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Unit 1 People of Achievement
Reading and Thinking
Abigail
Tu Youyou Awarded Nobel Prize
6 October 2015
1. Figure out the main structure of the news report by classifying and organizing the key information.
2. Learnign about Tu Youyou’s life and the process of discovering artemisinin.
3. Identify the qualities of Tu Youyou to make her a person of great achievement.
Learning objetives
Word Family
physiological adj.生理(学)的(geography→geographical )
physic n.医学,医术,泻药
physical adj.身体的; 物质的
(physical exercise/health→mental health)
physician n.内科医生 resident physician住院医师physics n.物理 physicist n.物理学家
n. analysis
adj.
★insist vi.& vt.坚持;坚决要求
His parents insisted on him/his studying medicine at university. 他的父母坚持让他大学学医。
They insisted on being given every detail of the case. 他们坚决要求说明事情的来龙去脉。
The young man insisted that he was innocent.
这个年轻人坚持说他是无辜的。
The man insisted that the boy should be sent to hospital. 这个人坚决要求把男孩送到医院。
记一记·长知识
(1)insist做“坚持”讲时,其后的宾语从句用陈述语气;做“坚决要求”讲时,其后的宾语从句用虚拟语气,即(should)+do。
(2)insist on doing sth 坚持做某事
insist on sb/one's doing sth 坚持要某人做某事
【即学即用】
单句语法填空
①They insisted on __________(play) their music late at night.
②He insisted that he ______________(set) free at once.
句型转换
③He insisted on his wife coming to the party.
He insisted that _____ ______ ______ _____ _____ _______.
playing
be set
his wife come to
the party
scientist n.科学家
wear out(使)磨损;(使)用坏;使精疲力竭;使疲乏
Machines soon wear out under rough usage.
机器如果使用不仔细,很快就会磨损。
Now there are more and more modern things, if you want to gain them all, you can wear yourself out.
现在流行的东西越来越多,如果你想全部拥有他们,你将使自己精疲力竭。
conclude v.下结论
预习稿
1)the discovery of artemisinin(青蒿素)
2)a crucial new treatment for malaria(疟疾)
3)a vital part of the treatment for malaria
4)the objective of discovering a new treatment for malaria
5)traditional botanical treatments
6)evaluate their medical properties
7)distinct ancient Chinese medical treatments
8)boil fresh wormwood(艾草)
9)liquid obtained from wormwood
10)analyse the medical text
11)draw out the extract
青蒿素的发现
治疗疟疾的重要组成部分
不同的古中药治疗方法
煮新鲜的艾草
从艾草中提取的液体
分析医学文献
提取汁液
至关重要的新型抗疟疾药物
评估它们的药性
传统的植物疗法
目标是找到一种治疗疟疾的新方法
--Albert
Einstein
Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become a man of value.
Who is the woman in the photo?
What is happening in the photo?
What’s the reaction of people present when this is happening? why?
The woman is Tu Youyou.
She is being awarded the Nobel Prize.
Everyone present is standing up to show respect and admiration to her
Pre-reading
malaria疟疾
sweet wormwood青蒿
extract提取物
artemisinin青蒿素
cure
Malaria
【reason】:mosquito
【symptoms】chill(着凉), fever(发热), sweat(出汗)
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Pre-reading
1.Read the title and answer the question.
Where would you most likely find this passage?
A In a blog B In a book
C In a letter D In a newspaper
Task 1: Skimming:
While -reading
Task 1: Scanning:
While -reading
Tu’s team tested but found no effect.
They then tried , and using the liquid obtained from this to treat malaria, but this did not work either.
Using to draw out the extract, she found a substance that worked.
After , the team finally succeeded in 1971.
Tu Youyou and her team members to make sure that it was safe.
Later, the medicine was tested on , most of whom recovered.
a collection of dried wormwood leaves
boiling fresh wormwood
a lower temperature
failing more than 190 times
testing the medicine on themselves
malaria patients
②.Finding the methods Tu’s team tested sweet wormwood.
Read the text again and answer the questions.
1. Why is the discovery of artemisinin important?
Artemisinin has saved hundreds of thousands of lives and has improved the health for millions of people.
2. What was the key to getting a good extract from the wormwood?
Using a lower temperature to draw out the extract.
Careful Reading
Read for details (Ⅰ).
3. Which two pieces of information were not included in the passage?
A A quote from Tu Youyou
B The details of how artmisinin was discovered.
C Tu Youyou’s important contributions other than the discovery of artmisinin.
D Tu Youyou’s personal life.
E Tu Youyou’s road to discovering artmisninin.
F What Tu Youyou was awarded?
G Why artmisinin is an important discovery.
Para 4
Para 3
Para 2&3
Para1
Para1
Read for details
Part 1: Para 1 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.
1. Please underline some key information in this paragraph;
2. Please circle all the numbers;
3. Please find two adjectives describing the discovery of artemisinin.
when, what, who, why
What do the numbers suggest?
significant effects of artemisinin;
severe circumstance due to malaria
Tu’s discovery is significant
Para 2 & 3
Tu’s team examined _____________________, and evaluated ______________________
found one medical text suggesting
________________________________
______________________________
tested ___________________________
________________________________
tried ____________________________
________________________________
but_____________________________
How was artemisinin discovered?
used a ______________
_________________ the sweet wormwood extract.
tested the medicine_________ to see if safe.
tested the medicine on_____________.
The medicine became ____________ for malaria.
over 2,000 old medical texts
280,000 plants for their medical properties.
using the extract from sweet
wormwood to treat a fever.
a collection of dried wormwood leaves but found no effect
boiling fresh wormwood
and using the liquid obtained from it
this didn’t work either.
lower temperature
to draw out
on themselves
malaria patients
a standard treatment
Fill the blanks
Part 3: 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 contributes to Tu Youyou’s discovery?
team up with other excellent scientists (cooperation with...)
obtain support from all the people of country
get inspiration from TCM
professional knowledge
good personalities (committed; patient ...)
How do you understand what 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.”
Para 4
What kind of person is Tu Youyou according
to her quote?
thinks little of fame and money
selfless
cooperative
modest
What are they doing?What is their body language telling you?
Group discussion
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Ⅰ.课文语法填空
Generally, body language 1. (employ) to express thoughts and opinions in people’s 2. (interact).We can learn a lot about 3. people are thinking by watching their body language. However, body language 4. (vary) from culture to culture and we should use body language in a way that is appropriate 5. the culture we are in.
is employed
interaction(s)
what
varies
to
For example , in some countries, making eye contact is a way 6. (display) interest while in many Middle Eastern countries, it is not 7. (social) permitted between men and women. Also, the gesture for “OK” has different meanings in different cultures. Someone in Japan may think it means money but in France, a person 8. (encounter) the gesture may think it means zero. Despite the different meanings of above gestures in different cultures, some gestures seem to have the same meaning everywhere. For example, moving your hand in circles over your stomach after a meal is 9. good way of saying “I am full”.
Besides,some body language also has many different uses. The best example is smiling. It can help us to get through 10.__________(difficulty)situations and make us feel happier and stronger.
to display
socially
encountering
a
summary
difficult
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