distinct.船的轮廓变得更加清晰了。
即adj.截然不同的,明显不同的;清楚的,明显的
词组:as distinct from sth. 完全不同于...
a movie star, as distinct from an actor 一个电影明星,和演员是两回事
短语
be distinct from…
without distinction 没有区别
2.distinctive adj.having a quality or characteristic that makes sth different and easily
noticed.
强调的是独特的,特别的,有特色的
3.distinguish v.to recognize and understand the difference between two or more
things or people.
a method of distinguishing cancer cells from normal tissue
辨别癌细胞和正常组织的一种方法
延伸义:to be the thing that makes sb. or sth. different or special.
The factor that distinguishes this company from the competition is customer service.
使这家公司从竞争中脱颖而出的因素是它的客户服务。
distinction 英 [dɪ'stɪŋkʃn] 美 [dɪ'stɪŋkʃn]n.荣誉;差别;优秀;对比;区分
相关例句
These are the highest distinctions that have ever been given by our government.
这些是我国政府迄今授予的最高荣誉称号。
He passed the examination with distinction.
他以优异成绩通过考试。
She had the distinction of being the first woman to swim the Channel.
她卓尔不群,因为她是第一个横渡英吉利海峡的女子。
There is a distinction between what he says and what he does.
他言行不一。
易混单词(Book 2 Unit 2)
extinct adj. 灭绝的
extinction n.灭绝
Homework
Find more information about women of great achievement on the Internet and find more information about Tu.
Write a short passage of Tu following the clues in the passage.
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