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Unit 1 People of Achievement – Tu Youyou Awarded Nobel Prize
Reading and Thinking (教案)
Lesson Type: Reading
Duration: 45 minutes
Teaching Material: PPT “Tu Youyou Awarded Nobel Prize”
I. Teaching Objectives
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to:
1. Language: Identify features of a news story (headline, date, facts, quotes) and use skimming/scanning to extract key information.
2. Content: Summarize Tu Youyou’s life, the process of discovering artemisinin, and the significance of her achievement.
3. Thinking: Analyze the reasons behind Tu Youyou’s success, discuss the meaning of “success” and “a person of value”, and reflect on their own definitions of success.
4. Culture: Recognize the value of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and develop cultural confidence.
II. Teaching Key & Difficult Points
· Key: Understanding the discovery process of artemisinin and Tu Youyou’s personal qualities.
· Difficult: Guiding students to discuss the deeper meaning of success and value beyond external achievements.
III. Teaching Procedure
Step 1: Pre-reading (5 min)
1.1 Lead-in
· Show the poem from The Book of Songs: “呦呦鹿鸣,食野之蒿”
· Ask: “Whose name comes from this poem?” (Tu Youyou)
· Show pictures of sweet wormwood, artemisinin, malaria, and explain key words: extract, antimalarial drugs, symptoms.
1.2 Vocabulary & Background
· Present essential vocabulary: sweet wormwood, artemisinin, malaria, extract, mosquito, chill, fever, sweat.
· Briefly discuss the danger of malaria (over 200 million cases, about 600,000 deaths per year).
Step 2: While-reading (20 min)
2.1 Fast reading
Text type
· Students read the passage quickly and answer:
· Where is the passage from? (newspaper)
· Which voices are used? (both active and passive, mostly facts)
Main idea/ Structure
· Match each paragraph with its main idea (provided on PPT).
· Divide the passage into three parts: Part 1 – The news, Part 2 – The research process, Part 3 – Significance.
2.2 Careful reading
Para 1
· Students underline key information and circle all numbers in Para 1.
· Teacher asks: “What do these numbers suggest?”
· Severe malaria situation, and the significant effect of artemisinin (saving hundreds of thousands of lives).
Para 2-3
· Complete the timeline (1930–2015) with missing words:
was born, graduated, was chosen, head, awarded, succeeded.
· Complete the process of discovery (examination of medical texts, plants, testing methods, low temperature extraction, testing on themselves and malaria patients).
· Answer two key questions:
1. What was the key to getting a good extract? (low temperature)
2. What are the reasons for their success? (teamwork, support from the country, her professional knowledge, her personal qualities – committed, patient, etc.)
Para 4
· Read Tu Youyou’s quote and summarize:
· team effort / cooperation
· support from the country
· great value of TCM
· professional knowledge and personal qualities
Step 3: Post-reading (12 min)
3.1 Thinking – A surprising fact (3 min)
· Teacher asks: “What did she do after success?” (She did NOT apply for a patent.)
· Show the golden sentence: “No patent, no profit. Just saving lives.”
· Briefly discuss why she did that – selflessness, responsibility.
3.2 Group discussion – Redefining success (9 min)
· Present three relatable situations:
1. You prepared hard for an exam but got a disappointing result.
2. You trained for a competition but didn’t win any prize.
3. You worked hard for three years but didn’t enter your dream university.
· Students discuss in groups:
· What does “success” mean to you?
· Do you judge yourself by the result or by the effort?
· What would you say to a friend in such a situation?
· After discussion, teacher shows a summary sentence (write on board):
“Success is not an admission letter. It’s the courage to keep going and the responsibility to care.”
· Read together and explain its meaning.
· Show Einstein’s quote:
“Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.”
· Remind students that true value lies in helping others and doing kind things.
Step 4: Summary & Homework (3 min)
4.1 Summary
· Review:
· Tu Youyou’s discovery of artemisinin
· The process and key factors of success
· The importance of TCM and the spirit of selflessness
4.2 Homework
1. Watch the video of Tu Youyou nominated for China’s Medal of the Republic, and share your feelings.
2. Write a short biography of Tu Youyou (80–100 words).
IV. Board Design
Tu Youyou – Nobel Prize Winner
Discovery process:
1930 born → 1955 graduated → 1967 chosen as researcher
→ 1969 head of project → 1971 succeeded → 2015 Nobel
Key to success:
- low temperature extraction
- team effort & national support
- professional knowledge & perseverance
Einstein: “Try to become a man of value, not a man of success.”
V. Reflection (for teacher after class)
· Did students actively participate in the group discussion about success?
· Were the time-filling activities (timeline, process completion) effective?
· Could the cultural confidence part (TCM value) be deepened further?
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