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TU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE
To read to know about Tu Youyou and her achievements.
To read for specific information and understanding words in context.
Do you know these people of achievement?
Brainstorm
Zhong Nanshan
Albert Einstein
Helen Keller
Jack Ma(Ma Yun)
Jane Goodall
Bill Gates
Florence Nightingale
Tu Youyou
呦呦鹿鸣,食野之蒿。
—《诗经.小雅.鹿鸣》
Her name is taken from the Book Of Songs(诗经)
Tu Youyou won Nobel Prize for the discovery of Artemisinin(青蒿素).
She discovered artemisinin (青蒿素).
She is the first Chinese Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine and the first female citizen of China to receive a Nobel Prize in any category. Tu discovered artemisinin, which was inspired by traditional Chinese medicine. The drug she developed has slashed malaria (疟疾) deaths and has become a mainstay in fighting the mosquito-borne (蚊传播的) disease.
Who is she?
What do you know about her?
Opening Page
Group work
Complete the flow chart. Then tell the story of how artemisinin was discovered.(para.2-3)
Tu Youyou's team examined __________________________ and evaluated ______________________________________.
They found a medical text suggesting _______________________
______________________________________________________.
They tested_____________________________________________.
(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
They tried _____________________________________________, but ______________________.
boiling fresh wormwood and using the liquid
this did not work either
vt.&vi. (使)沸腾;煮开;烧开
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They used a ___________________________ sweet wormwood extract.
They tested the ______________ to see if safe.
lower temperature to draw out
on themselves
They tested the medicine on ________________.
The medicine became ____________________ for malaria.
malaria patients
a standard treatment
6.Find out the related evidences of Tu Youyou’s qualities with the following patterns in passage:
From the phrase/sentences........we can tell that she is........(adj.)
In paragraph...... the author mentioned that ........,which shows that she is..........(adj.)
Modest (谦虚的) Creative Brave and selfless Determined
Modest (谦虚的):The honor is not just mine. There is a team behind me, and all the people of my country.
Creative :Using a lower temperature to draw out the extract, she found a substance that worked.
Brave and selfless :Tu Youyou and her team members even insisted on testing the medicine on themselves to make sure that it was safe.
Determined:Their project got stuck. However, Tu Youyou would not acknowledge defeat.
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.”
1. What contributes to Tu Youyou’s discovery?
team up with other excellent scientists
get inspiration from TCM;
gain support from the country
professional knowledge
personal characteristics (committed; patient ...)
Para 4
intelligent
determined
persistence
open-minded
independent
imagination
self-discipline
active
considerate
What qualities do you think a great people should have?
Personal qualities of the great people
summary
a news report
Title: Tu Youyou awarded the Nobel Prize
Introduction
(Para. 1)
Body
(Para 2-3)
Conclusion
(Para 4)
who, when, what, why
How to find the artemisinin
Tu Youyou’s attitude to honour
Retelling
Tu Youyou was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2015 for her research, _____ led to the discovery of artemisinin. Artemisinin __________ (save) a large number of lives since it was discovered. After _________ (graduate) from university, Tu Youyou worked at the China Academy of traditional Chinese Medicine. In 1967, Tu Youyou __________ (choose) as a researcher of a team of scientists with ___ purpose of discovering a new treatment for malaria. They ________ (evaluate) 280,000 plants and tested 380 distinct ancient Chinese medical ________ (treat). One medical text suggested using the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever. Tu Youyou analyzed the medical texts again, and ___ chance, she found one sentence suggesting a different way. Soon she found a substance that worked by ______ (boil) the sweet wormwood at a lower temperature. The team's hard work eventually paid off in 1971.
Tu Youyou thought the discovery of artemisinin was a team effort and the Nobel Prize was an honor for China’s _________ (science) research and Chinese medicine to be spread around the world.
which
has saved
graduating
was chosen
the
evaluated
treatments
by
boiling
scientific
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Reading & Thinking
Motto: God helps those who help themselves. 天助自助者。
Ⅰ. Learning aims
1.To improve the reading skills, especially fast reading and careful reading.
2.To understand the text in details.
Ⅱ. Self-learning guidance and test
Learning guidance
Tests
1. Lead-in
Do you know these people of achievement?
2. Skimming
Task1 Choose the correct answers.
Where would you most likely find this passage?( )
A. In a blog B. In a book C. In a letter D. In a newspaper
Task2 Match the main ideas with each paragraph.
Para. 1 A. How Tu Youyou’s team discovered artemisinin
Para. 2 B. How Tu Youyou responded to her winning of the Nobel Prize
Para. 3 C. A brief introduction of Tu Youyou
Para. 4 D. Why Tu Youyou won the Nobel Prize in 2015
3. Scanning
Task1 Fill in the blanks and outline.
1930 ______ on 30 Dec. 1930. Ningbo, China
1955 _________ from Peking University
Tu Youyou's life experience 1967 _______ to be the first researchers
1969 ________ the head of the project in Beijing
1971 ___________ in discovering artemisinin
2015 was ________ the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
Task2 How was artemisinin discovered?
1. Tu's team examined________________________, and evaluated___________________________
2. They discovered and tested_________________________________________________________
3. They found a medical text suggesting ________________________
4. They tested ________________________ _
5. They tried ________________________ but
6. They used a ________________________________________ the sweet wormwood extract.
7. They test the medicine to see if safe.
8. They test the medicine on
9. The medicine became for malaria.
4. Discussion
What kind of person is Tu Youyou according to the text?
Qualities
Supporting evidence
Hardworking
patient
After failing more than 190 times, the team finally succeeded ....
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Ⅲ. Homework
Tu Youyou is universally acknowledged as a scientist of great 1._ (achieve). Born in Ningbo, China, on 30 December 1930, Tu Youyou graduated from Peking University Medical School in 1955. In 1967, she was chosen for a research team 2.________ was formed by the government with the aim of discovering a new treatment 3.________ malaria and two years later she became the head of the project in Beijing. She and her teammates examined over 2,000 old medical texts, 4. __________(evaluate) 280,000 plants for their medical properties, and tested 380 distinct ancient Chinese medical treatments that showed promise in the fight against malaria. As a 5._ (commit) and patient scientist, she never acknowledged defeat whatever difficulty she met. After failing to draw out useful extract by 6.________ (boil) the sweet wormwood, she began even 7. (careful) thinking and research work. She drew 8.________ conclusion that boiling the sweet wormwood
9. (destroy) its medical properties. So she used a lower temperature 10.________ (draw) out the extract and finally she succeeded.
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