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Unit 2 Making a difference
Writing & Presenting ideas
Teaching aims
1. Guide the students to understand the basic structure of biography.
2. Guide the students to learn the life story of Tu youyou.
3. Help students to know the skills of writing a good biography.
Lead in
What do you know about Tu Youyou?
She is the first Chinese to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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Read and analyze
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Read Tu Youyou's CV and fill in the boxes.
She managed to extract qinghaosu, which is very effective in fighting malaria.
1955—2019
What impresses me most is her persistence and strong will. It reinforces my belief that with them, I can indefinably fulfill my potential and achieve my goal even after plenty of failure.
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From 1951 to 1955, she studied at Beijing Medical College (now Peking University Health Science Centre).
Since 1955, she has worked at China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, as a tenured (adj. 享有终身职位的) and chief researcher.
In 1969, she worked as the leader of a research team aiming to discover a treatment for malaria.
In 1972, she managed to extract qinghaosu from a Chinese herb, which is very effective in fighting malaria.
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⑤ In 1986, she obtained a New Drug Certificate for qinghaosu, issued
by the Ministry of Health of China.
⑥ In 2015, she won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for
discovering a novel therapy against malaria.
⑦ In 2019, she was nominated for “The Greatest Person of the 20th
Century”.
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Write an essay and useful expressions to help you.
Write your story in 15 minutes.
Think and write
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Share your writing with the classmates.
Listen and mark the story.
Evaluation
Well-organized biography
Grammatically correct sentences
Rich expressions
Beautiful handwriting
Write and present
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Share and learn
One sample
In 2015, for the first time, a Chinese scientist won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. She is Tu Youyou.
Born in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province on 30 December 1930, Tu Youyou studied at Beijing Medical College (now Peking University Health Science Centre) from 1951 to 1955. Since 1955, she has worked at China Academy
of Chinese Medical Sciences as a tenured and chief researcher. In 1969, she worked as the leader of a research team aiming to discover a treatment for malaria. By 1972, she had managed to extract qinghaosu from a Chinese herb, which is very effective in fighting malaria. Fourteen years later, she obtained a New Drug Certificate for qinghaosu, issued by the Ministry of Health of China. Because of her great contribution, she was presented with the Nobel Prize at the age of 85. In 2019, she was also nominated for “The Greatest Person of the 20th Century”.
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Not only has she saved many people suffering from malaria, but also she has proved the effectiveness of Chinese herbs. Furthermore, she is admired because she devotes most of her time and energy to medical research.
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Polish your writing.
Homework
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Goodbye!
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