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Unit 4 Reading
Chinese scientist
wins 2015 Nobel Prize
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• She is a great scientist;
• Her discovery saved millions of people’s lives;
• She won the Nobel Prize.
Who is she?
What will probably be talked about in this article?
Prediction
Chinese scientist
wins 2015 Nobel Prize
Pre-reading
C.Tu Youyou won a Nobel Prize in 2015 for her discovery of qinghaosu.
D.Tu Youyou acquired a broad knowledge of both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine.
B.Tu Youyou and her team solved a lot of problems before they successfully discovered qinghaosu.
A. Tu Youyou and her team’s efforts finally paid off.
Read the passage quickly and match the main idea of each part.
Fast reading
Para. 1
Para. 2
Paras. 3-5
Para. 6
An inverted pyramid(倒金字塔)
The lead(导语)
The body
The tail
The structure of a news report
Most important information
Background information or conclusion
More detailed information
Tu Youyou won a Nobel Prize in 2015 for her discovery of qinghaosu.
Tu Youyou acquired a broad knowledge of both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine.
Tu Youyou and her team solved a lot of problems before they successfully discovered qinghaosu.
Tu Youyou and her team’s efforts finally paid off.
Fast reading
The lead
The body
The tail
Read the passage quickly and match the main idea of each part.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Paras. 3-5
Para. 6
Tu Youyou
received a Nobel Prize
for her contribution to the fight against malaria
Who
Read the lead and get the most important information.
What
Where
Why
When
How
People’s Republic of China
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Detailed reading
Read Para. 2 and find some background information about Tu.
She studied medicine at university.
Education
Work
Further training
She worked at the Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
She completed further training courses in traditional Chinese medicine.
Detailed reading
body
Problems Solutions
The extracts failed to produce any promising results.(Para.3)
ancient books of traditional Chinese medicine again. by an over 1600-year-old text about preparing qinghao extract with cold water, Tu the experiments and tried the qinghao herb at a low temperature in order not to damage its effective part.
Referred to
redesigned
Inspired
extracting
Read Paras. 3-5 and figure out the process of extracting qinghaosu.
Detailed reading
body
Problems Solutions
Tu and her team could not produce enough qinghao extract because research resources were limited.(Para.4)
Tu Youyou and her team managed to find solutions to the problem, e.g. using ______ _ water _ ___ _ __ instead of research equipment.
Read Paras. 3-5 and get to know the process of extracting qinghaosu.
Detailed reading
household
containers
body
Problems Solutions
Tu and her team did not have sufficient safety data to start trials on patients. (Para. 5)
Tu Youyou and her team to test the qinghao on themselves.
Read Paras. 3-5 and get to know the process of extracting qinghaosu.
Detailed reading
volunteered
extract
body
What qualities did Tu Youyou show as a scientist?
(answer with the adjectives)
humble
well-educated
intelligent
knowledgeable
strong-minded
devoted to science
brave
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Which is the right order of the following events?
①Qinghaosu benefited about 200 million malaria patients.
②Tu had a lecture to encourage scientists to further explore
traditional Chinese medicine.
③They successfully discovered qinghaosu.
④Tu was eventually awarded a Nobel Prize for her work.
A. ①②③④ B. ③④①②
C. ③①④② D. ③④②①
Detailed reading
Read the tail and know the significance of discovering qinghaosu.
1. Is Tu Youyou the only Chinese scientist worth our
respect?
2. Do you want to be one of them in the future?
Post reading
Not every one of us can be a scientist, but all of us can pursue our dream with correct values and attitudes,indispensable qualities and key abilities.
Post reading
Optional Homework:
Get to know more about Chinese
cientists.
Required Homework:
Read the news report again and circle the unfamiliar words and sentences.
Homework
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