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Unit 1 People of Achievement
Reading and Thinking
Lead in
Lin Qiaozhi helped thousands of mothers and babies
Lang Ping leads China women's volleyball to win many world prizes
Tu Youyou,a scientist from China.
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。
But she said, The honor is not just mine.
While-reading
Look at the title and the pictures. Where would you most likely find this passage?
In a blog.
In a book.
In a letter.
In a newspaper.
A News Story
It is written in the third person containing the facts and the tone is objective.
Read for main idea
Ending
The “news”
The “news”
The “story”
Body
Lead
Para. 1
The discovery of artemisinin.
Para. 2
The attitude of her achievement.
Para. 3
Tu Youyou won the Nobel Prize for discovering artemisinin.
Para. 4
The introduction of Tu Youyou and her research process.
Match the main idea with each paragraph.
What’s the news about?
Read for details.
The “news”
Read para1 &4,find out the significance of the discovery
hundreds of thousands of lives
saved
millions of people
100,000 lives a year in Africa
improved
saved
success
the significance of the discovery
proves
The “story”
Read para 2 and find out Tu’s Life Experience.
1930
1955
1967
1969
1971
2015
Born in Ningbo, China.
Chosen to be the first researchers.
Succeeded in discovering artemisinin.
Graduated from Peking University Medical School.
Became the head of the project in Beijing.
Awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.
1. boil fresh wormwood
2.use a lower temperature
to draw out
3.review ancient Chinese
medical texts
4.collect and extract from dried wormwood
5. test the medicine on patients
6. test the medicine on
themselves
Read para 2&3 and put the events in the right order
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Tu Youyou and her team reviewed ancient Chinese medical texts .At first, Tu’s team tested a collection of dried wormwood leaves but found no effect.They then tried boiling fresh wormwood to treat malaria, but this did not work either.Then, Using a lower temperature to draw out the extract, she found a substance that worked.After failing more than 190 times, the team finally succeeded in 1971. Tu Youyou and her team members insisted on testing the medicine on themselves to make sure that it was safe. Later, the medicine was tested on malaria patients, most of whom recovered.
The secret to success
Qualities Evidence from the text
Perseveringance / Persistence
Commitment
Modesty /cooperative
Humility
...... not acknowledge defeat.After failing more than 190 times, the team finally succeeded
Tu Youyou, a committed and patient scientist...Her team examined ... and evaluated ...
The honour is not just mine,
There is a team....(think little of fame and money)
selflessness
Tu and her team insisted on testing the medicine on themselves to make sure that it was safe.
Learn from the people of achievement and try to become a man of value!
Post-reading
Interview
you are a reporter from English Bridge,and you will have a chance to interview Tu Youyou .work in pairs:one acts as the reporter,the other plays Tu Youyou.
1.Professor Tu, what was the hardest part of your research?
2.What advice do you have for young scientists ?
3.How do you view Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)?
Questions
Option1:Retell the discovery process of artemisinin
Option2:Write a short passage about another Chinese scientist you admire
Homework
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