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Unit 1 People of Achievement
Tu Youyou(屠呦呦)
As a winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology(生理学) or
Medicine, she discovered an entirely new anti-malarial treatment, artemisinin, which has saved hundreds of thousands of lives.
It’s from The Book of Songs《诗经》.“Youyou is the sound of deer”.
What do you know about her?
2
What is happening here?
Tu Youyou is being awarded the Nobel Prize.
What’s the reaction of people present when this is happening? why?
Everyone present is standing up to show respect and admiration to her.
Read for text features
The title/ headline
The date
The lead(导语)
The illustrations
(插图)
Where would you most
likely find this passage?
A In a blog
B In a book
C In a letter
D In a newspaper
News report
01
Who-What-When-Where-Why-How
This should all be included in the first paragraph and include the date and location.
Lead (5W1H)
02
Body
03
End
Tu Youyou
Awarded Nobel Prize
If you were the journalist, what would you write in this text according to the title?
Prediction
5
Some basic information you need know before reading
sweet wormwood/ Artemisia
extract
n. 提取物
vt. 提取;提炼
Malaria
【reason】mosquito
【symptoms】chill, fever, sweat
5W & 1H
1. Who is Tu Youyou?
4. Why was she awarded the Nobel Prize?
3. What did she do to win the prize?
5. What’s the significance of discovering artemisinin?
6. How did she discover artemisinin?
......
2. When/Where was she awarded the Nobel Prize?
Match the main idea with each paragraph.
Tu Youyou won the Nobel Prize for discovering artemisinin.
Tu Youyou's personal experiences.
The process of discovering artemisinin.
The significance of the event.
Part 1(para.1): The news.
Part 2(para.2-3):
The research process.
Part 3(para.4): The significance of the event.
Read for structure
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
_______ on 30 Dec. 1930. Ningbo, China
was born
Timeline
Part 2: Para 2 -3
_________ from Peking University
graduated
_________ to be the first researchers to...
was chosen
became the ______ of the project in Beijing
head
_________ in discovering artemisinin
succeeded
was ________ the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
awarded
1930
1955
1967
1969
1971
2015
before research
during research efforts result
stage 1
stage 2
stage 3
after research
fieldwork:____________________________________________
literature review: ________________________________________
tested a collection of dried wormwood
tried boiling fresh wormwood
used a lower temperature to draw out the extract
found no effect
did not work→got stuck
found a substance that worked
tested it on themselves
tested it on malaria patients→recovered
became a standard treatment for malaria
She went to Hainan to study malaria patients.
examined; evaluated; discovered; tested
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How was artemisinin discovered?
Complete the flow chart.
Part 2: Para 2 -3
tested dried wormwood leaves
tried boiling fresh wormwood
Used a
lower temperature to draw out the extract
failed more than 190 times
finally succeeded
tested the medicine on themselves
tested the medicine on patients
What was the key to getting a good extract from the wormwood?
What do these numbers suggest?
2000,280000,380,190
Part 2: Para 2-3
To show the hardness of the mission and the great efforts Tu's team has made.
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 ...)
Post reading
What kind of person is Tu Youyou? Try to use some descriptive words to describe Tu Youyou.
What evidence is there for your answer?
cooperative
committed
persistent
modest
extraordinary
patient
……
persistent/ 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.
Further thinking
Group Discussion
Based on what we’ve learned about Tu Youyou, would you share with us your understanding of these three concepts ?
2. achievement
1. success
3. value
Achieving success or making achievements in a field doesn’t mean that you are a person of value. If you can use it 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
Assignment
1. Watch the video of Tu Youyou, and share your feelings of watching it.
2. Please write a short biography of Tu Youyou.
Video appreciation:BBC names Tu Youyou as icon of 20th Century
Let's appreciate
授予/奖励某人某物
导致,引起
The noun of “discover”
Extremely important
n.治疗,疗法
成为了...重要的一部分
adj.尽心尽力的,坚信的
毕业于...
n.学院,学会
带着...的目标
传统的植物学的治疗方法
check
v.评价
n.性质,特征
award sb sth=award sth to sb
lead to
discovery
crucial
treatment
become a vital part of...
committed
graduate from
academy
with the objective of...
traditional botanical treatments
examine
evaluate
property
Clear and different
展现出潜力
在与...的斗争中
n.提取物
治疗发烧
adj.除去水分的,脱水的
v.煮沸
n.液体
gain
被困住,被卡住,陷入僵局
承认失败
distinct
show promise
in the fight against...
extract /ˈekstrækt/
treat a fever
dried
boil
liquid
obtain
get stuck
acknowledge defeat
Let's appreciate
v.分析
accidentally
summary
obviously
取出提取物
n.物质,物品
坚持做某事
v.恢复
标准的疗法
科学研究
analyse
by chance=by accident
conclude
apparently
draw out the extract
substance
insist on doing sth.
recover
a standard treatment
scientific research
Let's appreciate
Let's appreciate
37.
This year's Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Tu Youyou, _________research led to the discovery of artemisinin, a crucial new treatment for malaria.
Tu Youyou, a committed and patient scientist, was born in Ningbo, China.
两句话中划横线部分都为__________(句子成分),通常为一个名词(或其它形式)对另一个名词或代词进行解释或补充说明。
38.
Tu Youyou was among the first researchers _________(chose).
They then tried boiling fresh wormwood, and ________(use) the liquid _________(obtain) from this to treat malaria.
Later, the medicine was tested on malaria patients, most of _______ recovered.
whose
同位语
chosen
using
obtained
whom
39. Upon hearing that she had been awarded the Nobel Prize, she said...
upon/on sth/doing sth:一...就...
仿写:一听到他外祖母去世的消息,他就匆匆忙忙赶去了医院。
Upon/On hearing the news that his grandma had passed away, he hurried to the hospital.
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