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Unit 4 Scientists who changed the world
B3U4 Reading
Lead in
Which line of poetry springs to your mind?
Lead in
Which line of poetry springs to your mind?
“呦呦鹿鸣,食野之蒿。”
How gaily call the deer,
while eating southernwood.
--Xu Yuanchong
Excerpt from The Book of Songs
Lead in
Guessing: Who is she?
2. Her research is related to herb.
3. She is the first Chinese woman to win a Nobel Prize.
Tu Youyou
屠呦呦
“呦呦鹿鸣,食野之蒿。”
1.Her name was inspired by this line of poetry.
Chinese scientist wins 2015 Nobel Prize
By Dina Conner11 December 2015
Where would you most probably find this passage?
A In a blog B In a book
C In a letter D In a newspaper
Chinese scientist wins 2015 Nobel PrizeN
A life-chaging discovery was made
Pre-reading
A news
report
Headline
The Lead
The Body
The Tail
The most important information (Para.1)
Pre-reading
The basic structure of a news report
Detailed or supporting information
Background information or conclusion
7
A1 Structure &Main idea of the rest parts
Part1_________
Part2_________
Part3_________
Part4_________
D.Tu Youyou won a Nobel Prize in 2015 for her discovery of qinghaosu.
A.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.
C.Tu Youyou and her team’s efforts finally paid off.
(para. 1)
(para. 2)
(paras. 3–5)
(para. 6)
Fast reading
It mainly talks about that ___________ _______________
_________for her _______________________ which was used to treat malaria.
Tu Youyou
discovery of qinghaosu
won a Nobel Prize
What does the news report mainly talk about?
para.1
in 2015
who
what
when
why
Tip: try to find out who, when, why, where, what and how.
The lead: the most important information
Careful reading
Read para. 2 and get to know some background information.
Education
Work
Further
training
She worked at the Academy of __________________________________
She studied __________at university.
She __________ further training courses in traditional Chinese medicine.
medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine
completed
Careful reading
para.2
1930
1951-1955
1969
1971
1972
2015
Born in Ningbo,
Zhe Jiang Province
Tu’s personal experience
studied medicine at
university ________
1930
1951-1955
1969
1971
1972
2015
studied medicine at
university
in Beijing
Born in Ningbo,
Zhe Jiang Province
became head of a team that intended to find_____________
1930
1951-1955
1969
1971
1972
2015
became head of a team that intended to find_____________
a cure for malaria
studied medicine at
university ________
in Beijing
succeeded in making
qinghao extract that could treat malaria in _____
1930
1951-1955
1969
1971
1972
2015
succeeded in making
qinghao extract that could treat malaria in _____
mice
became head of a team that intended to find_____________
successfully discovered
_________
1930
1951-1955
1969
1971
1972
2015
successfully discovered
_________
qinghaosu
succeeded in making
qinghao extract that could treat malaria in _____
______________
1930
1951-1955
1969
1971
1972
2015
______________
Won Nobel Prize
successfully discovered
_________
?
?
1. The extracts failed to produce promising results.
2. They couldn’t produce enough qinghao extract.
3. The trials on patients were likely to be postponed.
A2.Read Paras.3-5 and get to know the detailed information.
Solutions
?
Tu got inspiration from a 1600-year-old text and redesigned the experiments.
They used household water containers to extract herbs.
They volunteered to test qinghao extract
on themselves.
Problems
Careful reading
Is the process of discovering qinghaosu easy ?
Well-educated knowledgeable.
2. after 190 failures, she succeeded in making qinghao extract (L21)
1. acquiring a broad knowledge of both … and … .(L11-12)
Patient and determined
3. worked day and night and their health began to suffer, but they never gave up (L26)
Committed
diligent
4. volunteered to test qinghao extract on
themselves first (L31)
Selfless
brave
All these qualities contribute to Tu’s success!
What qualities did Tu show as a scientist?
Use details from the news to support.
paras.3-5
Discussion
successfully discovered ____________
saved about ____________ malaria patients
encouraged other scientists to further explore ______________________________
qinghaosu
200 million
the treasure house of traditional Chinese medicine
para.6
Careful reading
Tu Youyou and her team’s success influenced the whole world.
Tu Youyou is the first Chinese female scientist to win a Nobel Prize.
What is the significance of this achievement?
As a Chinese
As a woman
As a medical scientist
Further thinking
Traditional Chinese medicine has been widely acknowledged across the world.
20
Tu Youyou is the first Chinese female scientist to win a Nobel Prize.
As a Chinese
improved China’s international status in science
earned international recognition of traditional Chinese medicine and China’s medical development
Further thinking
Further thinking
Traditional Chinese medicine has been widely acknowledged across the world.
21
Tu Youyou is the first Chinese female scientist to win a Nobel Prize.
As a woman
She proved that women are fully capable of performing just as excellently as men.
She inspires young girls to bravely pursue their scientific dreams even in the face of gender bias.
She encourages everyone (especially girls) to keep working hard, so that their dreams can eventually come true.
Further thinking
What’s the significance of this achievement?
22
Tu Youyou is the first Chinese female scientist to win a Nobel Prize.
successfully discovered qinghaosu, an effective cure
As a medical scientist
saved about 200 million malaria patients
encouraged other scientists to explore the traditional Chinese medicine
Further thinking
She also holds a special place in history as the first female Chinese female scientist to win a Nobel Prize
What’s the significance of this achievement?
23
Not every one of us can be a scientist, but all of us can pursue our dream with __________________________, ______________________ and ___________.
correct values and attitudes
necessary qualities
key abilities
Compulsory work: Find more qualities to describe Chinese scientists
Optional homework: Write a short passage to introduce
Tu Youyou
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