Unit 1 People of Achievement Reading and Thinking 课件-2024-2025学年高中英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册

Unit 1 PEOPLE OF ACHIEVEMENT — Reading & Thinking Lead in What’s this kind of plant called? sweet wormwood 青蒿 Who comes to your mind? What can be extracted (提取) from the plant? artemisinin 青蒿素 2 What do you know about Tu Youyou? She was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2015 for discovering artemisinin. 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? … Prediction: 2. If you are a news editor, what would you write to cover the event? 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 where? how? why? was she awarded? did she discover artemisinin? was her discovery so important? Skimming Read the title and answer the questions. 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. Skimming Read the title and answer the questions. 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 Skimming Read the title and answer the questions. 3. 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. Para. 1 The news about Tu Youyou winning the Nobel Prize and the significance of discovering artemisinin. Why is the discovery of artemisinin so important？ Please locate the numbers and the related verbs in this paragraph. Numbers 1. over 200 million people around the world each year get malaria 2. about 600,000 die from malaria 3. hundreds of thousands of lives 4. millions of people have saved have led to improved health for are thought to save 5.100,000 lives a year in Africa alone Find two adj. describing the discovery of artemisinin. crucial, vital How was artemisinin discovered? Read for details Facts The life story of Tu Youyou: read paragraph 2 and paragraph 3 carefully and fill in the timeline below. 2015 born on 30 Dec. 1930. Ningbo, China. 1971 1969 1967 1955 1930 graduated from Peking University became a researcher to fight malaria was appointed head of the project succeeded in discovering artemisinin was awarded the Nobel Prize Birth Education Research • was born in ________, China • graduated from ________________________________ • became the ______ of the project in Beijing • decided to review __________________________ (how artemisinin was discovered) • received the 2015 ________________________________ a team effort; an honour for ___________________ _________ and _________________ TU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE • joined in a team with scientists with the objective of ____________________________________ • the team succeeded after failing more than ____ times tested on ___________; tested on ______________ 1930 1955 1967 1969 1971 2015 Ningbo Peaking University Medical School discovering a new treatment for malaria head ancient Chinese medical texts 190 themselves malaria patients Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine China's scientific research Chinese medicine Read paragraph 2 and 3 to complete the graphic organizer . Para 4: ﹋﹋﹋﹋ “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.” ◎What kind of person do you think Tu Youyou is? Use some descriptive words to describe Tu Youyou. ◎What evidence is there for your answer? cooperative committed persistent modest extraordinary patient …… the spirit of never-give-up Supporting evidence 1. However, Tu Youyou would not acknowledge defeat. 2. After failing more than 190 times, the team finally succeeded in 1971. 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 Choose the right item from the box to complete the summary. graduate, save, safe, medicine, value, fever, government Co-winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, Tu Youyou, is known as the discoverer of artemisinin — 1. ________ that has improved the health of millions and 2. _________ hundreds of thousands of lives. Born in Ningbo, China in 1930, after 3. _________ from Peking University Medical School in 1955, she worked at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing before joining a team formed by the Chinese 4. __________ to discover a new treatment for malaria in 1967. medicine saved graduating government graduate, save, safe, medicine, value, fever, government Becoming the head of the project in 1969 she reviewed ancient Chinese medical texts, finding one mentioning wormwood extract to treat a(n) 5. ________. After many trials and failures, an effective treatment, artemisinin, was obtained, which the team tested on themselves to make sure it was 6. ________. Later, tests on malaria patients proved successful. According to Tu Youyou, artemisinin's success was a team effort and proved the 7. ________ of traditional Chinese medicine. fever safe value $$