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Unit1
PEOPLE OF ACHIEVEMENT
Reading and Thinking
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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 and try to use the words and sentences students have learnt to describe a person.
Learning Objectives
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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
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1.Who is the woman in the photo?
2.What is happening in the photo?
3.What’s the reaction of people present when this is happening?
Tu Youyou.
She is being awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Everyone present is standing up to show respect her./They are happy for her success.
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3.Why was she awarded Nobel Prize?
about us
sweet wormwood
(青蒿)
artemisinin
青蒿素
extract
Malaria
【reason】:mosquito
【symptoms】chill, fever, sweat
Reason
Treatment
She was awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery of artemisinin, a substance extracted from sweet wormwood.
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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
Title
Lead paragraph
Body
Ending
Fast reading
2.Can you tell us the structure of a newspaper article?
3.In which part can we get the main idea of a newspaper article?
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Title
Lead paragraph
Body
Ending
when
where
who
what
why
Tu Youyou
This year (6 October 2015)
was awarded the Nobel Prize
for the discovery of artemisinin
how
How was artemisinin discovered?
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Structure of a newspaper passage
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Scan the passage for 1 mins and match the main ideas with each paragraph.
D. Tu Youyou was awarded Nobel Prize for discovering artemisinin.
B. The brief(adj.简短的) introduction of Tu Youyou and her research.
A. The process of discovering artemisinin.
C. Tu Youyou owes her success to her team and traditional Chinese medicine. 【归功于】
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2. Passages like this are most often
written in_____and ____
A. the active voice/ offer many opinions
B.
C. both active and passive voices /
mostly contain facts
Language Features
Artemisinin has become a vital part of the treatment for malaria, and is thought to save 100,000 lives a year in Africa alone.
Why ?
to be more objective and convincing
the first person/ talk about feelings
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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(2亿) people around the world get malaria each year, and about 600,000(60万) die from it. Artemisinin has become a vital part of the treatment for malaria, and is thought to save 100,000(10万) lives a year in Africa alone.
[Read for 1 min to finish the tasks below]
1. Circle all the numbers;
2. What do the numbers indicate?
1.The second and the fourth sentence show how effective artemisinin is in medical treatment.
2.The third sentence shows terrible circumstances caused by malaria.
Careful Reading Para. 1
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graduate from Peking University
was appointed head of the project
was awarded the Nobel Prize
Find out what happened to Tu Youyou in the following years.
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succeeded in discovering artemisinin
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1930
was born in Ningbo, China,
1955
1967
became a researcher to fight malaria
1969
1971
2015
Tu Youyou's team examined _1_, and evaluated _2_.
They found a medical text suggesting _3_.
They tested _4_.
They tried _5_, but _6_.
They used a _7_ the sweet wormwood extract.
They tested the medicine _8_ to see if safe.
They tested the medicine on _9_.
The medicine became _10_ for malaria.
How was artemisinin discovered?
Answers:
1 old medical texts
2 280,000 plants
3 using the extract from sweet
wormwood to treat a fever
4 dried wormwood leaves
5 boiling fresh wormwood and using the liquid
6 this did not work either
7 lower temperature to draw out
8 on themselves
9 malaria patients
10 a standard treatment
Language Features
What numbers are mentioned in the text? What do they suggest?
the numbers What do the numbers suggest?
Over 200 million people around the world get malaria each year, and about 600,000 die from it.
Artemisinin is thought to save 100,000 lives a year in Africa alone
She examined over 2,000 old medical texts, evaluated 280,000 plants and tested 380 distinct ancient Chinese medical treatments.
After failing more than 190 times, the team finally succeeded in 1971.
To show how big a health problem malaria is.
To show the great value of the discovery.
To show how patient and persistent Tu Youyou and her team were to tackle the disease.
What do the numbers in the text suggest?
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What’s the significance of the discovery of artemisinin?
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.
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Internal factors
1.Personal virtues
committed; patient
3.talent
2.Professional knowledge
How many factors contribute to Tu Youyou’s discovery?
4.Tireless efforts
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External factors
1.Team work
3. firm support from the country
2.inspiration from ancient
Traditional Chinese Medicine
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Fill in the following blanks.
Tu Youyou, a famous 1.__________(scientific), was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province on 30 December 1930. In 1951, she was 2._________(admit) to Beijing University, majoring 3.______ making medicine and graduated in 1955. After 4._________(graduate), she worked at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing. In 1969, she became 5.________head of the project and performed numerous tests. In 1971, Tu’s team succeeded in 6._________(discover) and developing artemisinin to cure those patients suffering from malaria in different places of the world, for 7._________she won many big awards. To our excitement and delight, she 8.____________(award) the Nobel Prize in Medicine on October 5th, 2015, becoming the first Chinese woman 9._________(win) the Nobel Prize. We are called on to learn from her and committed 10.___________(we) to scientific research.
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Further thinking
How does Tu Youyou’s example inspire you to become a man of achievement?
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cquire as much as basic knowledge from now on.
ontinue working at it after you fully understand it.
ug any difficulty you may come across on your way to explore it.
gnore such an opinion that you will fail.
mploy yourself in it.
alue any chance to get close to it even if you have to give up something else.
ncourage the rest of the world to fully understand and respect it.
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