Unit 1 People of achievement Reading and Thinking1 泛读课件 2024-2025学年高中人教版（2019）选择性必修第一册

Unit 1 People of Achievement --Reading and Thinking Learning objectives Figure out the main structure of the news report by classifying and organizing the key information. Learn about Tu Youyou’s life story and the process of discovering artemisinin. Identify the qualities of Tu Youyou to make her a person of great achievement. Voice students’ personal opinions about Tu Youyou. Who is the woman in the photo? What is happening in the photo? What’s the reaction of people present when this is happening? The woman is Tu Youyou. She is being awarded the Nobel Prize. Everyone present is standing up to show respect and admiration to her. 2minsdiscussion What is the plant? What do you know about it? sweet wormwood artemisinin extract 河北省遵化市第一中学 严实勤恒 2mins discussion spread of Malaria 2mins discussion 点拨精讲 What do you think will be talked about? It mainly talks about ____________ and her important _____________________. Tu Youyou scientific discovery Lead-in activity: predict with the title and pictures 河北省遵化市第一中学 严实勤恒 2mins discussion 1. Where would you most likely find this passage? A. In a blog. B. In a book. C. In a letter. D. In a newspaper. Circle the answers to the questions below. TU YOUYOU AWARDED NOBEL PRIZE 6 October 2015 河北省遵化市第一中学 严实勤恒 2mins discussion 7 2. 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 河北省遵化市第一中学 严实勤恒 2mins discussion 8 3. Which two pieces of information were not included in the passage? A. A quote from Tu Youyou. B The details of how artemisinin was discovered. C Tu Youyou's important contributions other than the discovery of artemisinin. D Tu Youyou's personal life E Tu Youyou's road to discovering artemisinin. F What Tu Youyou was awarded. G Why artemisinin is an important discovery. 河北省遵化市第一中学 严实勤恒 9 Why is the discovery of artemisinin important? What was the key to getting a good extract from the wormwood? What numbers are mentioned in the text? What do they suggest? Why is Tu Youyou considered a great person? Reading activity: read and answer 河北省遵化市第一中学 严实勤恒 2mins discussion Artemisinin has saved hundreds of thousands of lives, and has led to improved health for millions of people. 1st para. Reading activity: read and answer 1.Why is the discovery of artemisinin important? 河北省遵化市第一中学 严实勤恒 2mins discussion Using a lower temperature to draw out the extract. 3rd para. 2.What was the key to getting a good extract from the wormwood? Reading activity: read and answer 河北省遵化市第一中学 严实勤恒 2mins discussion Complete the flow chart. Then tell the story of how artemisinin was discovered. 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 but found no effect. They tried ____________________________ _____________________________________ ___________, but ______________________. They used a ___________________________ sweet wormwood extract. They tested the ______________________ to see if safe. boiling fresh wormwood , and using the liquid obtained from this to treat malaria this did not work either lower temperature to draw out medicine on themselves They tested the medicine on ______________ _____________________. The medicine became ____________________ for malaria. malaria patients, most of whom recovered a standard treatment 河北省遵化市第一中学 严实勤恒 2mins discussion 3. What do the numbers suggest? ●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. These numbers suggest malaria is a big health problem. Reading activity: read and answer 2mins discussion 3. What do the numbers suggest? ●Her team examined over 2,000 old medical texts, and evaluated 280,000 plants for their medical prosperities. ●From their research, they discovered and tested 380 distinct ancient Chinese medical treatments… ●After failing more than 190 times, the team finally succeeded in 1971. These numbers suggest Tu Youyou and her team were patient and persistent to tackle the disease. Reading activity: read and answer team work of her team inspiration from ancient Traditional Chinese Medicine firm support from the country professional knowledge personal qualities (committed; patient; perseverant ...) What contributes to Tu Youyou’s discovery? thinks little of fame and money selfless cooperative modest “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 Chin’s scientific research and Chinese medicine to be spread around the world.” What kind of person is Tu Youyou according to her quote? Try to become not a man of success, but try rather to become a man of value. ---- Albert Einstein 努力不是为了功成名就 而是为了成为有价值的人 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 dstinct ancient Chinese medical________________(treat). One medical text suggested using the extract from sweet wormwood to treat a fever.Tu Youyou analysed 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 _______________(event) 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 scientific research and Chinese medicine to be spread around the world. which has saved graduating was chosen the evaluated treatments by boiling eventually Challenge your memory! 当堂检测(15') Tu’s research and Nobel Prize 感谢 聆听 Emily 23 Lavf58.29.100 $$