Unit 1 People of Achievement Reading and Thinking 课件-2024-2025学年高二英语人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册

Reading and Thinking 曹操 选择性必修一 Unit 1 People of Achievement Describe people of achievement Tu Youyou（屠呦呦） How gaily call the deer, While eating southernwood! — Xu Yuanchong 2 a medical scientist winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology (生理学) or Medicine She discovered an entirely new treatment for malaria. What do you know about her? artemisinin 青蒿素 3 TU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE 6 October 2015 Where would you most possibly find this passage? A. In a blog. B. In a book. C. In a letter. D. In a newspaper. 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 Brainstorming If you were the journalist, what aspects would you write about according to the title? Some possible aspects 1. Who is Tu? 2. Why did she try to discover artemisinin? 3. What did she do to win the Nobel Prize? 4.What is the significance of finding artemisinin? 5. How did she discovered arteminsinin? 6. What is her future plan? 7. What kind of person is Tu? … Some possible aspects 1. Who is Tu? 2. Why did she try to discover artemisinin? 3. What did she do to win the Nobel Prize? 4.What is the significance of finding artemisinin? 5. How did she discovered arteminsinin? 6. What is her future plan? 7. What kind of person is Tu? … What is the significance of finding artemisinin? This year’s Nobel Prize in 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 milion 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. What is the function of numbers? hundreds of thousands of millions of over 200 million about 600,000 100,000 To state the facts directly and make the statements more convincing. Imagine: If you were the winner of the Nobel Prize, how would you feel and what would you say? What did Tu Youyou say? 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." How did Tu feel about being awarded the prize? What kind of person is Tu? honored & grateful proud humble / modest 谦虚的 A. Tu’s team examined over 2,000 old medical texts , and evaluated 280,000 plants for their medical properties. B. They found one medical text suggesting using the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever. C. They tested a collection of dried wormwood leaves. D. They tried boiling fresh wormwood and using the liquid ,but this didn’t work either. E. They used a lower temperature to draw out the sweet wormwood extract. F. They tested the medicine on themselves to see if safe. G. They tested the medicine on malaria patients. H. The medicine became a standard treatment for malaria. How was artemisinin discovered?(Avtivity 5 on P3，Paras 2-3) 11 What kind of person is Tu? decisive cooperative pragmatic 务实的 committed patient determined selfless persistent intelligent … After-class Assignment Discussion and sharing: What kind of person can be great? Further thinking Group Discussion Based on what we’ve learned about Tu Youyou, would you share with us your understanding of these three concepts ? achievement success value Achieving success or making achievements in a field doesn’t mean that you are necessily a person of value. If you can use your skills to help others or do something kind, you will be a man of value. Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become a man of value. ——Albert Einstein Thanks for Listening $$